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How to Be The Grown-Up
- Author
- Dr Martha Deiros Collado
- Narrator
- Martha Deiros Collado
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 29 February 2024
- Run Time
- 10 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, as well as her growing and dedicated social media community, Dr Martha Deiros Collado's first book is the must-have toolkit for any parent.
Martha understands the many modern-day parenting struggles and worries we all face:
- How can I make my child listen to me?
- Can I stop a tantrum in its tracks?
- What can I do when my child feels sad?
- Why does my child only eat three very particular things without having a meltdown?
- What should I do when I lose my sh*t?
With humour, boundless energy, wit and warmth, Dr Martha tackles it all; from how to talk about honesty and lies, death, co-parenting, consent, gender, attachment, boundaries, and tantrums, as well as the small but critical day to day challenges parents face. And she explains why beneath each dilemma, it's the behaviours and scripts we learned as children that shape the parents we become.
This deceptively simple and always empathetic guide promises to become the new word of mouth 'must have' for parents or any grown-up interested in what makes a healthy, happy, confident parent and child.
©2023 Martha Deiros Collado (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Down to earth, anchored in compassion and completely do-able, Dr Martha gives real answers to all the questions every parent wants to know.
Suzy Reading, chartered psychologist, author of Stand Tall Like a Mountain
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This book is an essential guide for all parents. Empowering, empathetic and educational. It has helped me to think more deeply about my own parenting, and understand myself better.
Clare Bourne, author of Strong Foundations
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Martha is my go-to expert for parenting. This book is full of real life examples, lived experiences, useful strategies and so much reassurance
Charlotte Stirling-Reed, bestselling author of How to Wean Your Baby
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A wonderful and compassionate resource based on sound evidence. I would be recommending this to parents lots when I worked with children.
Emma Hepburn, clinical psychologist and author of A Toolkit for Modern Life
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‘A must-read… written in a supportive, non-judgemental tone which encourages the reader not to give up. I would highly recommend this book to anyone trying to navigate parenthood – through love, patience and dedication.’
Dr Aziza Sesay @talkswithdrsesay
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Will help you truly understand your child’s behaviours, and rethink your own too… This book will change how you parent for the better.
Nichola Ludlam-Raine, Registered Dietitian, @mummynutrition
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Grateful to have this on my bookshelf. I’ll be using it for years to come.
Dr Faye Begeti @the_brain_doctor
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Martha has a magic way of connecting to the parent, I felt like she was speaking directly to me throughout. She addresses many of the most daunting and overwhelming challenges of parenting and dilutes them with her wonderful understanding and strategies. This is a book I will refer to again and again.
Carla Freeman
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Oh the times I’ve looked around for a ‘real adult’ to tell me how to parent! In this warm, powerful book, Dr Martha is exactly that compassionate, confident voice that we all need. Dr Martha supports us in exploring the narratives we learnt within our own childhood, and gently challenges them so that we can feel empowered and equipped to raise confident children…as confident parents. This book needs to take a firm place on the bedside table of every parent. It will powerfully shape the ways we parent our children… and ourselves. Step away from Googling for parenting tips and step towards Dr Martha’s words. The warm, confident guidance all parents crave.
Anna Mathur, bestselling author of Mind Over Mother
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This is a helpful and supportive guide that encourages and facilitates self-reflection, and offers detailed, practical help with parenting.
Juno
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Details
- Author
- Dr Martha Deiros Collado
- Narrator
- Martha Deiros Collado
- Duration
- 10 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 February 2024
- ISBN
- 9781529915013
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Parenting: advice and issues, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Popular psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Family psychology, Sociology: family and relationships
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, as well as her growing and dedicated social media community, Dr Martha Deiros Collado's first book is the must-have toolkit for any parent.Martha understands the many modern-day parenting struggles and worries we all face:How can I make my child listen to me?Can I stop a tantrum in its tracks?What can I do when my child feels sad?Why does my child only eat three very particular things without having a meltdown?What should I do when I lose my sh*t?With humour, boundless energy, wit and warmth, Dr Martha tackles it all; from how to talk about honesty and lies, death, co-parenting, consent, gender, attachment, boundaries, and tantrums, as well as the small but critical day to day challenges parents face. And she explains why beneath each dilemma, it's the behaviours and scripts we learned as children that shape the parents we become.This deceptively simple and always empathetic guide promises to become the new word of mouth 'must have' for parents or any grown-up interested in what makes a healthy, happy, confident parent and child.©2023 Martha Deiros Collado (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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