MY UZBEKISTAN

by Mavluda Azimova, Dr Jennifer Barnett

In Growing Up Happy neuroscientist Dr Jenny Barnett, and teacher and mum Alexia Barrable describe scientifically-proven methods by which children's happiness can be boosted in just a few minutes each day.
With easy-to-use activities for toddlers through to teenagers, this book steers the reader through simple and practical ways, grounded in scientific research, to enhance children's - and adults' - day-to-day happiness. It includes
? How practising mindfulness is possible even for your toddler
? Why time outdoors helps your mental state, whatever the weather
? How singing, smiling and stroking a cat all activate your 'bonding chemistry'
? Why fostering gratitude will make your teenager happier
This book will not tell you how to be a flawless parent, or how to raise perfect children, but it will give you proven and successful ways in which to make the days you spend with your kids more enjoyable, meaningful, and ultimately happier.

Genres: Parenting

80 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A guide to fostering healthy and happy children, right from newborns to teenagers. I borrowed this from my local library on a whim thinking it would offer some new guidance I hadn’t already read or heard about with regard to my toddler.

I found the book structure easy to digest and separated into chapters such as touch, smiling, play and the great outdoors. Each chapter helpfully offers how positive concepts can be adapted into both Home and school or nursery.

While there is little I found to be new here, I did appreciate the overall message of the book and how it reinforces my gentle parenting stance.

[Marisabel Bonet-Cruz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our family is already focusing on being happy. We practice happiness every day. It's lovely to read a book that teaches us even more ideas of how to do this.
Practical, sweet, and realistic, this book is a gem.

[Awehla · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got a couple of ideas from this book but I knew most of it already from reading other books and magazines over the years. Glad I got out of the library rather than buying it.

[Nicoleta MNC · Rating 5 out of 5]

" A guide to nurturing positive habits and happiness skills that will last a lifetime "
The book will offer you proven and successful ways to get "in touch" with your child and to offer him the best of you in the same time to have the best of him

[Cass A · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't think this was anything ground breaking

[Marianne Hawthorne · Rating 4 out of 5]

good, easy read. appreciated the structure to the chapters (research, then practical application).