The Gentle Parenting Book (Revised and Updated)

How to Raise Calmer, Happier Children from Birth to Seven

By: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Narrated by: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Revised and updated for 2023 with new material, The Gentle Parenting Book offers essential guidance to raising calmer, happier children.

Parenting trends come and go. Gentle parenting is different - it isn't a label for a precise set of rules but a method of parenting that embraces the needs of parent and child, while being mindful of current science and child psychology. It means parenting with empathy, respect, understanding - and boundaries.

In The Gentle Parenting Book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith provides a trustworthy combination of what-to-expect information and gentle-parenting solutions to the most common challenges faced by parents with young children. Sarah addresses a wide variety of topics, including coping with a crying baby, introducing solid foods and creating healthy eating habits, potty training, starting nursery and school, sibling rivalry, tantrums, whining and sulking, aggressive behaviour and much more.

And for those parents who have previously used a more authoritarian style of parenting, there's plenty of advice - and reassurance - on making the transition to a gentler approach. For many, gentle parenting comes as a relief because it chimes with their deepest instincts about the best way to raise their children.

©2023 Sarah Ockwell-Smith (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK

Encouraging

With the choice to want to do better I was encourage by this book. I found the dialogue and tone soothing and easy going. Thank you for sharing.

generally liked some of it

I agree with about 80% of what the author is concluding. it's well written and has some research and scientific basis for the conclusions she has come to. but I definitely disagree with some of this parenting advice. I worry that gentle parenting asks too little of your children.

Must listen

Even if you aren't interested in gentle parenting I think this book is a must listen! Lots of awesome information

All peds medical professionals hate this book

There is no scientific research on this method! She claims there is but I am publishing a paper right now on what a mess this is and how there is no actual research and people need to stop trusting someone random on their parenting! No more tik tok parenting!
Parenting shouldn’t be this hard and you can recognize your kids emotions and not want to chop your head off!
Do some research on authoritative parenting - this is the only parenting style with actual scientific research!!!