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Bounceback Parenting

A Field Guide for Creating Connection Not Perfection
By Alissa Marquess
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Bounceback Parenting offers an innovative and playful approach to parenting through secret challenges designed to shift your perspective. This guide combines positive parenting techniques with interactive missions, such as slowing down to your child’s pace, adopting a kinder inner voice, and turning everyday moments into joyful experiences like kitchen dance parties. With sections focused on connection, focus, self-compassion, and letting go of unrealistic expectations, it serves as a practical tool for parents seeking to refresh their routines and nurture stronger relationships.
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This book is ideal for parents feeling burnt out who want to engage with their children in more positive, mindful, and playful ways. It suits those open to creative approaches and looking for practical, uplifting strategies to improve family dynamics and personal well-being.

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An utterly original and irresistibly playful book that gives parents secret challenges to help them see things from a new angle.

Combine the insights of a positive parenting guide with the playfulness of a kids' book, and you get The Parenting Secret Mission Society.

  • Substitute "should" for "could"
  • Take a step back and observe from a distance
  • Slow down to your child's pace
  • Develop a "kind voice"
  • Ask your child to teach you something about their world
  • Say "yes" more
  • Hold an impromptu kitchen dance party

These are just a few of the many simple yet powerful "secret missions" in this playful book for parents who want to recharge, refresh and restart in a positive new way.

Comprised of mission debriefings, journal prompts with room to write, and inspiring advice and insights, this is a game-changing resource for burnt-out mums and dads everywhere.

Topics include:

  • Get Connected: Missions for practicing connection in the everyday.
  • Stay on Target: Missions to help you get re-centred, re-inspired and re-focused on what matters most to you and your family.
  • Operation Kindsight: Missions to get you speaking to yourself with compassion, and taking better care of you.
  • Lighten up: Missions to help you notice the perfectly imperfect moments that happen every day. We'll get you laughing more, controlling less.
  • Banish the Shoulds: Missions to get you focused on what is, not what ifs, so that you can enjoy the good and let go of should. These will encourage growth and flexibility.
  • Online Headquarters: Information on how to access exclusive bonus downloads just for readers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143131779

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: TarcherPerigee

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

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Alissa Marquess Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Alissa Marquess is a mom to three and the founder of Bounceback Parenting, where she helps parents build loving, resilient relationships with their kids. She has a built a large and loyal community of readers across many social media platforms.

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