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How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids

Effective strategies for stressed out parents
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How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids offers an honest, compassionate, and pragmatic approach to overcoming the frustration and rage that can come with parenting. Carla Naumburg acknowledges the pressures faced by modern parents who are often overwhelmed and provides accessible, humorous strategies to become a calmer, more mindful, and intentional parent. The book empowers readers to understand that losing patience doesn’t make them bad parents, while guiding them through practical solutions to foster a positive family environment.
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This book is ideal for parents feeling overwhelmed, irritated, or frustrated with their children, particularly those seeking compassionate and practical advice to regain control and foster healthier relationships. It suits readers wanting a down-to-earth guide with humour and real-life strategies to improve mindfulness and intentional parenting in today's demanding family life.

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Stop losing your sh*t and be a calmer, happier parent.

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‘Funny, honest and most importantly really, really useful.’ - Helen McGinn, author of The Knackered Mother's Wine Club

So, you're losing your sht with your kids. You scream, you shout, you snap at them. You're cranky and irritable more often than you'd like to admit. You know how you want to parent; you want to be a calmer, more rational and intentional parent, but no matter how hard you try, you can't help it. You keep losing your sht.

Just remember: YOU ARE NOT A BAD PARENT.

How to Stop Losing Your Sht with Your Kids is as honest and compassionate as it is pragmatic about helping you work through your sht to be a more present and positive parent. Increasingly relevant to today's parents, who are more overloaded, overwhelmed, and overworked than ever before, Carla Naumburg has the antidote to the feelings of complete despair and rage.

How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids is a simple, accessible and humorous guide to more effective and mindful parenting.

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Described as "life-changing" and "really, really useful," this book is praised for its humour, honesty, and relatable insights. Reviewers highlight its ability to make readers laugh, feel understood, and empowered to effect positive changes in family dynamics. Esteemed authors like Helen McGinn and Katie Hurley commend its combination of hard truths with practical ideas, making it essential reading for parents at any stage. The book is noted for reminding parents to manage their own challenges to better support their children.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529329735

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Yellow Kite

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 197g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Carla Naumburg, PHD is a clinical social worker, parent coach and author. Her writing has appeared in print and online publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

Carla has presented at Google on three separate occasions, and has spoken at a number of national and local social work, education, parenting, and mindfulness conferences. She is frequently contacted as an expert source for articles, podcasts, and virtual summits on mindfulness and parenting.

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