The winning family

the long version

More than a book on parenting, The Winning Family focuses on the personal development of parents along with the development of their children. Louise Hart offers a hopeful model for breaking out of damaging patterns and shaping families characterized by joy and satisfaction, not manipulation and guilt. Packed with the best information on mental and emotional health, this book sets out in a clear, logical order the skills adults need to make their children feel loved and worthwhile, and to steer them from trouble. The Winning Family sets forth in an accessible, compelling format the necessary information to right the wrongs of the past, instead of repeating them. With new information, parents can shift from fear-based upbringing to love-based interactions with their own children, and enjoy a healthier, happier family. This book is a classic guide to positive parenting, sprinkled with stories of the author’s experiences while raising two sons and a daughter. This popular, warmly illustrated book: Helps develop refreshing ways to enhance bonding, trust, and play, thereby deepening family closeness and joy. Enhances social and emotional well-being that can steer youngsters from risky behavior. Provides strategies for preventing problems, plus practical alternatives to punishment. Inspires men and women to become the parents they wish they had had.