Family Whispering
The Baby Whisperer's Commonsense Strategies for Communicating and Connecting with the People You Love and Making Your Whole Family Stronger
Melinda Blau ; Tracy Hogg
- From
- the
- famous
- Baby
- Whisperer
- comes
- “this
- warm,
- accessible,
- and
- highly
- practical
- guide”
- (Gretchen
- Rubin
- #1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author)
- to
- help
- families
- of
- all
- sizes
- and
- backgrounds
- live,
- love,
- and
- thrive.“Parenting
- is
- something
- you
- do.
- Family
- is
- something
- you
- are.”
- —Tracy
- HoggBefore
- her
- untimely
- death
- in
- 2004,
- Tracy—aka
- the
- Baby
- Whisperer—and
- her
- longtime
- collaborator,
- journalist
- Melinda
- Blau,
- conceived
- a
- fourth
- book
- that
- would
- apply
- the
- commonsense
- principles
- of
- baby
- whispering
- to
- the
- “whole
- family.”
- This
- ground-breaking
- book
- explains
- why
- “family”
- is
- defined
- by
- much
- more
- than
- the
- relationship
- between
- parent
- and
- child.
- By
- widening
- the
- lens
- to
- focus
- on
- the
- family
- as
- an
- entity,
- Blau
- uses
- the
- Baby
- Whisperer
- philosophy
- to
- illuminate
- how
- the
- multiple
- bonds
- and
- interactions
- that
- unfold
- within
- a
- household
- of
- adults
- and
- children
- coalesce
- to
- form
- a
- larger
- family
- dynamic.
- By
- taking
- this
- wider
- perspective,
- she
- enables
- you
- to
- see
- everyday
- challenges—such
- as
- sibling
- rivalry,
- communication,
- and
- time
- management—with
- fresh
- eyes.Informed
- both
- by
- research
- and
- stories
- of
- real
- families,
- this
- new
- book
- is
- filled
- with
- the
- handy
- tips
- and
- memorable
- acronyms
- that
- Baby
- Whisperer
- fans
- have
- come
- to
- expect.
- The
- advice
- is
- simple,
- practical,
- and
- often
- counterintuitive
- (asking
- kids
- to
- help
- more
- around
- the
- home
- can
- make
- them
- happier;
- setbacks
- can
- often
- make
- a
- family
- closer).
- The
- hopeful
- message
- is
- that
- with
- insight,
- awareness,
- and
- “family-think,”
- we
- can
- actually
- design
- our
- families
- to
- be
- happier
- and
- more
- productive,
- improving
- the
- daily
- lives
- of
- parents
- and
- kids—and,
- thereby,
- benefiting
- society
- as
- a
- whole
- in
- the process.
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