Impact Parenting: Principles for Cultivating a Healthy Home

 Impact Parenting: Principles for Cultivating a Healthy Home

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       September 10, 2024

 

Author  Rachel Gunn

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 979-8990952201
Publisher:         Momco, LLC
Release Date:   September 2024  

Website:    https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Parenting-Principles-Cultivating-Healthy/dp/B0DF3FGTDG 

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Impact Parenting from Rachel Gunn would have to be up there amongst the top ten books on Parenting I have read over a very long period of time.

Written in easy to understand language, Gunn uses her own journey as a parent to set out in five stages, a roadmap towards guiding your children in the right direction from birth to eventually becoming independent, well balanced adults.

The Introduction tells the reason why this book came to be written, as she felt ashamed of what she considered her shortcomings as a parent. She pondered what was needed to make her children feel ‘well-received’ and came up with a list of small, but important points in areas in which she felt she could improve.

Each section is filled with real life, positive information for setting healthy principles over a vast range of everyday situations and issues, every parent has to confront at one time or another. Based on not only on her own journey with her growing family, the series of principles are also based in extensive reteach.

As she points out there is no ‘one size fits all’ with parenting, it is a moving platform that develops as the child or children develop, needing guidance and boundaries set and often reset, as they grow older.

At the end of each chapter there is a Self-Reflection area, a Think and Discuss section as well as a Final Thought summary, which helps to reinforce the various topics discussed. Snap-Shots are used to illustrate points, rule setting and invites reflection, which not only encourages the parental pathway being taken, but also points out the sound reasoning used to set the boundaries or rules.

Not overly long, Impact Parenting is a book which is highly recommended, not just for the information presented in this beautifully structured book, but for the sound, practical principles and advice set out in a very clear, sensible manner. Gunn also advocates the information in the book as excellent for discussion in Mothers’ or friendship groups.

Impact Parenting would make the perfect gift for anyone beginning their journey into parenthood.

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