Wonderful Ways to Love a Child: Inspired Ideas for Raising Happy, Healthy Children

__Wonderful Ways to Love a Child__ helps busy, stressed-out parents engage in positive parenting. With her trademark mix of inspiration and psychology, parenting expert Judy Ford shares essential tools and handy how-tos that will help readers put love into action to give their children the best start in life. Sixty two-page essays offer practical suggestions gleaned from Ford's thirty years of working with families and true stories from many different kinds of families. Addressing the difficulties of tears, anger, exhaustion, and myriad other woes, Ford teaches parents how to shift their focus from hardships and mishaps to joy and shared experiences of growth and love. Chapters include "Listen from Your Heart," "Encourage Encourage," "Admit Your Mistakes," and "Teach Values by Example." With honesty and humor, __Wonderful Ways to Love a Child__ will help parents build strong, nurturing, loving families. An essay collection offering a guide for parents who want to put love into action so they can give their children the very best start in life. A parent’s calling is to raise a person. By making loving actions part of your life, you have the power to build the kind of family unit most people long for. Wonderful Ways to Love a Child is filled with true stories of parents and children who are nurturing strong and loving families. The book provides the support that empowers you to be the parent you want to be and expands your parenting skills. Cultivating a loving relationship with your child demands integrity, compassion, and emotional honesty. It is a forever commitment to continuous loving actions–even when you are too tired. This low-stress approach to positive parenting produces happy children with high self-esteem. This is how children succeed. Wonderful Ways to Love a Child is a prescription to strengthen family bonds that will last a lifetime. There are many different parenting styles. This one is based in love and logic, and positive discipline. Learn to put yourselves in your children’s shoes—and have fun in the process. In this book you’ll find guides to: Loving yourself and allowing your child to love themselves Giving the gift of your presence and being open to the miracle of transformation Saying yes as often as possible, and knowing when to say no Teaching that all feelings are acceptable and making room for the Crankies Delighting in silliness by laughing, dancing and singing together Teaching values by example Other essential tools to ensure a loving, lasting friendship with your children–and make them want to come visit when they are older A guide for parents who want to put love into action so they can give their children the very best start in life. A prescription to strengthen your family, packed with guidance, reassurance, and true stories.

This series of more than 60 short, two-page essays is divided into three sections--Essence, Expression, and Espirit--and focuses on ways to nurture the soul of a child and have fun in the process. A great gift for anyone who shares a special bond with a child. Line drawings.