Between Parent and Child

If you have read a parenting book or taken a parenting course in the last sixty years, chances are you have been influenced by the wisdom of Haim Ginott, even if you didn’t realize it.

He and his students, including the authors of How to Talk So Children Will Listen, set the groundwork for what is known today as connection parenting, conscious parenting, gentle parenting, playful parenting, and authoritative (but not authoritarian) parenting.

When my mom passed away and I looked through her books, I saw she had a first edition of Between Parent and Child, first published when I… show more.

There's a reason that this book is considered one of the ultimate books ever written on parenting: it's sublime in its simplicity and practicality. Pick this book up and read a few pages and you're guaranteed to be changed. You'll act differently towards your children. They'll feel the difference in you, and they'll act differently towards you. Ginott has written the classic and he did it years before we had the research to shine a light on just how right he was. 

Here’s a classic that remains relevant today. Dr. Haim Ginott’s approach to parenting helps you gain more empathy and calm in your parenting by acknowledging feelings, responding in a way that builds trust, and stopping patterns that bring out difficult behaviors like lying and complaining. I love this book because it’s the foundation of so much respectful parenting, and Ginott remains a giant in the field.