Whole-Hearted Parenting: How to use emotional intelligence to create more peace, connection, and joy

How can emotional intelligence help us be the parents we mean to be? "Josh Freedman offers parents sane and sound advice about how to raise good kids. Whole-Hearted Parenting is a reader-friendly, no-blame guide to parenthood that any mom or dad will find of great use -- especially in those trying moments when it s not clear what to do." Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Whole-Hearted Parenting offers hundreds of tips and insights that can help you figure out your own answers. Along the way, you might discover your key to unravel tension and create balance. You will learn how to: - Effectively blend thinking and feelings in your parenting - Use emotions to help focus and motivate your kids - Leverage the power of optimism to make parenting more fun - Respond intentionally instead of reacting on autopilot - Strengthen empathy to better understand and influence your child