Imperfect Parenting: How to Build a Relationship with Your Child to Weather Any Storm (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781433837562)

This book presents a model of authoritative parenting that makes room for imperfection, focusing on the skills needed to build a strong parent-child relationship.

As parents, we often worry we're making the wrong decisions. The good news is, having a strong relationship with your child means you can make a parenting blunder from time to time, and exercise grace and patience to try again.

Written for parents of children from birth to young adulthood (ages 0-24), this book helps you examine your role as a guide, cheerleader, advocate, and most importantly, as a human being who doesn't always have the right answers. While your child's brain, body, emotions, and social abilities develop over time, author Dona Matthews shows how your skills as a parent can be developed too, by practicing relationship fundamentals such as acceptance, positivity, social support, boundaries, respect, self-care, and gratitude.

Rooted in the latest findings from neuroscience and psychology, this book presents a model of authoritative parenting that embraces imperfection. Each chapter focuses on a key relationship skill for parenting, with tips on how to practice it during different stages of your child's growth and in common stressful situations such as social, school, health, and family scenarios.


Author: Dona Matthews
ISBN-10: 1433837560
ISBN-13: 9781433837562
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 1.00d
Award: Benjamin Franklin Award - Silver Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2022