How to Be The Grown-Up

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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

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
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
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
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
u2018A must-readu2026 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 u2013 through love, patience and dedication.u2019
Dr Aziza Sesay @talkswithdrsesay
Will help you truly understand your childu2019s behaviours, and rethink your own toou2026 This book will change how you parent for the better.
Nichola Ludlam-Raine, Registered Dietitian, @mummynutrition
Grateful to have this on my bookshelf. Iu2019ll be using it for years to come.
Dr Faye Begeti @the_brain_doctor
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
Oh the times Iu2019ve looked around for a u2018real adultu2019 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 childrenu2026as 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 childrenu2026 and ourselves. Step away from Googling for parenting tips and step towards Dr Marthau2019s words. The warm, confident guidance all parents crave.
Anna Mathur, bestselling author of Mind Over Mother
This is a helpful and supportive guide that encourages and facilitates self-reflection, and offers detailed, practical help with parenting.
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