Every parent will tell you it is no easy task raising a child in today’s society and many would love to have a manual available to look up a solution to the problems that arise each day. The 10 Steps to Almost Perfect Parenting offers a path that parents can take that will help guide them through the formative parenting years offering up the details of how to navigate through parenthood while preparing your childhood for adulthood.
The book is composed of 10 chapters; each describing one of the steps in detail. The chapters are designed to be easy to read and filled with life experiences that a parent can relate to, making the reading pleasant and at times funny. Each of the steps has present day psychological research to validate its significance and meaning, ensuring the reader understands why each step is an important one to follow when raising a child. With each step comes an explanation as to how following the step will help avert the myriad of problems that will arise during childhood as well as detailing what type of problems will arise if the step is not followed.
Reading this book will help parents guide their children into adulthood as more confident, self sufficient problem solvers who can take no for an answer, navigate through failures, follow rules when needed and end up as happier more successful adults!
Dr. Mary Renna has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and certificates throughout her career. She received the prestigious PREP Education Award years 1993 through 2003. The American Medical Association awarded her the Physicians Recognition Award from 1995 through 2006. She also received the Stony Brook Foundation Award for academic achievement and research.