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The Work/Parent Switch: How to Parent Smarter Not Harder
You can still work and be a great parent!
Most modern parents work. And we have limited time, limited energy, limited patience and too much to do. We are seldom at our best at the end of a long working day when the parenting shift kicks in. We want to do the right thing but, in the thick of it, with no time to think and no energy to spare, it’s easy to miss the small changes that could make a big difference to our child’s (and our own) well-being.
The Work/Parent Switch is essential reading for every working parent. Written by an expert in child development and psychology who has worked with thousands of stressed out working parents, it will walk you through an approach to parenting that will transform family life and can be fitted into modern working patterns.
Covering all the key challenges such getting everyone out of the house on time in the morning, managing difficult behaviour when you’re tired at the end of the day, controlling tech time and avoiding Sunday night homework battles, The Parent/Work Switch will help you to stop feeling guilty about being at work and give you the tools to create the family life you want to come home to.
Most modern parents work. And we have limited time, limited energy, limited patience and too much to do. We are seldom at our best at the end of a long working day when the parenting shift kicks in. We want to do the right thing but, in the thick of it, with no time to think and no energy to spare, it’s easy to miss the small changes that could make a big difference to our child’s (and our own) well-being.
The Work/Parent Switch is essential reading for every working parent. Written by an expert in child development and psychology who has worked with thousands of stressed out working parents, it will walk you through an approach to parenting that will transform family life and can be fitted into modern working patterns.
Covering all the key challenges such getting everyone out of the house on time in the morning, managing difficult behaviour when you’re tired at the end of the day, controlling tech time and avoiding Sunday night homework battles, The Parent/Work Switch will help you to stop feeling guilty about being at work and give you the tools to create the family life you want to come home to.
- GenresParenting
256 pages, Paperback
Published April 30, 2020
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About the author
Anita Cleare
12 books1 followerAnita Cleare (MA, AdvDip) is a parenting speaker, writer and coach who supports working parents to balance successful careers with being a parent. She writes the award-nominated 'Thinking Parenting' blog (www.anitacleare.co.uk) and delivers expert parenting seminars, webinars and one-to-one support.
Anita has studied developmental psychology (child development) to postgraduate level and is an accredited Triple P® parenting coach. A leading UK parenting expert, she speaks at events internationally and is regularly featured as a parenting expert on TV and radio. She is Director of the Positive Parenting Project.
Anita has a talent for helping busy parents understand what makes their children tick and implement small changes that make a huge difference.
You can read Anita's blog at www.anitacleare.co.uk or follow her on Instagram (@anitacleare_parenting) or X (@thinking_parent) and via the Positive Parenting Project on Facebook.
Anita has studied developmental psychology (child development) to postgraduate level and is an accredited Triple P® parenting coach. A leading UK parenting expert, she speaks at events internationally and is regularly featured as a parenting expert on TV and radio. She is Director of the Positive Parenting Project.
Anita has a talent for helping busy parents understand what makes their children tick and implement small changes that make a huge difference.
You can read Anita's blog at www.anitacleare.co.uk or follow her on Instagram (@anitacleare_parenting) or X (@thinking_parent) and via the Positive Parenting Project on Facebook.
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September 16, 2020
Being a parent is difficult enough, add a job into the mix and it can soon feel overwhelming. The constant juggling, the tiredness and exhaustion and the niggling feeling that you're not giving your all to the right areas of your life. ⠀
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The Work/Parent Switch is written by an expert in child development and psychology who has worked with thousands of stressed-out working parents, the book walks you through an approach to parenting to help transform family life and can be fitted into modern working patterns. ⠀
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It aims to help you to stop feeling guilty about being at work and give you the tools to create the family life you want to come home to. Split over three main parts:⠀
Meaningful Moments⠀
Calm Homes, Happy Family⠀
Balancing Wellbeing and Workload⠀
A book that will be referred to time and time again as each new challenge, disaster and occasion throws us off-kilter.
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The Work/Parent Switch is written by an expert in child development and psychology who has worked with thousands of stressed-out working parents, the book walks you through an approach to parenting to help transform family life and can be fitted into modern working patterns. ⠀
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It aims to help you to stop feeling guilty about being at work and give you the tools to create the family life you want to come home to. Split over three main parts:⠀
Meaningful Moments⠀
Calm Homes, Happy Family⠀
Balancing Wellbeing and Workload⠀
A book that will be referred to time and time again as each new challenge, disaster and occasion throws us off-kilter.
November 22, 2020
I really wanted this book, to try to teach myself how to switch off from work, and spend more time in parent mode, really being with my daughter and enjoying the moments we have. It is so hard to get the correct work/home balance, especially when you work from home. This book is really informative and useful. I plan to use some ideas I gained from it, to really help me find the perfect balance.
November 3, 2024
Useful to dip in and out of
May 14, 2022
In a sentence: Purchased, surprised and now routinely revisited to give guidance through the struggle of modern-day parenting.
In a paragraph: A very practical guidebook that has reserved its place in my library as a routine re-read. The practical and often simple advice certainly helped provide clarity in the fog of early parenthood. I also really appreciated the contemporary child psychology research that underpins the developmental needs, which just hits the spot in terms of being not too heavy nor too light on.
In closing: Remember, force meets resistance. Learn to be cognizant of, and importantly recognise, changing circumstances.
In a paragraph: A very practical guidebook that has reserved its place in my library as a routine re-read. The practical and often simple advice certainly helped provide clarity in the fog of early parenthood. I also really appreciated the contemporary child psychology research that underpins the developmental needs, which just hits the spot in terms of being not too heavy nor too light on.
In closing: Remember, force meets resistance. Learn to be cognizant of, and importantly recognise, changing circumstances.
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