The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

Psychologist Phillipa Perry writes about the importance of accepting and acknowledging your child or partners emotions in her book 'The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read'.

"Ignoring or denying a child's feelings is potentially harmful to their future mental health"

"If you treat your child's sadness, anger and fears not as negatives to be corrected but as opportunities to learn more about them and to connect with them, then you will deepen your bond with them. Then, there is every likelihood you will increase their capacity for happiness"

"... when your baby, or your child, your adult child or even your partner confides a painful feeling, although it might feel you are making it worse by acknowledging it, you will in fact be helping them work through their emotions and so make it better"

extracts from 'The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read' by Phillipa Perry

This book is available at Gold Coast Library

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