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“Dr. Laura Markham’s book is an extremely useful guide for parents in connecting with their children’s emotions. It is highly gratifying to finally see a research-based guide for parents. Every parent will want a copy of this book.” – Dr. John Gottman, Author of Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Experience a happier family life, with a lot less drama and a lot more love!
In her groundbreaking guide Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, Dr. Laura Markham helped millions of parents better understand their children and their own emotions, so they could parent in a more empathetic and emotionally connected way.
Now, parents can take Dr. Markham’s simple yet transformative approach even deeper – with this personalized, interactive and practice-filled companion workbook.
Research-based, and parent-tested, the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook will help parents:
– Use games and exercises to increase laughter and play, while decreasing tantrums and fights.
– Teach your brain new skills so you don’t get upset so often and can calm down faster.
– Practice discipline strategies that teach kids self-management and emotional intelligence.
– Strengthen your bond with your child so they want to cooperate.
– Discover simple mindfulness and meditation exercises to find peace in a busy home.
Sara (verified owner) –
As parents of three little children and licensed professional counselors, we are always looking for new resources that will help us improve how we raise our kids and improve ourselves as parents. We are passionate about building upon what we learned from our parents and leaving an even better legacy for our children. This workbook is full of not only great information about child development but also great information about personal development. It is a workbook we have found not only strengthens our ability to parent better using love rather than fear but also makes our marriage better. If you are looking for a book with helpful information and practical techniques then this is the book for you. We are experiencing less frustration and anger, and more peace and joy in our home.
Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
Wow! Just wow and more wow! I have always enjoyed Dr. Markham’s work but the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook just took things to an entirely new level. Always a lover of the hands on experience, this workbook is exactly what I believe a lot of parents will find useful in their quest for a more peaceful, enjoyable, and respectful parent-child relationship. I have been practicing peaceful parenting for 9 years now and this workbook not only caught my attention on where I was slipping but immediately made me want to dive in for a full refresher course. I absolutely love how this workbook is laid out. You don’t feel like you are being preached to about your inadequacies. Instead, you are supported in your continued growth to be a better parents. You can take things in bite size chunks which allows you to really reflect on who you are as a person and parent. The exercises in this workbook are truly enlightening and inspirational! I cannot recommend this enough.
Avital Schreiber Levy / The Parenting Junkie<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
I absolutely love Dr.Laura Markham’s incredibly practical approach to transforming our parenting approach from punitive/ permissive to peaceful. I’ve loved both of her other books and all of her online work, and am excited to be working on this highly applicable “workbook”. Kind of like becoming your own parenting coach – the fact that you have to work through this, in writing, and actually answer questions feels like a true opportunity to rewire dysfunctional, archaic or unhealthy patterns.
I’m so excited to continue to work through this with my husband. Dr. Laura – thank you for being a never-ceasing well of inspiration and education for millions of parents worldwide. Your work truly transforms homes and interrupts intergenerational patterns of despair by offering a new, healthy, harmonious way of being a family.
Sarah Rosensweet (verified owner) –
I used to think parents just needed one parenting book- Dr. Laura’s Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids. Now I have to amend that. This new workbook is so totally wonderful. Dr. Laura combines research about child psychology and brain science with practical tools and scripts for making life with kids more fun and more manageable. She wraps it all up with love and compassion for us when we are not at our best as parents and encourages us to build on what we are doing well. My biggest appreciation about this book and about Dr. Laura’s approach is that it helped me not only have a better relationship with my kids but with my husband and other people in my life. Don’t be put off by the word ‘mindfulness’ in the title- it’s really about learning to be your best self and bringing that best self to the people you love! Your kids will thank you for getting this workbook.
