21 Days to a Happier Family

by Justin Coulson, Justin Coulson (Read by)

Overview

Dr Justin Coulson, resident parenting expert on Channel 9's Parental Guidance, draws on positive psychology to give parents ways to make their family happier than ever, starting today.

Kidspot parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson knows how to make your family happier – starting today.

Everyone wants their family to be happy, but so much gets in the way: work stress, commitments and our children’s challenging behaviour are some everyday obstacles. As a result, families can seem fragmented, stressful and out of control.

21 Days to a Happier Family is packed with effective strategies that are easy to put into place and reap fast rewards. Justin Coulson uses positive psychology and research to help parents identify and develop habits that will strengthen their family. Learn the most effective parenting style for your child, get relationships right for effective discipline, use mindfulness in parenting, discover how optimism influences the wellbeing of families, be emotionally available to your children – and so much more.

'Parenthood can be a jungle, but Justin's advice and simple strategies will help you find that path back to sanity, stability and smiling kids.'
Lisa Wilkinson, author of It Wasn't Meant to Be Like

'Justin Coulson's compassionate and helpful advice helps me unravel my many parenting dilemmas.'
Jessica Rowe, co-host, Studio 10

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781038616494
Publisher:	Bolinda Audio
Publication date:	09/15/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host of the popular TV program Parental Guidance, and Australia's top ranked parenting podcast, The Happy Families podcast. He is author of five bestselling family and parenting books: 21 Days to a Happier Family, 9 Ways to a Resilient Child, 10 Things Every Parent Needs to Know, Miss-Connection and The Parenting Revolution. His viral video about raising children has been viewed over 80 million times. Justin is a regular contributor to the Today show and other major Australian media outlets. He and his wife, Kylie, have been married since the late 1990s and are the parents of six daughters.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

1 Step one to a happy family: setting your course 15

2 Step up your parenting style: going autonomy-supportive 25

3 Getting your parent-child relationship right 41

4 Being where your feet are 54

5 Being loving, being there 66

6 Developing an attitude of gratitude 79

7 Using hope to make your family happy 89

8 Creating strong family traditions 101

9 Routine matters 111

10 How parents become their children's enemy 121

11 Getting discipline right 132

12 NO YELLING HERE! 147

13 Seeing the world through their eyes 159

14 Making family meetings work 169

15 Getting involved - in a good way 179

16 Making it fun 192

17 Practising acceptance and making peace 206

18 Getting the screen-time balance right 220

19 Balancing 'me time' and 'we time' 231

20 Exploring the pathways to happiness 242

21 Savouring your time together 251

Conclusion: Creating your happy family 259

Endnotes 265

Acknowledgements 278

Index 280