Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook - by Laura Markham (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Experience a happier family life, with a lot less drama and a lot more love!

In her groundbreaking guide Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, Dr. Laura Markham helped millions of parents better understand their children and their own emotions, so they could parent in a more empathetic and emotionally connected way.

Now, parents can take Dr. Markham's simple yet transformative approach even deeper - with this personalized, interactive and practice-filled companion workbook.

Research-based, and parent-tested, the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook will help parents:

- Use games and exercises to increase laughter and play, while decreasing tantrums and fights.

- Teach your brain new skills so you don't get upset so often and can calm down faster.

- Practice discipline strategies that teach kids self-management and emotional intelligence.

- Strengthen your bond with your child so they want to cooperate.

- Discover simple mindfulness and meditation exercises to find peace in a busy home.

Review Quotes

"Dr. Laura Markham's book is an extremely useful guide for parents in connecting with their children's emotions. It is highly gratifying to finally see a research-based guide for parents. Every parent will want a copy of this book." - Dr. John Gottman, Author of Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

"The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook is more than an excellent resource; it offers a well-researched, clearly written, step-by-step process that will completely transform your parenting. In a carefully guided format, richly packed from first page to last, Dr. Laura Markham teaches the practical and powerful tools that help you skillfully regulate the emotional climate in your family. This is the must-read road map you've been looking for." -- Linda Graham, MFT, Author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being

"The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook teaches parents to manage their own emotions, connect more deeply with their children, and guide kids with respectful, attuned limit-setting. As always, Laura Markham's encouraging tone, realistic scenarios, and step-by-step instructions make her research-based advice immediately accessible to busy parents, brilliantly coaching them to create the strong, healthy child-parent relationship that every mother and father seeks." -- Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, Co-author of The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and The Yes Brain

About the Author

Dr. Laura Markham trained as a Clinical Psychologist at Columbia University, but she's also a mom, so she understands kids -- and parents! She uses her Ph.D. to translate proven science and child-development research into the practical solutions you need for the family life you want.

She is the author of three best-selling books that continue to rack up 5 star reviews, attesting to the power of her relationship-based approach to parenting.