A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into
raising a resilient, well-balanced child.
Bringing up a child to be an authentic and mentally robust adult is one
of life's great challenges. It is also, fortunately, not a matter of
luck.
The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to
say 'no' to a child you adore, how to look beneath the surface of 'bad'
behavior to work out what might really be going on, how to encourage a
child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moods and gloom of
adolescence.
Most importantly, this is a book that knows that perfection is not
required - and indeed the tiger mom approach is flawed, because a key
job of any parent is to induct a child gently into the imperfect nature
of everything. Written in a tone that is encouraging, wry, and soaked in
years of experience, The Good Enough Parent is an intelligent guide to
raising a child who will one day look back on their childhood with just
the right mixture of gratitude, humor, and love.