Parents Are People Too: Emotional Fitness Training for Parents

Parents Are People Too: Emotional Fitness Training for Parents

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Katherine Gordy Levine, a professor, psychotherapist, and parent, offers a program designed to deal with the guilt, anger, and self-doubt that sometimes plague all mothers and fathers. Acting as a parent's "emotional fitness" trainer, she introduces countless strategies for dealing with specific negative feelings and the resulting problems. These include relaxation and visualization exercises, constructing a "feeling thermometer," and creating a personal mission statement. Parents Are People Too offers relief from the frustration that is a normal part of family life, helping readers to remember that the key to ensuring a child's happiness lies within our own emotional well-being.

Parents Are People Too: Emotional Fitness Training for Parents,Katherine Gordy Levine,Penguin Books,0140236198,Attitudes,Child Care/Parenting,Emotions,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Parenting,Parenting - General,Parents,Psychological aspects,Self-control

Book Contents:

1. Parents, Teens and Sex: The Big Talk Book
2. Parent Survival Guide, The
3. Parent Warrior: Protecting Your Children Through Prayer
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5. Propecia : The Hair-Growth Breakthrough
6. Punishment On Trial
7. Reflexology Massage
8. Responsibility (What Is It)
9. Sanar la vergüenza que nos domina
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