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Impact Parenting: Principles for Cultivating a Healthy Home by Rachel Gunn Genres: Non Fiction, Self-Help
Pages: 174
Format: ARC
Source: Provided by author for honest review
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Parenting is the Great Equalizer
Let’s face it. No matter our education, culture, background, or experience, we ALL feel lost as parents at one time or another. Raising kids is unpredictable, and it's normal to have moments of uncertainty. It’s in those moments that we find opportunities to grow, connect, and experience incredible joy.
So let’s talk about it.
In this book, mom and parent educator Rachel Gunn dives into parenting in all its chaotic, messy glory. You'll discover principles that will help you transform your parenting and encouragement that will build your confidence as you navigate each stage of your child's growth. Plus, she shares some of her own parenting stories—because what better way to learn than from someone else’s mistakes?
We’re all in it together.
Whether you're a new parent or navigating the teenage years, you’ll feel right at home in these pages. Grab a friend or a few, and dive in. You’ll find yourselves laughing along the way as you share stories and explore the ups and downs of parenting.
In this book, Rachel will help
Approach parenting with intentionality, focusing on building strong relationships, setting boundaries, and fostering open communication with their children. Recognize the stages of parenting and the unique approach that each stage requires. Encourage open communication with your child to strengthen their communication skills. Use the 3-C approach to discipline to empower your child to make decisions and learn from their mistakes. Understand the power dynamics in the parent-child relationship, and which approach empowers children to make responsible decisions. Understand the teen brain and navigate the teen years with confidence.
Join the journey.
With the stages of parenting as a roadmap, Rachel will help you transform your parenting approach with principles proven to make a positive impact. Impact Parenting is not just a book; it’s a companion that supports you through the beautiful, complex, and rewarding journey of raising children. Rachel is here to reassure you that you're doing your best, and it's okay to make mistakes. You can come back again and again as your children grow and challenge everything you thought was right.
Julie’s Review:
Impact Parenting: Principles for Cultivating a Healthy Home shares valuable information about the stages of parenting and teaches you how to parent differently depending on the age of your child.
I’m not a “new” mom anymore, but parenting is an evolving skill. It takes trial and error to find the techniques that work for your family at the stage you find yourself in.
Something I didn’t like was I didn’t realize this was a Christian parenting book, and for the most part it is not. The majority of the book shares research-driven parenting tips and discussion. But at times almost randomly there’s a quote from the bible, or a mention of raising children in a particular diety’s image, and to be honest it breaks the immersion. It’s not my cup of tea.
But back to the positives. This book is separated into chapters based on stages of parenting. Each section has questions for self reflection as well as situational examples you can use for discussion or journaling.
One important FACT you learn is “FACT” for addressing emotional reactions. F = Feelings, A = Actions, C = Correct (or not), T = Truth. It helps us as parents slow down when we are triggered by our children’s behavior, and assess why we feel this way, and if our reactions are appropriate.
The book mostly focuses on the parenting journey of stages. These stages are:
- Nurturing stage (Birth to age 1)
- Boundaries stage (1 to 5)
- Teaching stage (5 t0 11) – I am firmly in this stage right now.
- Coaching stage (12 to 17)
- Mentoring stage (18 to 25)
- Friendship stage (adulthood)
Each of these stages uses different parenting techniques and encounters different situations. The good thing about this book is you can just focus on the stage you are in at the moment, as reading about all the stages at once may be overwhelming.
The book ends with teaching you how to reset when you haven’t been following a parenting technique, including steps to take and how to start the conversation.
Overall, this book will give you tools for your parenting toolbelt to help make each stage easier to manage.
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