Little People, Big Feelings

Little People, Big Feelings

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233(Ht mm) 154(Wdt mm)

Connected Parenting founder Genevieve Muir is a parent educator, obstetric social worker and mother of four boys. She is passionate about helping families to connect and thrive amid the many challenges of modern parenting. Gen has a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from UNSW and a Graduate Diploma in Grief and Bereavement Counselling. She is also a qualified Circle of Security and Tuning into Kids facilitator. Gen has appeared <i>Sunrise</i>, <i>The Morning Show</i>, <i>Studio 10</i>, 2Day FM and ABC, and is a spokesperson for LEGO Duplo, H&amp;M Parent Hub and Kiindred. connectedparenting.com.au A guide for parents dealing with big emotions and challenging behaviour in kids under 8. Parenting expert and mother-of-four Gen Muir has helped thousands of families to navigate strong emotions and challenging behaviour in young kids. In <i>Little People, Big Feelings</i>, she shares her tried-and-tested techniques that work to build genuine connection, establish effective boundaries and develop emotional resilience that will last a lifetime. Reassuring, compassionate and relatable, this book will help you through some of the most difficult moments of parenting - public meltdowns, bedtime struggles, school refusal, new sibling rivalry - without losing your own mind or quashing your child's spirit. Using stories, scripts and step-by-steps, Gen reveals how to communicate so your child can hear you, and how to welcome your child's emotions in order to help them regulate. You'll also learn: · Why setting firm and kind limits is essential for making our kids feel safe. · Why traditional approaches like timeouts, reward charts and a focus on praise or punishment aren't effective for long-term behaviour change. · Why understanding our own response to our kids' feelings is the key to becoming the parent we want to be. · And why it's so important to show ourselves self-compassion when raising little people with big feelings.