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In my effort to become a better mom, I chose five of the best books for parents that truly helped me in this challenging role...
The truth is, we move forward based on our instincts, what we have learned from our own family, what we discuss with other parents, and what we discover on the internet…
Let’s take a look at some books that can truly help in raising a child better.
1️⃣ Amazing Mom, Practical Tips for Moms with Children Aged 3-6
by Liza Varvogli
"An amazing mom is a happy mom"! This is the phrase that stuck in my mind as soon as I read it...
Indeed, you bring your child into the world, but you don’t know what you will face... The hormones after pregnancy, the lack of help, daily obligations, and society’s perception of a tireless super-mom exhaust you and eventually make you unhappy.
The "Amazing Mom" books are a series of books, depending on the age of the children, from 0-12 years. So you can choose the one that suits you best...
There are practical tips with real-life examples for raising children, sleep, and routines according to age.
What will definitely help a lot are the tips for managing and handling tantrums and anxiety, both for the mom and the children.
In a simple, friendly, and understandable way, it suggests ideas for building strong relationships with your kids.
Only then will you become the most amazing mom in the world!
Your child is throwing themselves on the floor, screaming, crying, and nothing calms them down? You are not alone – and there is a way.
Tantrums in preschool age are not rudeness or spoiling – they are a stage of development. The book by Isabelle Filliozat, based on emotional intelligence and neuroscience, shows you how to respond to your child's outbursts with calmness, understanding, and clear boundaries. So you don’t have to try everything – but know what works.
2️⃣ Growing Up in the Greek Family
by Matthaios Giosafat
This particular book is a record of four lectures given by the well-known Matthaios Giosafat.
It describes the stages of a child's psychosexual development within the Greek family, from the moment of conception up to six years old.
It explains in a simple and understandable way that childhood and how each person experiences it plays an important role in their later adult life and psychology.
Therefore, the role of parents and their own behavior are crucial factors for the healthy development of their children.
Reading this book for parents, I understood many things about myself and what I have inherited from my own family. I also realized how important my own behavior is, but also how many mistakes I have made and what I need to change…
This book is a record, with minor corrections and additions, of four lectures organized at Armos, titled Growing Up Within the Family. The audience participation was large and lively, with many questions, which are recorded in the book along with the speaker’s answers.
It is very well known and accepted today that childhood largely determines the overall development of personality and the course of each individual’s life. The text describes the stages of the child’s psychosexual development, from conception, the embryonic period, and the following stages, up to the first completion of personality around the ages of 5-6 years.
“The child is the father of the adult,” said Freud, meaning that a child’s experiences shape their personality as an adult. Of course, hereditary factors also play a role, but for those, we cannot yet do anything substantial. However, today we know from Psychoanalysis and other related sciences the enormous, decisive role of parents—and the book focuses precisely on this role.
What is right and what is wrong in parental behavior? How is this behavior shaped by their own childhood? There are many books about children, some good and some superficial or incorrect. The distinctiveness of this book lies in its psychoanalytic approach combined with the latest findings from Neuroscience, offering concise and understandable modern scientific views on child-rearing to the educated general public.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
3️⃣ The unique world of twins
by Evi Stathatou
I read this particular book during my pregnancy with my twin boys... I felt anxious about what was to come and wanted to have an ally!
And what could be better than a twin mom, who fortunately wanted to share her real experiences with future twin moms!
What will definitely help twin parents is that they need to understand, from their children's infancy, that they are two distinct personalities. That is exactly how they should be treated, without comparisons.
"The unique world of twins" is a guide with plenty of information about twin pregnancy.
It covers all age groups, from conception to adolescence.
It contains practical advice for welcoming and caring for twins at home. Also, ways to deal with unpleasant situations, such as the stay of one or both babies in the maternity hospital and coping with postpartum depression.
Because truly, the world of twins is unique... Just as every child and their twin sibling is unique!
Life with twins is a challenge. Whether you feel fully prepared to raise them or completely unprepared for their arrival, twins will change your life. A life that may be intense, full of comparisons and competition. A life that will have a wonderful bond – that of twin magic.
The bond is unique, but each twin is just as unique, and it is important to treat them as individuals at every step. This book includes a practical guide for twin pregnancy, the arrival of twins, and raising them.
Through the different age stages, life with twins is described, along with its challenges and ways to support their healthy emotional development. Indicatively, it analyzes topics related to the most important stages of infancy, the milestones of toddlerhood and school age, the question of whether or not to separate twins at school, and more.
Through this useful guide, parents who are expecting or have already had twins learn how important it is to treat twins as two separate children throughout their lives. The book also contains personal experiences of the author as well as testimonies from other mothers of twins.
4️⃣ Shaping Happy Children
by Iakovos Martidis
In the end, it's not that easy to be a parent, because you have a huge responsibility, shaping your children's characters...
This particular book for parents, in a simple and understandable way, discusses important topics about the relationship between parents and children. It includes real examples of mistaken parental behavior and their effects on the adult lives of their children.
I was impressed by the documentation of a real contract that a mother made with her teenage son in order to buy him a mobile phone!
I learned about the 3-6-9-12 rule and finally, I started thinking after reading a child's essay titled "What should I ask from God?".
5️⃣ How to Get Your Children to Obey Without Getting Angry
by Isabelle Leclerc
How many times have you gotten angry with your child because they have selective hearing? They only listen to what they want... I know I have, many times... And just as often, I give up trying, without actually getting what I want!
In this book, you will find one hundred simple tips, one hundred effective tricks, to help you handle everyday situations that create dissatisfaction, tension, and frustration within the family.
You will definitely reduce angry outbursts, both your children's and your own!
How can we know if we are raising our children correctly? Some parents have a natural talent for educating their children effectively. However, most of us, trapped by the wounds of our own childhood, repeat with our children the same mistakes our parents made with us.
As a result, we feel guilty, we feel like failures when we lose control. And yet, there are simple ways to cope even in difficult situations!
This book offers us simple and effective advice for dealing with everyday problems and for raising children.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
Books for Parents and Children
Since I became a mom, I enjoy strolling through large bookstores...
I spend quite a few hours choosing children’s educational fairy tales with deep meaning for my little ones...
Other times, I choose funny children’s fairy tales, so I can see huge smiles on their little faces...
But I don’t forget myself... My own self-improvement, empowerment, and growth as a mom and as a person...
For exactly this reason, this time, I chose the five best books for parents, which are always in my library and I leaf through them often!
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