Books Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting (The Peaceful Parent Series)  by Dr. Laura Markham (Author)

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting by Dr. Laura Markham is a practical parenting guide focused on fostering calm, empathetic relationships between parents and children. The book's core principle is that a parent's emotional health directly impacts the child's emotional well-being. Dr. Markham emphasizes the importance of parents regulating their own emotions before addressing their children's behavior.

The book offers strategies for parents to manage stress, avoid reactive yelling, and instead respond thoughtfully with empathy and patience. Key principles include building emotional connection through active listening and validation, setting boundaries with kindness, and shifting from controlling children to coaching them in emotional regulation and behavior management. Markham explains that secure emotional connections help children feel safe, which promotes cooperation and emotional resilience.