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The Relational Book for Parenting: Raising Children to Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate by Growing our Families' Relationship Superpowers. Paperback – March 7, 2018

by Mr. Mark Greene (Author), Dr. Saliha Bava (Author), Kenneth J. Gergen (Foreword)
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The Relational Book for Parenting uses comics, fables, articles, and games to help families grow their relationship superpowers in the daily back and forth of parenting. This joyful, accessible, parent-friendly book is designed to help raise a generation of young people who are better able to connect, collaborate, and innovate across differences. “Relationship superpowers are the cure for what ails our angry, disconnected culture.” -Michael Kasdan, The Good Men Project “It’s such a sophisticated blend of theory and fun. The comic illustrations reinforce life-changing, culture-shaping ideas. It is brilliant!” -Bronwyn Leiataua
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"It's such a sophisticated blend of theory and fun. The comic illustrations reinforce life-changing, culture-shaping ideas. It is brilliant!" -- Bronwyn Leiataua

"The Relational Book for Parenting is a fast, funny, creative read that helps families build their relationship super powers. A must for all families!"-- Melanie Doyle, Professor of Human Development and Psychology, Dawson College

"Bava and Greene's playful art and story translate complex theory to day-by-day relational principles and practices."-- Carmen Knudson-Martin, Professor, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

"Relationship superpowers are the cure for what ails our angry, disconnected culture." -- Michael Kasdan, The Good Men Project

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Mark Greene 
Founder of Remaking Manhood, Author, Filmmaker, Activist, Dad  
--Mark's articles on the suppression of boys' emotional expression, parenting, men's issues and culture have been shared over 250,000 times on social media, resulting in over 20 million page views. He has written and spoken about men's issues at The Good Men Project, Salon, Shriver Report, Uplift Connect, Yes! Magazine, BBC and the New York Times. Mark is also an Emmy-winning animator and cartoonist. Mark's book, Remaking Manhood is available at RemakingManhood.com
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Saliha Bava, Ph.D. 
Couple and Family Therapist, Researcher, and Professor, Author, Mom  
--Saliha is a couple and family therapist, a consultant, and researcher in New York City. She is an Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Mercy College, N.Y.  She serves on the board of International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices, on the advisory board of Taos Institute, and served on the board (2012-2017) of American Family Therapy Academy. For 20-plus years, she has consulted, designed and implemented play-based and dialogic change processes with organizational, community, family, learning, and research systems. She focuses on how adults play, hyperlinked identity, trauma, community, coupling, leading, and collaboration.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 7, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1979378657
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1979378659
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.5 x 6 inches
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    Keynote speaker and author Mark Greene writes and consults on relational practices, diversity/inclusion and masculinity for organizations world wide. Greene writes, speaks, coaches and consults on the challenges we face as men raised in man box culture. He is the author of the groundbreaking The Little #MeToo Book for Men.

    As a co-founder of ThinkPlay Partners and as a Senior Editor for the Good Men Project, Greene has spent over a decade deconstructing our binary-riddled dialogues around manhood and masculinity. He is uniquely positioned to help men, individually and in organizations, create a healthier more connecting vision of masculine culture and identity. Mark’s newest book, The Little #MeToo Book for Men has been called “a blueprint for men’s liberation.” He is the founder of the Remaking Manhood community, which is dedicated to expanding the conversation about masculinity.

    Mark’s articles on masculinity have been shared half a million times on social media with 20 million page views. He has written and spoken about men’s issues at Salon, Shriver Report, Huffington Post, HLN, BBC, and the New York Times.

    Mark is also the author of Remaking Manhood, and co-author, along with Dr. Saliha Bava, of The Relational Book for Parenting.

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    Dr. Bava, an award-winning psychotherapist, champions the power of relational intelligence for personal growth and professional development. She is a relationship consultant to organizations, leaders, and therapists and is a practicing couple therapist in NYC. She runs the Relational Play Lab at Mercy College, which focuses on relational intelligence for an inclusive world. She is an Associate Professor of couples & family therapy at Mercy College in NY & an international trainer of Collaborative-Dialogic Practices.

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Michael Carley
5.0 out of 5 stars Innovative perspective, practical advice
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2018
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There are a thousand good and bad books on parenting, but this one differs. It focuses on the relationships between parents and children, how you interact, questions you ask, and most importantly, how you interact. It's not a book about discipline or teaching, per se, but rather one focused on improving not only your relationship with your child, but how they relate to the world, both now and in the future.