Thanna Vickerman of Choose Love Parenting (verified owner) –
Dr. Laura’s work has been transformational for my family and me. In becoming an Aha! Certified Coach and Educator, I found my life’s work and I love it! In between the lines of her first book, I realized that parenting is ultimately a mindfulness practice. I am thrilled this workbook is a deep dive into that subtext. At the same time, I am excited to share this resource with my clients, as it is filled with detailed exercises, games and strategies that really work in daily life, while helping to rewire the brain! I will personally use this workbook to continue healing my heart, increasing connection and strengthening my relationships. This workbook is for any parent who desires to accept the gift of healing that children offer, to deepen connection and to welcome more peace and joy. Thank you Dr. Laura for this practical and profound guide to Choose Love moment by moment.
Sandy Blackard (verified owner) –
Dr. Laura’s workbook gives parents exactly what they’ve been asking for–a practical guide to self-regulation. Doing the exercises will help anyone understand their anger, identify their triggers, recognize their self-regulation successes, and change their reactions…no kidding. Beyond the exercises, this workbook provides research-based explanations and direct answers to questions that often come up for parents new to mindfulness like: “But what if my child ‘deserves’ my anger?” and “But what if my child runs into the street? Surely that requires me to let him know I’m furious?!” and “What do I do when my kids are fighting in the car?” and many more challenging situations. This workbook will be a valuable tool for any parent who is ready to make some big changes in their life and home.
Sumitha Bhandarkar<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
Dr. Laura’s book “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” was one of the first few parenting books I read and it was instrumental in nudging me to start my own peaceful parenting journey. It has been an interesting adventure so far with a lot of ups and downs, but I can already see so much change in my relationship with my daughter and the way we interact with each other to resolve conflicts. This workbook is such a lovely companion to the original book (though I think it would stand alone great on its own as well). It is extremely interactive and chock full of practical tips… I so wish I had this during my early days of the peaceful parenting journey. That said, I found so many lovely tips and exercises in this workbook that both my daughter and I can still benefit from even after ~5 years on this journey… definitely a must-have for anyone interested in becoming a peaceful parent!
Lisa Howe (verified owner) –
Raise your hand if you were raised by peaceful parents?
I certainly wasn’t and felt overwhelmed with hope when I discussed the work of Dr. Laura Markham of AhaParenting.com when my daughter was a newborn. We learn to parent from our parents, for better or for worse, and by seeking information, education and support can transform our families.
Like her other books, “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” and “Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings”, the “Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids Workbook”, Dr. Markham gives us gentle, supportive guidance through the concepts of self-regulation, connection, and coaching our children. The workbook is full of prompts to dig deeper into our own stuff so that we can heal and be the parents we want to be as well as scripts and specific suggestions.
Order it today and you and your family will be grateful.
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HAR (verified owner) –
This book helps you manage your own emotions so you don’t take your feelings out on your kids. That’s probably the #1 problem parents face on a daily basis. As Dr. Laura quotes in her book: “My daily mood makes the weather.” ~ Haim Ginott. The title says it all – this book is a Workbook. For you. If you get angry and yell at your kids, you need this book. Dr. Laura shows you how to cope with those big feelings with maturity. This is the book that helps grown-ups grow up. Highly recommended.
Nicole Schwarz<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
The “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” workbook is perfect for the parent with a stack of unread parenting books on their nightstand or the co-parents who desire to parent on the same page but don’t know where to start. Dr. Laura Markham provides plenty of information and guidance while the questions help us think critically, gently moving us forward to a place of peaceful, confident parenting.
Amy Bryant (verified owner) –
I’m so excited about the new “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” WORKBOOK by Dr. Laura Markham of AhaParenting.com! Dr. Markham’s books are rooted in research and real-life experience. She provides information on why peaceful parenting is pivotal to raising happy, healthy, responsible, resilient children; Dr. Markham also provides practical tools on how to parent peacefully in ways that support both parents, children and the parent-child relationship. I recommend this workbook (and her books) to the parents I see in my psychotherapy practice, family, friends….and I use it in my home.
