The Parenting Toolkit: Simple Steps to Happy & Confident Children

by Caroline Penney, Steve Biddulph, Kate Hajducka

Overview

This book is a unique and valuable resource for parents and guardians who wish to give their children the best start in life. The author has drawn on her years of experience facilitating parenting groups and working as a family therapist to present these techniques clearly, illustrated by a wealth of real-life examples. She explains how to help your child become confident, capable, caring, and able to reach their full potential. She gives parents and guardians simple skills for developing healthier relationships with their children of all ages. These include: acknowledging feelings, clear communication, descriptive praise, assertiveness, child-led play, describing behavior instead of labeling the child, problem solving, and discipline strategies. She also has advice on balancing parents'/guardians' stress with self-care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912480357
Publisher:	Hawthorn Press
Publication date:	05/10/2020
Series:	Parenting
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	310,575
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Kate Hujducka is a painter, printmaker and botanical illustrator. She has a degree in illustration from Brighton College of Art. She has trained and worked as an art therapist, and done work in residential units. She also took a painting course at Leith School of Art. She has set up and worked in several creative businesses, taught English as a foreign language, and been a midwife. Caroline Penny BSc, SRN, MSc, PGCE is a well-known parenting specialist and systemic family therapist. She has been involved in training parents to help facilitate parenting groups and courses. She has worked in Australia, Nigeria and Sri Lanka, in the NHS, and in private practice. She is the mother of three children and the grandmother of two. Her great-grandfather was Sigmund Freud and her great-aunt was Anna Freud whose institute of psychonalaysis is a world renowned training centre for child and family therapists.. She has spent thirty years working in parenting education, social services, Parent Network, the Maudsley Hospital and the Lantern Family Centre. She has published several books and research articles. Caroline Penney BSc, SRN, MSc, PGCE is a specialist and systemic family therapist. Her great-grandfather was Sigmund Freud and her great-aunt was Anna Freud. She has spent 30 years working in parenting education, social services, and the healthcare system.