Punishment-Free Parenting

A no-judgment parenting guide that helps you better understand your own emotions as well as your children's needs without resorting to threats or punishment--from a regular dad who made it his mission to share what he learned from his hard-won experiences and personal research Every parent has had that painful moment of messing up and seeing that they need help if they're going to raise happy, emotionally healthy kids. For Jon Fogel, that moment came after yelling at his son and realizing he was making the same mistakes as his own parents. He knew something had to change. More than figuring out how best to parent his little boy, he needed to understand and redirect his own emotions. That put Fogel on a path towards wholeness: understanding himself, learning about the brain, naming his emotions, becoming a whole parent. In a few short years, Jon became an inspiration to over a million parents around the world who were striving to be the best parents they could be too. Now with Punishment-Free Parenting , Fogel, a father of three, pastor, and parenting educator, brings to parents the hard-won insights from his research and work as a parenting coach. In memorable advice and with compassionate insight, Fogel offers moms and dads a clear path to their own wholeness as parents--from learning to recognize and name their own emotional triggers to responding to children with a keener awareness of their developmental processes. What emerges is a path forward into partnership with children and without the drama of punishment. In these pages, readers will be heartened to meet other parents just like them, and children just like their own, who have learned to use the tools and tips that Fogel offers. Packed with the most helpful research findings from child psychology, neurology, and pediatric medicine, Punishment-Free Parenting is the simple, accessible, no-judgment book for parents who want the support and guidance of a dad just like them.

A no-judgment parenting guide that helps you better understand your own emotions as well as your children's needs without resorting to threats or punishment--from a regular dad who made it his mission to share what he learned from his hard-won experiences and personal research Every parent has had that painful moment of messing up and seeing that they need help if they're going to raise happy, emotionally healthy kids. For Jon Fogel, that moment came after yelling at his son and realizing he was making the same mistakes as his own parents. He knew something had to change. More than figuring out how best to parent his little boy, he needed to understand and redirect his own emotions. That put Fogel on a path towards wholeness: understanding himself, learning about the brain, naming his emotions, becoming a whole parent. In a few short years, Jon became an inspiration to over a million parents around the world who were striving to be the best parents they could be too. Now with Punishment-Free Parenting , Fogel, a father of three, pastor, and parenting educator, brings to parents the hard-won insights from his research and work as a parenting coach. In memorable advice and with compassionate insight, Fogel offers moms and dads a clear path to their own wholeness as parents--from learning to recognize and name their own emotional triggers to responding to children with a keener awareness of their developmental processes. What emerges is a path forward into partnership with children and without the drama of punishment. In these pages, readers will be heartened to meet other parents just like them, and children just like their own, who have learned to use the tools and tips that Fogel offers. Packed with the most helpful research findings from child psychology, neurology, and pediatric medicine, Punishment-Free Parenting is the simple, accessible, no-judgment book for parents who want the support and guidance of a dad just like them.