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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)
- Narrated by: Philippa Perry
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
From the UK's favourite therapist, as seen on Channel 4's Grayson's Art Club.
How can we have better relationships?
In this Sunday Times bestseller, leading psychotherapist Philippa Perry reveals the vital do's and don'ts of relationships. This is a book for us all. Whether you are interested in understanding how your upbringing has shaped you, looking to handle your child's feelings or wishing to support your partner, you will find indispensable information and realistic tips in these pages. Philippa Perry's sane, sage and judgement-free advice is an essential resource on how to have the best possible relationships with the people who matter to you most.
Critic reviews
"A wonderful book." (Richard Osman)
"So clear and true.... Helpful for all relationships in life, not just parent-child." (Nigella Lawson)
"A fascinating read on the emotional baggage we all carry." (Elizabeth Day)
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- DC Sawyer
- 20-05-19
Great book - annoying when doing kids voices
This is a great book with a lot of great advice but the author (who is also the narrator) puts on these weird voices when reading the parts where children are speaking. There is no need to put on these weird over the top cartoonish kids voices. completely takes away from a great audiobook.
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- Jared Edmunds
- 19-10-21
Great book!
I am not a parent, but I do have a big role in my younger brother's life and I plan to be a parent in the not so distant future. This book was very interesting to listen to, I found Philippa very engaging to listen to. I've seen reviews that say the voice she did when playing the part of a child was annoying, but it never bothered me and I even got a laugh out of it a couple of times. Also if they do bother you it has got to have no more than 10 minutes of it throughout the whole book. I would recommend listening to it, completely changed my perspective on how to raise little ones. It is more focused on the early years of life, probably from birth to 5, but my little brother is 9 and a lot of the advice I still found very helpful.
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- Mr Zion
- 09-04-21
Great listen
As a parent and working with children in the education sector, this book has been really insightful.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-05-21
Worth listening to
i fully recommend this book - very insightful, clear explanations and overall well worth listening to.
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- Lorenzo
- 05-01-22
Very useful for me
Absolutely excellent book. Very helpful for me as a first time parent trying to do things as well as I can
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- Eddie I
- 07-01-22
easy to absorb, massively enlightening.
narrated by the author which always makes for a more honest translation of the ideas and philosophy within. An intelligent perspective of the the behaviours and thought processes we learn from our parents and care givers and most importantly how to change and improve for the sake of your children and your self.
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- Diogo
- 24-07-20
Understand yourself and then understand others
Love the book!
Deep dive in yourself feelings and emotions, and decide consciently how to educate your Children.
This help me realise "life is like a box of chocolates, you never Know what your gona get", but now I feel more prepared for the Years to come, I'm curently the father of a 11 months baby, and this book as been a good suport to myself.
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- Rachael
- 26-08-20
Very accurate title! Fantastic book.
Would recommend to any parent or parent to be. Very interesting perspective. Well read by author.
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- refuse.reuse.repurpose.recycle.rot
- 11-10-20
as it says on the tin!
I found this a user-friendly summary of how to raise authentic and emotionally mature humans.
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- Matt Coffey
- 06-09-20
very well written and easy to read
everyone should read this whether you are having children or not. it's really encourages you to reflect and gives you the tools to move forward.
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