The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) : THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

This book you should definitely give a try if you are looking for a book for parenting this one is for you. Book condition is good.

It's quite interesting book everyone should read it one time at least. Deeply inside full and practical this book changes how you see parenting childhood and emotional healing...

very few pages i could read but those were informational.

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read... suggests ways of addressing things in your own childhood and putting them aside; creating a harmonious home environment; helping children to express how they really feel so their feelings are validated and understood; setting boundaries; accepting mistakes and making efforts to repair situations. Perry encourages you to treasure your relationships with your children and work every day to improve the bond your share. I am really glad I read this book. Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for the opportunity.

A good book, light one to read, language is pretty easy, not only new parents, others can also read.

The book was not packed in a plastic bubble wrap. The delivery person also did not call me before delivering the package. The parcel was left on the floor, and because there was no protective bubble wrap used, the book has arrived with visible damage on the top corner and the upper side of the book is also uneven .Apart from this,the pages of the book are in good condition

Found the book good so far

Really good

Definitely have a better understand of how to deal with kids this days. All parents should buy this.

Me encantó este libro!! Tanto que apenas lo terminé y ya lo quiero volver a leer y además le dije a mi mamá que lo tiene que leer 😁

It's quite practical and easy to apply to our child. Especially children 's lie, they learn from you when you didn't tell the truth to your partner, your child learn from you as you are role model. Although you made mistakes, you can still educate your child about white or positive lie and black or negative lie. It's crucial for us to educate our children otherwise they would think that lie is okay and acceptable and it can lead negative consequences. Hope you can also learn how to be a good role model for our children from this book. Kind regards,

Everyone is or has been at least one of these things: Parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, or nephew. Most of us inhabit more than one of those roles, and they can define us, shape us, and not uncommonly, dominate our self-understanding in ways both good and bad. There is no shortage of specific advice to parents on subjects from children’s sleeping habits to discipline, and it comes in a vast range of qualities, from excellent to dreadful. A theme common to many of these parental-advice books is to frame matters in training terms: Sleep training, potty training, discipline training, and so on. While the training mindset may be useful for specific subjects a child needs to learn, it’s inadequate to the big picture of parenting. That’s what makes Philippa Perry’s “The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read” a refreshing and highly worthwhile alternative to read. Perry, who practices as a psychotherapist and admits to her own parenting faults refreshingly and openly in her book, makes the excellent case that, fundamentally, “we should not see our babies, children, and teenagers as chores to feed and clean or otherwise fix but as people from the start, people we are going to have lifelong relationships with”. In an engaging and warm tone, Perry offers thoughtful and accessible advice useful not only for parents, but for grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even adult children as well. Over and over, she directs many of the common complaints and conflicts of adult-and-child interactions to the root cause of considering the underlying relationship. It’s hard to look at a newborn and imagine that in very little time at all, that diapered bundle of cries will turn into an adult. But the more deliberately the adults around that child consider their relationships with the child (especially in times of conflict, but also when laying the groundwork to avoid conflict), the better the outlook for how both individuals and the relationship between them will mature. This is a book with insights containing value for anyone – even a childless orphan of advanced years, unless perhaps that individual is cloistered away from all human contact. But everyone else can gain at least some useful insight into relationships between generations, whether for current relationships or for understanding past ones. Perry reminds the reader that, even though we are all imperfect, parents (and other adults) don’t have to strive to perfect the children in their orbits, because “[Y]ou are creating a person to love, not a work of art”. The book’s title may be over-the-top, but its advice is exceedingly well-grounded.

As a mother of three and a counsellor, I read this book through several lenses, my own childhood, my parenting, and the families I work with. It offers powerful insight into how our early relationships shape the way we respond to our children, often without us realising. The tone is compassionate rather than critical, helping you understand patterns with kindness instead of guilt. I found it both validating and gently challenging, with practical ideas for building warmer, more connected relationships with your children. A deeply thought-provoking read for any parent who wants to break cycles and parent more consciously. Highly recommend.