Parenting is a difficult and rewarding task that comes with many challenges. No two children are alike, so what works for one may not work for another. The most important thing is to be open to what your children can teach you. As a parent, you will undoubtedly face many challenges. And you can't assume that you know or have it all to raise a well behaved, happy, healthy and successful child. Being open to learning from your children can help you become a better parent overall. Each child is unique and will require a different approach. The key is to be open to what they can teach you. This is the one area that has been consistent with a successful approach.
In this pioneering book, “How To Do- Parenting With Confidence," Author Vanessa Kahlon offers a refreshingly honest and practical guide to the highs and lows of parenting. She draws on her years of experience as a parent and child development specialist to show how parents can build strong, confident relationships with their children. The book is a long overdue reminder that parenting is not about getting it right all the time, but about being open to learning from our children.
For over two decades Vanessa Kahlon (MA, Clinical Psychology) has worked with families and children in homes and in schools (including her own non-profit KFS School), helping parents who find themselves at sea when interacting with their challenged and exceptional children, particularly children for whom the traditional school setting doesn’t work and/or whose behavioral/emotional issues are impeding their emotional, social and/or academic development as well as disrupting or frustrating those around them. For the parents of these children, yelling often understandably becomes the first (and sometimes only) tool in their toolbox. The yelling strategy becomes the norm in the family, and then when the yelling doesn’t work, things can go downhill very fast. This is the point where we need to really take a step back and figure out how to change the family’s behavior, not just the child’s. Shut Up And Parent provides tools for the overwhelmed parents of overwhelmed children. Rather than offering academic platitudes or complex overly-intellectualized “plans” and “programs,” this book provides practical, hands-on guidance that recognizes that the family usually is part of the problem and necessarily must be part of the solution