S. Saline (verified owner) –
In this well-written workbook, Dr. Laura transforms the great information from Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids into easy-to-use exercises and worksheets that will help parents immediately with their children. Starting with how parents can better regulate themselves, she offers games to build family closeness and guidelines for setting and following through on empathic limits. Her 6-step process for emotion coaching is a must-read for any parent-including myself! I will recommend this book again and again to my clients! Dr. Sharon Saline, clinical psychologist
Di Ana Pisarri (verified owner) –
Practical. Powerful. Useful. You will see improvement in your relationship with your children after taking the time to use this workbook. This research-based guide is easy to read and implement. I have been a child /parent educator for years. You could open this workbook to any page and choose your adventure; it is all relevant. Parents will understand themselves better while making their child’s struggles easier. This guide is a path to a parent shift- the little things you can do now that make a tremendous difference later.
Michelle Gale (verified owner) –
This workbook has been an invaluable resource for me and my family. I love that I can give myself permission to be messy yet still find my way through an emotional storm. Parenting peacefully is not for the faint of heart and Dr. Laura Markham’s workbook will be added to the short list of resources I go to over and over again.
Renee Jain (verified owner) –
The ultimate method to help our children regulate their emotions is to model this behavior as parents… easier said than done! Dr. Markham lays out a roadmap for parents to practice peaceful parenting in this awesome workbook. This really takes the philosophy from her work and makes it accessible and doable no matter where you’re starting in your relationship with your kids or even yourself. Two thumbs way up!!
kelly coleman (verified owner) –
Dr. Laura Markham’s book, Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids without a doubt transformed my life and my relationship with my children. I’m constantly recommending this book to everyone I know and I wholeheartedly believe in this approach to parenting. Dr. Laura’s peaceful parenting approach has helped me learn how to deeply connect with my children, truly see things from their perspective so I can empathize, and help me raise children who are emotionally intelligent, resilient and able to manage their emotions so they can manage their behaviors.
This workbook is the perfect compliment to the book. It will allow you to go deeper into this approach to parenting and help you troubleshoot what may be getting in the way of being the kind of parent you want to be. It’s as if Dr. Laura is in your ear helping you regulate, find ways to build and strengthen your connection with your child and find ways to connect through laughter and play.
This workbook will be the best gift you can give yourself and your family to support you along your parenting journey!
Toddler Approved<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
Dr. Laura Markham is an amazing advocate for peaceful families! I have found tremendous value in each of her books and I am especially enjoying the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook because not only does it provide resources and tools for me to use as a parent, but it also gives me opportunities to try out the tools, reflect on how they are working, and see myself progressing as a parent. As I engage with the workbook, I feel like I am being coached and encouraged along my journey. Each page contains a wealth of information! My favorite practice is the “Vow of Yellibacy” to help me practice cultivating a respectful voice. I love the changes I am seeing in myself and my family as I use this resource.
GirlieGirlArmy<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
I can honestly say I’m a better parent for reading Dr. Laura Markham’s books. What an extraordinary gift she is to the world, and to all parents and children!
Chelsi B Rasmussen <span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
This is such a great tool! I love that it can be applied to any age and stage that the child is in!
Michele Borba, Ed.D. (verified owner) –
“The root of violence is pain. When someone can’t deal with their pain, they act it out on others. If all parents read the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook, our world would have a lot fewer kids who are hurting, and a lot less violence. This book will help any parent raise emotionally intelligent, empathic and kind children who care about others and have the skills to work through conflict in a healthy way. Highly recommended! Imagine what the world would be like if every parent read this book!!
Michele Borba, Ed.D. Author of UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World
Kay Layton (verified owner) –
Love it. Was highly recommended. Now let’s see if we can follow through with the ideas presented in the book. Bought the work book also.
