The Playful Parent: 7 Ways to Happier, Calmer, More Creative Days with Your Under-Fives

The Playful Parent offers a new solution for parents and carers looking for a calmer, happier and smarter way to parent the under-fives.This activity-led parenting guide shows how to get young children involved and learning, thinking and growing, helping and cooperating without any need for 'the naughty step' or punishment at all, but by making play the beating heart of family life.Julia Deering offers support and advice to busy parents, combining down-to-earth practicality with hundreds of simple activities, tips, tricks and fixes, guidance, prompts and brilliant ideas that show parents how to tap into their child's playful instincts. You can use The Playful Parent to: Make your little one's good behaviour become their normal behaviour Remove those parent/child battle-of-will situations Help steer clear of the flashpoint furies and melt-down moments of the 'terrible twos' Run fuss-free errands with your toddlers in tow Tackle tricky transitions such as bedtimes and car journeys