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I read about 20% then skim read the rest. It's all great advice but nothing I didn't already know and I found it a bit repetitive. It's very accessible and well explained, but it's the sort of thing that I find so tedious to read in anything more than meme sized chunks! My bad!

Starting this one. Not entirely sure why I requested this one from NetGalley as I really don't like/enjoy self-help books and the parenting guides I've read in the past just gave me The Rage so I'm understandably weary.

I‘ve read quite a few parenting books (since becoming a Mam I really love learning about child psychology etc) and this is my favourite by far. A lot of it made sense to me & it‘s very accessible and insightful. One I will keep and return to. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks @squirrelbrain for sending me this a while back 😘

I‘ve been wanting to read this book Helen 😁😁 and I love the notebook! 😍 thank you so much, it‘s much appreciated! 😘

Thank you Kay for the card 🤗😘

DNF 50%. I don‘t like parenting books that focus on what not to do and use extreme examples of “when things go bad!” This was clearly written by a privileged, middle class mum with just one child. Some working class families, both parents have to work to pay the bills! Some of her examples made me cry. 🥺

Loved it. Many 'suggestions' make sense and tie into the idea of trusting your intuition and gut rather than following strategies that might work for one child in a specific situation but do NOT work for your child- something I have often experienced when reading parenting books. Flexibility, empathy and learning about your own and your children's feelings and how our children's behavior is co-created with ours are key elements in parenting.

Be interesting to see if this book lives up to its title...! 😬 #bookmail

I often find parenting books boring, condescending, and/or unrealistic. This one was refreshingly simple and straightforward. I mainly listened to the #audiobook and read along (during our long trip home from the beach yesterday) and the narration by the British author was 👍🏻. There are definitely wise points throughout that I hope to utilize in my parenting journey. Main takeaways: behaviors are feelings, feelings aren't good/bad - just are,⬇️

Just started this. I‘m reserving judgement for now.