Sescreighton (verified owner) –
Workbooks are so 80’s I thought to myself. Ha! Boy was I wrong. I’m literally not even to Part 1 of the book and I already feel healing in my relationship with my oldest daughter who is only 4 years old. Last night I did my first assignment from the workbook and wrote a letter to her acknowledging regrets I have from the past few years. The letter was an electrifying jumpstart in helping me let go of parenting-guilt and promising progress in our future with more connection. Basically I feel bad that I didn’t understand her motives more when she would act up after her younger sister was born and that I didn’t think from her perspective earlier on…. that I expected so much from her just because she was the “older” sibling when really she was only a toddler herself! Tonight, the promises from my letter were put into action: both of my daughters are sleeping on futons in our bedroom. What you ask!? (The workbook isn’t pro this or that–it’s just about finding ways to regulate your own feelings and connect with your kids, so this for me was one of my first steps). From the beginning both children have been trained to sleep in their own beds which is fine. But we did CIO with my oldest. Even though it was the best I could do at the time, I have always regretted it and wondered if it is part of the reason why she is not super cuddly. Could also just be the way she is. At any rate, I wanted my oldest to feel like she is always welcomed in our room and in our hearts, so this is a change I was actually very excited to make. You should have seen how thrilled she was tonight before bed! It was like Christmas morning and it filled my soul. Also recently she has been picking her nose and swallowing her boogers whole and it grosses me out so much! YUK! I have started using coercion/threats to try and get her to stop (“If you pick your boogers nobody is going to want to hold your hand.” SO SAD. Why would I say this? It’s true but not the way to address the issue) which of course is not working and just makes her pick her boogers facing the other direction because she thinks I can’t see her! So today I told her I love her no matter what-even if her hands are slimy. From now on when she turns to me with boogie fingers, I’ll just scoop her up with love while also offering her a tissue. She has already tested me once after digging for gold! Ha! Obviously I’m trying to be a little more laid back. I definitely enforce limits in our house, but maybe we don’t actually need SO MANY limits. Ever since I discovered Dr. LM’s books, I have been a positive parenting junky. LIFE CHANGING! Especially Peaceful Parent Happy Siblings. I don’t know where we’d be without it. I’m so grateful, Dr. LM for your love of children and willingness to share all you have learned with others so we parents can fill their hearts (and at the same time ours) and they can fill the world with love. Thank you!!
INDRE KONTRIMIENE (verified owner) –
I just read the introduction and I think it is so important that the book has the holistic approach on parenting. It does not only teach you how to deal with kids, but how to be a better person yourself. I already feel a better parent and my kid is happy 🙂 I find many similarities with Deepack Chopra teachings – accept yourself, this life and kids 🙂
christy hoberecht (verified owner) –
Highly recommend this work book from Dr Markham. Really helps you work through parenting challenges.
Marty Erickson (verified owner) –
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist, parent educator, and parent. By far one of the very best books on parenting. I love that it is mostly clearly grounded in family studies science, mindfulness, and parent-child connection. I love that it is a deep vulnerable focus on developing and fostering the emotional health and well-being of the parent–has been very personally meaningful to me as a parent. I highly highly recommend this above most all other parenting books. Ranks in top parenting books for sure in my opinion: The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting by Shefali Tsabary Ph.D.; Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn; Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne (Author), Arthur Morey (Narrator), Lisa M. Ross (Author).
(IMO Her advocacy of emotion freedom technique is brief and unnecessary as it sort of cheapens the overall book)
Anna9 (verified owner) –
Great condition
Taylir (verified owner) –
Very helpful. I’m hoping it works in the long term!
Ellie (verified owner) –
I had been suffering from PPD after my second was born and my first was 18 months old. I was never a yeller until then, and my PPD came out as rage outbursts. it was absolutely awful. I strive to be a gentle parent and align with the attachment parenting style. this workbook, along with the book itself, really helped me to be more self aware and gave me lots of tools to help get myself under control even when dealing with PPD.
iowa829 (verified owner) –
I haven’t read any other books by this author so I can’t say how this workbook compares. But I have found this workbook to be effective on its own. There are good explanations and then places to write about your own experiences. I found the writing to be more effective in retaining information than simply just reading. I am finding her methods to be effective with my children. The title is very fitting as this book helps you become a peaceful parent.
Samantha Anderson (verified owner) –
Game Changer
Brooke-B (verified owner) –
Wonderful book. In about 1 month I have noticed a significant improvement in my family dynamic. My kids are happier, the whining has decreased tremendously. I believe whole heartedly in this style of parenting. I encourage anyone on the fence to give this a try, and stick with it because as the author mentions behavior may get worse initially but the payoff is so great!!
