A simple, fail-proof road map for parents raising even the most challenging children from the founder of the life-changing Calm the Chaos methodology and the Lemon Lime Adventures blog.
Strong-willed, spirited, explosive, and highly sensitive are just a few of the most common labels for challenging kids. Whether your child has been diagnosed with a behavioral condition, labeled, or is just harder than other children you’ve met, you are in luck. Parenting expert, Dayna Abraham is here to help.
Calm the Chaos is a clearly organized, methodical approach to parenting. Dayna has created a road map to help parents find peace and meet their kids where they are at when conventional parenting tools have failed. There are five steps to calming the chaos—Getting to Safety, Restoring Trust and Energy, Finding Calm in the Moment, Getting Ahead of the Moment, and Defining Family Success. Each step employs a framework that is easy to remember, even when emotions run high: you ground yourself, you connect with your kid, you work with them to understand the catalyst and the issue at the heart, and then together you get curious about finding an empowered solution.
Backed by science and tested by hundreds of thousands of families, Calm the Chaos is a revolutionary road map complete with in-the-trenches stories, scripts, prompts, and worksheets that make it simple for parents to build a safe home and support healthy kids.
It's super easy to read, broken down into digestible chunks and her use of pictures throughout is helpful for my brain as well. She lays it out in basics, repeats it with more detail, and then most importantly gives you small actionable changes you can make immediately to start seeing results.
I finally feel some hope after not having any for a very long time. This is truly a lifesaver for anyone parenting a struggling child.
This is a must-read for parents with challenging kids. You can find a path that helps. And you have clear steps all along the way. You have questions to get you to the root of the problem. You have a guide that other systems lack. You have the first point to start at and you go from there. And it is not just about the kids it is also about making sure you are taking care of yourself as well.
This book is for parents, teachers, therapists, or anyone who wants to help communicate better with others. I will be sharing this book with everyone I can!