This book will help you and your child engage with the world, establish empathy, encourage curiosity, self-confidence, and emotional self-regulation and awareness. It will require a certain amount of self-confidence and awareness on the part of the parent to implement these steps, but it will be well worth it. Both you and your child will benefit from this book.
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Julie Page
5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable, accessible concepts for parenting--and every other relationship in your life
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
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I am a licensed mental health counselor who sees both individuals and couples. This book makes key relational and emotional concepts more accessible. A lot of people don't want to wade through a big self-help book. This book is an enjoyable read, with the artwork making it easier and more fun to take in important concepts that can be actually quite complex, given our emotion-dismissing culture. I also appreciated the acknowledgment that it is a cultural myth that women are free to express "more complex, volatile or dark emotions." I facilitated women's therapy groups at a university for 7 years and repeatedly observed women's discomfort with their emotions. I will be recommending this book to my clients--even those who are not parents.
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Nat S
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Communication Strategies for Powerful Parenting
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018
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Super guidance for a parent's communication with their child and parenting team. I found myself chuckling as I recognized problematic communication patterns I can get stuck in, and feeling relieved at the suggestions for improving things. And the suggestions work! A great resource if you are interested in strengthening your child's ability to deal with life's playground ups and downs, peer group fluctuations, or life's numerous uncertainties. And equally a great resource if you want ways to communicate lovingly through all those ups and downs. The frequently used comic strip format makes this book fun and very doable for busy parents - in fact, if you only read and use them, you'll be delighted with the changes in your parenting relationships.
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batesdon1
5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing up better children while bettering yourself as parent
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2019
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This easy-to-read, easy-to-understand illustrated guide is a practical tool for relating to your children and your children to you by talking, sharing, creating, playing and listening together. A sampling of the brief, clearly written chapters reveals the goals -- remaking culture, how to talk about talking, learning to listen, sharing stories, empowering play, handling anger, and addressing uncertainty, Putting this guide to work with your children will only make you a better parent and better person. More important, it will help your children to be open, collaborative, innovative and loving.
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Kelly Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars How to Explained Perfectly
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2018
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I bought, read and loved the book! The way it is written and illustrated makes the concepts easy to understand, implement, and (best of all) explain appropriately to my kid (she's 12). Wish I had this book years ago!
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Marsha
5.0 out of 5 stars Brace yourself for some initial confusion before this becomes your “go to” manual.
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2018
The Relational Book for Parenting is conscisely written and brilliantly illustrated, but it’s not easy to “get” the first time around because it’s unique in the world of “parenting” books. Don’t expect to skim through for tidbits of advice or handy techniques. This book is about how to think with, how to talk with, and how to just “be” with our children to solve everyday problems together. The authors teach us this in a step-wise way that is not formulaic, but based on common sense communication and relationship principles. Put into practice, all family members grow to be not only more effective members within the household, but all are much better prepared for partnering in communities outside their door.
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Michael Belfiore
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, practical advice for parents and others
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2018
This is a very useful, engaging, and easy to read book, detailing complex, research-based concepts in clear, simple language. The cartoons are delightful and I came away with practical tips, insights, games, and fables to help my children and me to relate to each other in ways that help us to be our best selves at home and beyond. Actually this book should help anyone create better relationships through listening, reframing stories, play, and asking questions. The book's Relational Wheel, a graphical representation of six relational capacities to consider when interacting with adults as well as children, is worth the price of admission alone.
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Tigre
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, clear and accessible relational advice for families of all ages.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2018
We were given a pre-release copy of the book and were impressed with the clarity, pace and message this book has to offer families. Parenting is hard (we have a young boy and girl) and we've been applying some of what we've learned in these pages, and in talks with Mark on our podcast, to improve our relationships not only with our kids, but between us as a couple.

We highly recommend this book for any family looking to explore and grow with their kids and themselves!
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Hugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Super resource for parents, children and therapists
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2018
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As a family therapist working with families with adopted children, this book looks to be very helpful, and one that I will gladly recommend to parents wanting to help their children become more able to connect with their own feelings and the feelings of others. The seemingly simple format using cartoons makes some important ideas (about the social construction of self, of feelings etc) accessible to a wide range of readers, including young people.

I'm glad I bought this book, and think Saliha Bava and Mark Greene have done an excellent job.

Edit: Have bought 2 more copies as my daughter took mine and I have a spare to lend to clients :)
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fiona harrower
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2018
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Still haven't finished reading but so far it's really clear and easy to read with fresh set of ideas that ring alot of bells and bring clarity moments.
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