Good Inside: The new Sunday Times bestselling gentle parenting guide for fans of Philippa Perry

Product Information

And that can be fine, but they are going to hate your hypocrisy if you keep trying to trick them into doing what you want. Becky's empowering and effective approach, a model that prioritizes connecting with our kids over correcting them. A resilient child can manage their reactions, understand and trust their emotions, and feel comfortable in their own skin. She validates the struggles of parenting while providing strategies, examples, scripts, and many great mantras to help you best to not "fix the issue" but to connect, set boundaries, acknowledge 2 truths, and understand your child and yourself better. She also addresses some of the common myths and misconceptions that parents have about these topics, and debunks them with facts and evidence.

Book Summary: Good Inside by Becky Kennedy Book Summary: Good Inside by Becky Kennedy

Becky introduces the Good Inside Toolbox, which consists of six tools that parents can use in any situation to help their kids feel seen, heard, and understood.So, I can *appreciate* the idea of compassionate response, but I didn’t feel like this book gave me enough tools to manage a conflict with my kid from start to finish.

Good Inside Good Inside

It’s my job to teach my children that while we can’t change the circumstances around us, we do have control over how we react, process, and move forward.

And if you don’t do it the right way, the kid will grow up emotionally unhealthy and be unable to have functional adult relationships (whaaaat…?

Good Inside Book Review | Dr. Becky Kennedy - Ruth Nuss Good Inside Book Review | Dr. Becky Kennedy - Ruth Nuss

And there are plenty of other parenting methods (RIE, modern Montessori, Love and Logic) that have super-weird aspects to them, some of which are counterproductive. I will stick to the small nuggets on social media that help me understand my child's processing and thinking.

Instead of scrolling through your social media news feed, this is a much better way to spend your spare time in my opinion. None of this stuff is intuitive, and it has no track record outside their highly specific clinical experience. Her perspective and strategies have been helpful for me as a parent to a toddler, and also have given me more peace with my child’s behavior. Sit with your child, share stories of your own experiences, and help them feel safe to be in their feelings.