I struggled to read this book, it's written in a way that tells you what to do, just facts
and more facts and doesn't seem to have a good kind realistic and mindful approach that i would like. I felt it was missing compassion and left no room for parents to make up their own mind.
There was too much emphasis on goals and the idea that you can achieve anything gives a child unrealistic expectations. Recently I read a book that advised against a life of goal setting and in my experience having a life focusing overly on goal setting is not fulfilling and a set up for failure and stress.
Children don't need stress, they need to play and enjoy their childhood. I read this book for ideas of how to avoid passing my anxiety onto my child but I found myself disagreeing with a lot of this book. I don't think it really thinks of the mental health aspect, even though that's what this book it meant to be about.
Yes, help them to be resilient but there is a contradiction in the book, it says to tell them life is hard and there will be obstacles but then you don't tell them that sometimes you can't always achieve your goals?
I've read enough self help as an adult and this is like a bad self help for your child, I wonder if some of the advice would be unhelpful to their mental health. Telling you that you need optimism to be resilient, but I think, and other books I've read say, that optimism and positive thinking is damaging. You need to just be realistic, feel what you feel and learn to deal with that don't push it all aside and focus on positive thinking
However I liked some of the ideas, helping a child to develop ways to cope and learn how to do things rather than doing it for them.
But the book was report like and repetitive. With nothing really new to learn. Just common sense in some cases.
I think parents need to look at themselves first, maybe find CBT or mindfulness and look into gentle parenting which I think after finding information about this recently is actually a better idea for the mental health of the whole family than the preaching from this book.
I regret starting this book, I'd rather read a book that talks to you and doesn't just repeat buzzwords over and over. If you want to learn about parenting I recommend looking into gentle parenting.

I'm currently studying my masters in education at university with a focus on building resilience in childhood. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it has definitely helped with my research on thus subject. Brilliant.

Great book. Lots of insights, tips, ideas, and great information. I got a lot out of this book I will not only use in parenting but in my own life.

An excellent read, with some useful information, tips and strategies and great ideas to use both at home and at school

In such a cruel world, I’ve been looking for some help on how to navigate my children through society. Thank you for the arc. This was helpful.