Connection Parenting: Parenting
Through Connection Instead of
Coercion, Through Love Instead of
Fear, 2nd Edition by Pam Leo
Absolutely A Resource Every Parent Should Have!
Connection Parenting is based on author Pam Leos seven week parenting
series, Meeting the Needs of Children, that she has been teaching for over
sixteen years. The premise is that a strong parent-child bond is the key to
childrens optimal human development and our most effective parenting
tool. Connection Parenting is a proactive approach to parenting that
supports parents and caregivers in creating and maintaining the strong
bonds children need to thrive.
Personal Review: Connection Parenting: Parenting Through
Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear,
2nd Edition by Pam Leo

I am a mom of two energetic, strong-willed boys. I have read many
parenting books, blogs and articles in search of solutions to the problem of
how to "discipline" them without losing my temper and my sanity and
without being a marshmallow parent. I love this book. A key phrase it
contains is, "bad behavior is an expression of an unmet need." Ms. Leo
explains to us that when kids "misbehave," they have actually gone
beyond the breaking point and are asking for help with a desperate
measure--because at age 3, 4, 5 or what have you they do not know how
to articulate what is happening with them. We, as parents, need to
decipher the behavior. Is it hunger? Rest? Are her or his feelings hurt
from something that happened earlier in the day that was not resolved?
This does not mean that the undesirable behavior is okay, and that we let it
slide. It means that we find out what is going on through communication
and get the kid back on track with communication and love and
appropriate, calm, respectful treatment. As parents, we tend to tune into
the cries and signals of newborns; however, as children get older we tend
to focus on "discipline": time outs, loss of privileges, reprimands and
recriminations more often than not doled out in a loud, authoritarian voice.
After all, we're supposed to be in charge, right? Pam Leo shows us how
to treat children with respect. To listen to them, and to gently set limits in
an appropriate manner. Again, I love this book. I highly recommend it to
parents of all children, particularly parents of young children going through
the particularly difficult 2 to 5 stage.
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