 A fellow parent recommended to me the book Raising Lions by Joe Newman. I just finished reading it and really enjoyed it. It was a very new perspective for me to read, and it made a lot of sense. It focused on an authoritarian, balanced, behaviorist approach to parenting and discipline. I loved all the very challenging scenarios it described and how they were resolved with the appropriate interventions/strategies. I can see a lot of situations even in normal contexts where these principles can apply. I definitely recommend this book to any parents of strong-willed kids.
Below are my main notes and takeaways.
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 I recently finished reading The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans by Aliza Pressman, which came out earlier this year. I had listened to and enjoyed her podcast, and this book was really good in hitting all the major topics from infants through teenagers. It built on and reinforced several other books I had read before, and I liked how it distilled all the material to its essence and the most actionable recommendations.
The various frameworks in the book (5 R's, BALANCE, BAD, etc.) are helpful for remembering what to do in difficult situations. The various mindfulness exercises and prompts were nice as well. I especially enjoyed the descriptions of various games families can play together. This is a great overall parenting book that covers a lot of ground very concisely and directly, and I definitely recommend it. My main notes and takeaways are below.  A number of my friends from college and fellow parents all recently recommended Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt, and I just finished reading it. It was eye-opening and scary. It reinforces many things I've read and learned elsewhere about the importance of minimizing screen time and social media, especially for growing kids. I like the concrete ideas of things parents can do now and the sample activities and neighborhood events people can organize.
My main notes and takeaways are below. This seems like very important reading for any fellow parent of kids 5 to 18 and beyond. |
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