Picture me shuffling sheepishly down the road to the car, praying not to encounter any of my neighbours, Molly tucked under my arm like a log, kicking and screaming with no shoes on. Simultaneously, my eighteen-month-old son, D, was clinging on to me like an oversized pendant, his arms wrapped tightly around my neck. . .
Sometimes it's hard to practise what you preach. When she became a mother herself, Child Psychiatrist Dr Holan Liang quickly learnt that professionals encounter the same daily struggles as every parent. In her witty memoir-meets-manual, Dr Liang offers an empowering and holistic approach, sharing tips she's mastered as a mother of two with the help of over a decade of clinical and research experience in child mental health. Turning tiger parenting on its head, Dr Liang has found through her knowledge of the science behind child development that it's understanding WHO our children are, rather than WHAT they do that is the secret to parenting. She proposes a layer-by-layer strategy for parents to help build children (0-7 years) with a core of self-esteem who are strong from the inside out.
'If I was going to buy one book for a new parent, I'd buy this one' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love and A Manual for Heartache