The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

Thanks Charlotte, this has been on my to read list for awhile

I'm reading it now, and I'm particularly happy to have refused all the advice to sleep train my son after reading it! Totally agree, a very informative read 😊

@Maria Yes! That was very encouraging to read about sleep training and when I see ladies fretting on here that their baby won't 'self-soothe', I just want to remind them that they're babies, they're not meant to self-soothe and we want to raise them securely attached to later have the confidence and independence to do that when they are ready!

I think Selfish Society is a good read and glad I read it before getting pregnant.

Yes I listened to the audiobook a few years ago and still go back to it regularly. So helpful and thoughtful

Yes, read that recently! Really lovely. Also recommend Daniel Siegel, he has a couple of good ones ☺️

Yes I read this before my baby arrived and it was a perfect book to learn from.

Oh she has a new book out that’s also super helpful “the book you want everyone you love to read”

Honestly I wish my mum read ANY book, and this matches a study into which book was best that was done some time ago. The study found that there was little difference between parenting books and the biggest difference in child happiness/development and relationships was between children whose parents read none Vs parents who read any parenting books. So I'd say by caring enough to pick up the book and invest in how to relate to your child - you're already lapping a whole swathe of parents who don't care/aren't able to prioritise that. I particularly enjoyed "how to talk so kids listen, how to listen so kids talk", "hold me tight" - relationship book but very applicable to parent child relationships too and "boundaries with teens" - this last one someone bought my mum after she complained about me when I was a teen, she didn't read it but I did and as this awful rebellious teenager I remembered thinking "yes, this is all I need her to do"