"The Self-Aware Parent"

The Self-Aware Parent: Resolving Conflict and Building A Better Bond with Your Child, is a much-needed survival guide for parents. As a child psychotherapist with a successful private practice in Beverly Hills, California, Dr. Fran Walfish draws on twenty years of clinical experience to help parents cope with the challenges of raising children in today’s society. Specifically, she shows parents how to set boundaries, discusses why children need to know parents mean what they say, and exactly what parents should say in every situation. Dr. Walfish has worked with a unique range of patients, from the children of film moguls and celebrities to sons and daughters of families with limited means. Her training at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles provided her with the opportunity to work with parents, infants, preschoolers, and teens, and she has carried that diverse training into her practice.

The Self Aware Parent: The Secrets to Raising Happy Children serves as an essential tool for any parent who has ever felt clueless or out of control. Every parent strives to do his or her best, but many feel the need of a helping hand. Parenting is the most important job a person can do—and yet it’s one that doesn’t come with a set of operating instructions. The field-tested scripts, mindsets and boundaries Dr. Fran Walfish shares have transformed families with whom she has worked. The success stories are numerous—and positive results occurred even in the most problematic of cases. Parent, Know Thyself: The Secrets to Raising Happy Children is a reassuring resource, filled with vivid, real-life anecdotes, useful checklists, informative sidebars, and sample scripts that provide parents with effective words to negotiate an array of common and challenging situations. These methods open communication and create strong bonds through empathetic interaction.