Synopsis:This is a parent guide with a difference. It doesn’t deal with details of toilet training or pocket money, but with some of the big issues of parenting. For all – including single parents, stepfamilies, those whose children are fleeing the nest and grandparents – it’s about loving and building self-esteem, discipline and development of character, equipping children for life. This book will help you learn on the job whatever your stage on this rollercoaster ride of parenting, incorporating guidelines on topics such as: listening, sibling rivalry, praise, boundaries, punishment, friends, social skills, safety, sex, alcohol and drugs, And – most important – how to survive and thrive as a parent! ‘Among the many and varied books parenting, this is one I wish I had been able to read when my children were young! It is practical, encouraging and full of bite-sized guidelines, to build confidence and wisdom into the parents and well as the children!’ Fiona Castle

About the Author:For 10 years, Michael Perrott was an evangelist in the UK, Ireland, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He worked with the Belfast YMCA, first as executive director and then as director of counselling and evangelism. Out of the counselling department at the YMCA grew Christian Guidelines, an organization devoted to counselling and the promotion of family life. Perrot was founder and the first director of this organization, a ministry in which his wife Hilary also shared.

Hilary Perrott has worked in administration in the commercial, medical, and legal worlds. She is currently a member of the Board of the YWCA of Ireland. She is also a fully qualified MBTI practitioner in private practice.

Together and separately, Michael and Hilary have done thousands of hours of counselling and teaching sessions on marriage and family life.

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