Live Love Now: Relieve the Pressure and Find Real Connection with Our Kids
Autor Rachel Macy Stafforden Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 apr 2020
Considerăm că perioada adolescenței nu trebuie să fie o bătălie continuă, ci o oportunitate pentru o conexiune mai profundă. În Live Love Now, Rachel Macy Stafford ne oferă o perspectivă caldă și necesară asupra provocărilor cu care se confruntă tinerii de astăzi. Cartea funcționează ca un ghid practic pentru părinți și educatori, propunând o schimbare de paradigmă: trecerea de la autoritatea rigidă la un rol de mentorat bazat pe onestitate și prezență. Apreciem modul în care autoarea integrează strategii pentru combaterea stresului academic și a izolării provocate de mediul digital, oferind soluții concrete pentru a deveni adulții în care copiii pot avea încredere.
Remarcăm o evoluție clară față de lucrările sale anterioare, precum Hands Free Mama sau Hands Free Life. Dacă acele volume puneau accent pe eliminarea distragerilor digitale pentru a regăsi bucuria momentului, Live Love Now aplică această filozofie direct în relația complexă cu pre-adolescenții și adolescenții. Este un pas natural de la gestionarea propriei atenții la cultivarea rezilienței emoționale a copilului.
În familia volumului The Gift of Teenagers de Rachel Kelly, dar cu o temă actuală: impactul tehnologiei și al presiunii de a performa asupra sănătății mintale a tinerilor, această carte se distinge prin vulnerabilitatea autoarei. Fiecare capitol include relatări din viața sa de mamă, transformând teoria pedagogică într-un dialog sincer de la părinte la părinte. Stilul narativ este unul de sprijin, nu de critică, punând accent pe acceptare și pe descoperirea unui scop comun în cadrul familiei.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0310358647
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 147 x 221 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: ZONDERVAN
Colecția Zondervan
Locul publicării:Grand Rapids, United States
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte părinților cu copii între 10 și 18 ani care simt că distanța emoțională crește. Veți câștiga instrumente practice pentru a naviga prin crizele de identitate și presiunea socială a adolescenței, învățând să înlocuiți controlul cu o conexiune autentică. Este o lectură esențială pentru a construi o relație bazată pe încredere, care să reziste mult după ce copiii părăsesc casa părintească.
Despre autor
Rachel Macy Stafford este o autoare de bestselleruri New York Times, profesoară certificată în educație specială și deținătoarea unui master în educație. Cariera sa editorială a început cu blogul „Hands Free Mama”, unde a explorat temele prezenței conștiente și ale deconectării de la mediul digital pentru a prioritiza relațiile umane. Folosindu-și experiența pedagogică și sensibilitatea de mamă, ea a devenit o voce influentă în domeniul parentingului modern, oferind metode motivante și accesibile pentru familiile care caută echilibru într-o lume dominată de perfecționism și tehnologie.
Recenzii
'Imagine if we gave our children what they crave above all else: our attention and a clear picture of who they really are. In Live Love Now, Rachel Macy Stafford provides us the roadmap to do just that! She offers not just advice, but scripts and mantras for changing our parenting so we see the children in front of us: kids desperate to be seen and heard for who they are. This book is a guide, a practical and accessible manual any parent can follow.'
'In Live Love Now, Rachel Macy Stafford does what she does best: she lovingly encourages, guides, and challenges us to be better than we've been. Through stories, reflections, and tangible tools rooted in love and solidarity, Rachel helps us find our way through the difficulties of parenting without shaming us in process. Read this book and let its kindness pour over you. Take its lessons and make your world a healthier place. Because of Rachel, I know a better way to love and practice presence is possible.'
'In a world where stress and burnout make it so hard for parents and children to meaningfully connect, Live Love Now is a ray of hope. It's a book that will empower readers to adapt to the new realities of parenting and build strong relationships with the young people in their lives where they model what they want to teach them.'
'Live Love Now is a gorgeous manual for how to rescue yourself, your family, and your kid from the malaise of modern parenting. You'll tear up as you feel the truth of it and feel relief at having a clear way forward. This is a must-read for all parents.'
'Loving our kids well as they grow up has more to do with who they are than with who we want them to be. While many parenting books counsel us on how we can get our kids to meet our expectations, Rachel Macy Stafford asks us to take a different approach--to see our kids for who they were created to be, lay down our expectations of who we think they need to become, and come alongside them as guides and companions on their unique journeys.'
'Rachel Macy Stafford has an incredible capacity to turn ordinary words into soul-fulfilling inspiration, and Live Love Now is a gift to parents of teens everywhere. Stafford leans in to her own vulnerability to reach her readers right where they are: in the thick of parenting teens through what can only be described as a time of high stress and anxiety. Stafford reminds us that simple changes often yield positive results. Her focus on acceptance, encouragement, and gentle guidance reminds parents to step away from judgment (their own and those of others) and meet their teens where they are in their journey through adolescence. This is a book I will recommend over and over again.'
'Rachel Macy Stafford is unmatched in finding the beauty within the ordinary moments in life. In her newest book, Live Love Now, she not only shares the profound benefit of authentically connecting with our children, but she also provides specific ideas on living into it. If you hope to have an enduring, life-giving relationship with the young people in your life, read this book. You'll be grateful you did--and so will the kids you love.'
'Through heartfelt and authentic life experiences, Rachel Macy Stafford shows that adults and children can learn and grow together, and that perfection is not required to raise healthy and capable young adults. Live Love Now will help you become a truth-teller, encourager, and guide to children, helping them find meaning and purpose for themselves instead of trying to fit into roles society tries to nudge them into. In this book, Rachel shares inspiring stories, strategies that value your own experiences, and ways to apply new concepts to the shifting challenges of raising and educating children in a high-pressure world.'
'We all want to raise confident, resilient teens, but in today's world, it isn't easy. This book has answers, offering guidance to help parents be the anchors and touchstones our teens need to make their way through the sometimes-stormy seas of adolescence. I hope every parent keeps a copy on their nightstand.'
Descriere
What do young people need now more than ever? Adults who are Truth-tellers not taskmasters. Encouragers not enforcers. Guides not half-listeners. The good news is, it's not too late! No matter what's happened in the past, you can help the kids you love face the top stressors of today, including academic pressure, parental expectations, technoference, lack of purpose, isolation, and loneliness.
With illuminating, straightforward strategies, this guide reveals the importance of practicing acceptance, pursuing peace, and exploring wellness and purpose for yourself so you can be the kind of real, relevant, and lifelong role model young people are searching for. Engaging and thoughtful, each chapter includes moving stories from Rachel's personal journey as a mom of a teen and pre-teen along with illustrative narratives and prompts to help you reflect and take steps toward becoming the kind of adult young people trust.
Whether you're a parent, educator, older sibling, coach, or anyone in a role of leading young people, this book will help you meet the goal of raising and guiding young people to become resilient, compassionate, and capable adults.