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Becky Kennedy • Good Inside
Children need a balance of nurture and structure, and so do adults. In the process of learning to provide for our children, we need to learn better nurture and structure skills for ourselves as well.
Connie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
We’ve all heard the saying “Children are meant to be seen, not heard.” It was a slogan of sorts that summed up our older generations’ mindset around raising children. This mindset was born out of an understanding that the only needs children had were basic, such as food and shelter. Resource scarcity was a reality for many members of these
... See moreNicole LePera • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Madeline Levine • The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
improve your skills for taking care of yourself, evaluate the way you were parented, and discover ways to heal from the uneven parenting in your family of origin.
Connie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
(One of my favorite pieces of parenting advice: You have to give yourself what you needed when you were a kid, and give your kids what they need now.)