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Parenting Redefined

A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Child's Behavior to Help Them Thrive
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A trailblazing guide for parents wanting to fully appreciate and support their child’s unique behaviour and abilities. Today’s parents are too often bombarded with conflicting advice and unrealistic expectations. They are left frustrated and unsure of the best way to parent their child. Kristen Cook, MD,... Read More
Format: Hardback
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This trailblazing guide provides parents with the tools and knowledge to meet their child’s unique needs by understanding their brain development, emotional intelligence, and temperament. Utilizing the latest child development theories, this book helps to reduce stress, improve behavior, and enhance the parent-child relationship.

This trailblazing guide provides parents with the tools and knowledge to meet their child’s unique needs by understanding their brain development, emotional intelligence, and temperament. Utilizing the latest child development theories, this book helps to reduce stress, improve behavior, and enhance the parent-child relationship.

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A trailblazing guide for parents wanting to fully appreciate and support their child’s unique behaviour and abilities.

Today’s parents are too often bombarded with conflicting advice and unrealistic expectations. They are left frustrated and unsure of the best way to parent their child. Kristen Cook, MD, helps parents navigate this difficult landscape with a combination of research-driven expertise and compassionate understanding.

In Parenting Redefined: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Child’s Behavior to Help Them Thrive, Dr. Cook walks parents through the key concepts of their child’s development, how it impacts the way they act, and how that knowledge should inform their parenting style. She shows parents how to determine their child’s unique temperament, understand age-appropriate behaviour, and recognize what needs correcting. She highlights the importance of modelling, discipline, and emotional regulation, urging parents to adjust their methods as their child grows and develops.

Filled with practical advice, actionable plans, relatable anecdotes, and the latest science, Dr. Cook presents readers with a child-centric approach that emphasises the need for empathy, patience, and adaptation. Parenting Redefined is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to reduce stress, improve behaviour, and foster a loving relationship with their child.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798881808112

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 248

About the Author

Kristen Cook, MD, is pediatrician with over fifteen years of experience in the medical field. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a trusted voice in parenting communities. Her insights are grounded in practice and partnership with leading child health institutions. Dr. Cook lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago.

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