Maria (verified owner) –
It’s really good book.
Elizabeth Fifield (verified owner) –
Slow to start, repetitive, but gets the message across. Easy to incoooerate into your everyday life.
ALISON BROCK (verified owner) –
I love Dr Laura Markham’s approach – I just wish I had found it when I was pregnant with my first child (who is now 11). I have bought so many parenting books and tried so many different methods. Finally, this one works – for us anyway! I have bought all of Dr Markham’s books and also completed her 12 week online course. Dr Markham outlines 3 practices of peaceful parenting: 1. learn to regulate your own emotions (no more “parent temper tantrums”) – this workbook is full of practical tools to help you become a peaceful parent and a good role model for your child; (2) stay connected to your child (parenting is 80% connection and 20% guidance – not the other way around); (3) coach your children (instead of controlling them – as no human likes to be controlled). In addition to parenting books, I have been studying so many ways to reduce stress and anxiety and create joy – so that I can create a harmonious home (including meditation, mindfulness, gratitude, journalling, being present, techniques to process our emotions etc) – all these tools are summarised in this one Workbook! I have recently created a parenting study group with friends, to go through this workbook – like a book club – it is such a great resource. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
Emily S. Atwood (verified owner) –
Its the stuff you know, but forgot you know, and how to apply the sruff you know, in ways you didn’t know you could. So, it is great!
Sophie (verified owner) –
I thought that I already knew all this parenting theory but working through the book really makes a difference. I love how the author encourages us to get better, her words are very compassionate.
Stacy Essert (verified owner) –
Love this book its helping alot and just started. Definatly a need before having children though.
Leah T. (verified owner) –
The only parenting workbook resource I could find for my husband and I to slowly work through together. You can pick it up and put it down for months and still come back to it. The format is great for parents to do together. I read Markhams books, but neither spouse has to to use this workbook. I may not agree with every single thing she says but I highly recommend.
LVP (verified owner) –
This was one of the most useful workbooks for parenting I have ever read, and that’s because it also focuses on repairing the parent(s) mental health so they can be a better parent. I’ve learned so much about myself and that in turn has made me a better mother. Do yourself a favor and purchase this workbook.
Kimberly (verified owner) –
Great for gifting to new parents.
Paige K (verified owner) –
Great workbook!
Hanna Lavery (verified owner) –
Really helpful, practical workbook to help parents think about how the ideas from Dr Markham’s book ‘Calm parents, happy kids’ work in practice, and to see it in relation to the context of your own family. Sometimes repetitive, but there were some really helpful practical things that helped us immensely, including a list of games to play to work on particular areas, eg building trust.
Valeria Cerreto (verified owner) –
Nice book
carls (verified owner) –
Excellent book. Really challenges thoughts and behaviour.
BrittanyN (verified owner) –
I liked the workbook but it had a lot of overlap with the main book. I would recommend only buying one or the other. If you just want to read, buy the book. If you benefit from responding in writing, but the workbook.
We have two adopted sons from traumatic backgrounds. We found that the advice worked a lot better on our almost 6 year old than on our 11 year old. I would estimate that the book would be most helpful with kids under 8
Joe Swan (verified owner) –
Awesome tool! Very late delivery and poor communication. Possibly due to virus?
Sabz (verified owner) –
Awesome book. Best theory and practice I’ve come across
stephjan (verified owner) –
This books gives parents proven tools for raising well adjusted, responsible, considerate, happy humans.
jessica (verified owner) –
I have followed her through her website for some time and I decided to get the workbook to help
Me with some parenting challenges. I think it’s so useful to reflect on your parenting. I recommend it! Maybe see her website and blog first to make sure your parenting philosophy is aligned with hers.
joshua foy (verified owner) –
It is not easy to accept that the modern dating landscape has changed. This book will arm you with the ability to navigate this new landscape to obtain the outcomes you want.