An essential guide to calmer and more enjoyable parenting. This book is not just parenting know-how, but a book about you. The words you read here will have a much greater impact on your children than any other parenting book.

How many times have you wondered "what's wrong with me? Why can't I stay calm?". So many of us would like to follow a gentler and more positive parenting style but don't believe we are capable of it because we are not naturally calm. We feel there's something wrong with us, that we are not enough. We think we are failing our children because we don't sufficiently control our emotions. What we don't realize is that this describes almost every parent who has ever existed - and will ever exist.

In her characteristically supportive and reassuring style, author Sarah Ockwell-Smith shows that while we all lose our temper sometimes, everyone can become a calmer parent. Based on her numerous experiences with parents, Sarah provides research, advice, and practical exercises that will guide you towards a calmer parenting practice that will benefit both you and your children.

Covering everything from the influence your upbringing has on your parenting style, to work-life balance and letting go of the pursuit of perfection, "How to Be a Calm Parent" is for every parent who knows they need to be calmer to raise happy and well-adjusted children but struggles with their own emotions and anxiety levels.