As a therapist who often works with parents, one of the specialties I look to implement into my practice is to propose and offer strategies and techniques to help parents feel more connected to their children. I find it very important for people at any age or stage of life to have a bond with their siblings, parents, friends, peers, family members, partners, and any other significant person in their life. I believe that connections and emotions are important aspects and components of relationships.

I want to share some of my favorite books written by Dr. Shefali Tsabary, a clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, an international speaker, and a best-selling author. In these books, Dr. Shefali Tsabary discusses parenting and how connecting with children can impact the family dynamic.

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

Published in 2010, Dr. Shefali Tsabary’s first book describes a thoughtful parenting style where children help their parents continue to develop and evolve with them as they grow up. Dr. Tsabary believes that children act as a mirror to areas their parents lacked when they grew up. As a result, parents form a h3 relationship with their child, but instead of passing on their past emotional pain or hardships through their parenting, they learn the difference between responding to their children from their ego and the person they really are. The overall message of this book is that children help mold their parents and help them become the parents they need to be.

Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work and What Will

In this book, Dr. Shefali Tsabary explains that disciplining children is more detrimental than beneficial or practical. Instead of using discipline to raise competent, successful, and courteous children, Dr. Tsabary claims that children need to feel connected to their parents, so it is best that children not associate their parents with fear, punishment, or manipulation. Dr. Tsabary believes that if parents try to understand and interpret their children’s behavior rather than resorting to discipline, they, as parents, will feel more engaged and connected to their children and help them become responsible and self-initiated. This book offers ways for parents to raise children effectively and in a way that is different from most parenting books.

The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children

In her most recent book, Dr. Shefali Tsabary provides guidance to parents about how they can lessen their parental struggles and the uneasiness they often experience to create a closer bond and relationship with their family. Dr. Tsabary argues that parents can accomplish this by developing a better understanding and being more aware of their own personal feelings and emotions when they react to something their child says or does. Although parents’ responses may result from their own personal childhood experiences, their reactions in the present can result in their child misbehaving or acting out. Throughout the book, Dr. Tsabary discusses how disagreements and conflicts with children can be avoided if parents take responsibility for how they respond to their children. This allows parents to be more present, compassionate and conscious, and allows their child to grow up to be emotionally connected and h3.

Buy my favorite Dr. Shefali Tsabary books here!

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work and What Will

The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children