About the Book | Parenting is a Contact Sport by Joanne Stern, PhD

parenting book: Parenting Is a Contact Sport by Joanne Stern, PhD

A Simple Recipe for Making “Real” Contact

In Parenting Is a Contact Sport: 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Kids for Life, I share my expertise on building a relationship with your kids that’s so strong, nothing will sever it. Through the moving and personal stories of my own family and my clients’ families, I present a simple recipe for making “real” contact with your children — not just by hugging them, but by spending time with them, doing activities with them, and most of all, talking with them and being deeply involved in their day-to-day lives.

Let’s be honest. Parenting can be hard work, especially when you find yourself knee-deep in the grittier issues:

What would you do if your 14-year-old announced she wanted to have sex with her boyfriend?
Or if your 12-year-old was sneaking out of the house at night?
Suppose your 6-year-old got kicked out of school for his bad behavior. How would you handle that?

To survive the rough and tumble of raising children, your relationship with them must be resilient enough to weather anything life throws your way, even tough situations like these.



	Funny, isn’t it, that parenting will be the most important thing we ever do, and remains the thing we’re least trained for? Here, however, is the guide you want — full of truly useful information, advice, and, most of all, love. Simple concepts made easy by a double pro: a woman who helps people for a living and who’s also a mother. Brava!" Linda Ellerbee, Author of Take Big Bites and Executive Producer of Nick News.

My book shows you how to connect with your kids with dignity and respect — whether they’re toddlers, teenagers or young adults — and how to nurture an open and trusting relationship, that makes you the one your kids talk to and listen to most. I illustrate how to have fun with them and create a safe haven for them, while still maintaining good discipline.

It’s parenting advice for the real world where, let’s admit it, you can’t control every move your kids make or prevent mistakes or heartaches. But if you follow my advice, you can be the one who walks by their side, even during the tough times — by creating a connection that lasts for life.

parenting book: Parenting Is a Contact Sport by Joanne Stern, PhD In Parenting Is a Contact Sport, you will discover how to:

Communicate openly and form an unbreakable bond that gives you the opportunity to guide and counsel your kids in every phase of their lives
Help your kids learn from their experiences, even through the storms of adolescence, by using effective discipline
Stay in touch with the realities of your kids’ lives so you can talk with them, even when they’re dealing with such tough issues as sex and drugs
Increase your influence over their choices and behaviors so that, even when you can’t be there, they use good judgment
Develop mutual trust and respect that improves their self-esteem and brings joy and laughter into your home.

Parenting Is a Contact Sport lifts the veil and allows you to see what great parenting looks like. Get the inside view and give your kids the greatest gift of all — a close relationship with you.

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