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The Bonsai Child: Why modern parenting limits children's potential and practical strategies to turn it around by [Judith Locke]

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Modern parenting is in crisis. Parents put more time and effort into raising their children than ever before, but children’s self-esteem, resilience and wellbeing don’t appear to be improving.

In her work as a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr Judith Locke sees a disturbing link between high-effort parenting and poor outcomes for children. She believes parents make their children’s lives too easy by doing too much for them and giving too much to them. This type of parenting produces ‘the bonsai child’, an apparently perfect child raised in a protected environment and nurtured on attention to their every need. Dependent on constant care, the bonsai child can remain confined by their ideal conditions, incapable of coping in the real world.

In The Bonsai Child, Judith explains why the current generation of parents and children are in this mess, why parents are encouraged to parent this way, and what often happens to their children. Most importantly, she offers practical and realistic strategies, which have worked for hundreds of parents she has helped. These strategies will work for you, too.

The Bonsai Child will change the way you think about parenting.

The Bonsai Child will show you the best way to be a good parent for your child. It will teach you how to encourage your child’s confidence and resilience. It is an essential resource for parents and anyone working with families or children today.

Length: 335 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English	Age Level: 17 - 18

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ASIN : B013FUDVSY
Publisher : Judith Locke (4 August 2015)
Language : English
File size : 3499 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 335 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 43,859 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- 78 in Developmental Child Psychology
- 1,781 in Parenting & Family

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Kristina Row

lots of thinking

Reviewed in Australia on 16 September 2015

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written in an easy style to take on board the skills. simple steps to develop your chilld to become resilient / independent. lots of reflecting. easy to apply. i grateful having read this book 6&8 year olds but i think it can apply to school age.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 18 November 2015

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Great insights

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Anonymous

Preachy, condescending tone beyond belief

Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2018

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Surprisingly, this book was recommended in a FB group for parents of children with anxiety and OCD. This is surprising because these conditions, as well as autism, are often genetic and not the fault of “bad parenting.” If you’re seeking the book because your child has one of these conditions, LOOK ELSEWHERE. This book is all about parent shaming to the point that it’s laughable. “Your child gets too many awards! Your child has too many toys! Your child has too many expensive extracurricular activities!” My child has too much of none of these things. I half expected the author to shout, “Hey, kids! Get off my lawn!” Maybe she did; I quit reading two-thirds of the way through the book, and that was giving it too much of my time.

Ross Martin

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Reviewed in the United States on 8 October 2015

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