Revised and updated for 2023 with new material, The Gentle Parenting
Book offers essential guidance to raising calmer, happier children.
Parenting trends come and go. Gentle parenting is different - it isn't a
label for a precise set of rules but a method of parenting that embraces
the needs of parent and child, while being mindful of current science
and child psychology. It means parenting with empathy, respect,
understanding - and boundaries.
In The Gentle Parenting Book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith provides a trustworthy
combination of what-to-expect information and gentle-parenting solutions
to the most common challenges faced by parents with young children.
Sarah addresses a wide variety of topics, including coping with a crying
baby, introducing solid foods and creating healthy eating habits, potty
training, starting nursery and school, sibling rivalry, tantrums,
whining and sulking, aggressive behaviour and much more.
And for those parents who have previously used a more authoritarian
style of parenting, there's plenty of advice - and reassurance - on
making the transition to a gentler approach. For many, gentle parenting
comes as a relief because it chimes with their deepest instincts about
the best way to raise their children.
