Have you had the desire to improve the relationship you have with your children? Do you want to create more interactions in which your children are cooperative? Are you interested in creating beautiful memories of your parenting journey? Then this journal is for you. The parenting journal helps you to take the first steps to develop the relationship you desire. The Parenting Journal was designed to assist parents in developing a healthy loving relationship with their children. The activities were created from the findings of the author's research on parent-child relationships, which suggest that parents and children feel close to each other when there is an emphasis on interactions that they mutually enjoy. Moreover, parents experience more cooperation and less resistance from their children when they intentionally create experiences that both parent and children appreciate. WHY YOU'LL LOVE THE PARENTING JOURNAL: 1. Through the daily activities, you will be encouraged to intentionally focus on the positive aspects of your relationship with your child. The more you focus on the positives of the relationship, the more positivity you'll experience. 2. You'll gain a greater awareness of who you are as a parent and an adult. An increased self-awareness provides the opportunity for you to change yourself, your parent-child relationship, and your family dynamics. 3. The guided questions are ideal for the busy parent who does not have time to write a long unstructured journal entry every day.

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

Forge a lasting connection with your child and build their self-esteem in Loved As You Are, the guided journal that brings parents and kids together. Creative prompts to write and draw invite kids to discover more about themselves--their likes, their fears, their hopes and dreams--while parents get to join in the fun with written responses of their own! Whimsical art and inviting, full-color designs adorn the pages, and with a sturdy hardcover binding, this is one journal your kids can treasure forever. Share your jokes, trade your secrets, and create some one-on-one moments of screen-free joy with your kids--it's time to get the conversation started!

When your parents tell you that they are getting divorced, you might have lots of big feelings - like anger, fear and sadness - and lots of questions too. This journal is packed full of activities that will help you work through these feelings and get your thoughts and questions out into the open. This journal from parenting expert Sue Atkins gives children aged 7+ a safe place to express their feelings about divorce and the resulting changes, so that they can start to understand them. Full of creative activities to help them process this life-changing event, it provides children with a source of strength and comfort through this challenging time, as well as giving them a way of sharing how they are feeling with a trusted adult.

Build a better relationship with your kids through mindfulness Life with kids gets chaotic sometimes. You can't avoid it, but with mindfulness, you can practice simple ways to stay calm and work through moments of stress. This mindful parenting journal encourages parents to build mindfulness into their habits and routines with their kids. Through writing prompts and exercises, you'll practice creating empathy, honest communication, and understanding for both you and your child. Discover the power of mindful parenting: Insightful topics--Focused on everything from gratitude to staying cool in a crisis, these mindful parenting journal prompts help you appreciate the little moments and manage the tough times. Thoughtful writing--See how reflecting on your thoughts and reactions helps you engage with your kids from a place of compassion, and defines your values and priorities. Support and challenge--The mindful parenting exercises in this journal are designed to encourage and support you as a parent but also challenge your thoughts and behaviors to see if they serve your goals for your family. Stay connected to your kids with journal prompts that help you remain mindful, present, and curious.

"It's important to embrace parenting with all your might," writes Lucia Capacchione, "in order to reap the deepest rewards available to you." But with so many theories, methods, and opinions about raising children, how can we find our own way of parenting? Her answer: By accessing the inherent wisdom and guidance within ourselves to find out what we really value, what dreams and aspirations we hold, what our individual parenting styles are. The Creative Journal for Parents shows us how. Capacchione's book applies her popular creative journaling method of self-discovery to every stage of parenting: preparation, birth or adoption, early childhood, and all the way through the teenage years. Using journal writing and drawing—including her pioneering use of the non-dominant hand to access intuitive, breakthrough, right brain thinking—she takes us through simple, enjoyable exercises like "Wanted: My Kind of Parent" and "The Inner Child Answers Back." Parents and prospective parents alike will learn to get in touch with true feelings and needs, articulate core beliefs and values, learn to reframe negative experiences, and celebrate their relationships—present and future—with their children.

Have you had the desire to improve the relationship you have with your children? Do you want to create more interactions in which your children are cooperative? Are you interested in creating beautiful memories of your parenting journey? Then this journal is for you. The parenting journal helps you to take the first steps to develop the relationship you desire. The Parenting Journal was designed to assist parents in developing a healthy loving relationship with their children. The activities were created from the findings of the author's research on parent-child relationships, which suggest that parents and children feel close to each other when there is an emphasis on interactions that they mutually enjoy. Moreover, parents experience more cooperation and less resistance from their children when they intentionally create experiences that both parent and children appreciate. WHY YOU'LL LOVE THE PARENTING JOURNAL: 1. Through the daily activities, you will be encouraged to intentionally focus on the positive aspects of your relationship with your child. The more you focus on the positives of the relationship, the more positivity you'll experience. 2. You'll gain a greater awareness of who you are as a parent and an adult. An increased self-awareness provides the opportunity for you to change yourself, your parent-child relationship, and your family dynamics. 3. The guided questions are ideal for the busy parent who does not have time to write a long unstructured journal entry every day.