The playful parent
Subtitle: playful, positive parenting strategies for toddlers and pre-schoolers
By: Julia Deering
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007512409
Subjects: Play; Parenting; Toddlers; Care; Preschool children
Description: This text offers a new solution for parents and carers looking for a calmer, happier and smarter way to parent the under-fives. This activity-led parenting guide shows how to get young children involved and learning, thinking and growing, helping and cooperating without any need for 'the naughty step' or punishment at all, but by making play the beating heart of family life. Julia Deering offers support and advice to busy parents, combining down-to-earth practicality with hundreds of simple activities, tips, tricks and fixes, guidance, prompts and brilliant ideas that show parents how to tap into their child's playful instincts.