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From the Publisher
The Parenting Journal You Need To Strengthen Your Relationship With Your Children
Imagine it is 30 years into the future. It's a Sunday evening, and you are at home, and the doorbell rings. It is your child who has come to visit. As you open the door, you embrace your child. Who are they? What characteristics do they have? What are their values? As you reflect on this scenario, ask yourself, are your current interactions with your child fostering or hindering those good qualities you wish for them to have as an adult?
We only have approximately 936 weeks with our children from the day they were born until they leave our nest at age 18 for university or to start life in general. The quality of interactions we have with them during these crucial weeks plays a significant role in who they will become.
If our is consistent, structured, respectful, kind, and supportive of their autonomy, we increase the chance of them becoming resilient, competent, independent, and resourceful adults who thrive in their relationships. On the other hand, inconsistent, conflict-riddled, and punitive interactions increase the risks of our children developing socio-emotional and mental health challenges throughout their lifetime.
The environment we create for our children plays a significant role in who they become. With this Journal, you are guided to intentionally create more healthy, positive interactions that foster a strong, connected, and thriving relationship with your child.
I invite you to take this journey to create the relationship you desire and nurture the social skills you want your child to possess.
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Set The IntentionsHealthy relationships do not happen by chance. They are intentionally and thoughtfully nurtured. At the beginning of each week, you set the tone for your interaction with your child by focusing on one of seven key areas you will work on for your personal development. You also set intentions for your interactions with your child. |
Inventory of Daily InteractionsWith The Parenting Journal you will take a daily inventory of enjoyable and challenging interactions for 140 days. You will track the things you enjoyed about being a parent. Additionally, you may highlight the things you are grateful for and affirm the aspects of your relationship you want to maintain or improve. |
Track ProgressTo succeed in our relationship, we must regularly review things that are working and our challenges and limitations. The weekly reviews in The Parenting Journal help you gain insight into what's working and the things that need to change. |
Clarity and FocusWith regular use of The Parenting Journal, you may gain clarity into actions and behaviors that hinder a meaningful, healthy connection with your child. It may also help you to remain focused and consistent with your goal for your parent-child relationship. You may fall off track with your goals, but the Journal as your compass will help you to refocus. |
Meet Dr. Taniesha Burke
Dr. Taniesha Burke is a sought-after speaker, parenting coach, scientist, and child development consultant. She helps parents raise cooperative, respectful, resilient, competent, independent children and enjoy the parenting journey through her rigorous and effective coaching programs, classes, and workshops. By leveraging her scientific expertise, psychological background, and her own experience of parenting a teen and two younger children, Dr. Burke translates the latest scientific findings into relatable and practical parenting tools parents may immediately implement to transform their home and relationship with their children.
The Parenting Journal That Helps You Parent With Intention And Purpose
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Top reviews from other countries
Anonymous
A really great journal to improve your relationship with your kids and track your behavior patterns
Reviewed in Germany on January 25, 2023
Anonymous
Reviewed in Germany on January 25, 2023
Unlike some journals I've purchased that only have the journal prompt pages, Dr. Burke started the journal by explaining the benefits of journaling. She explained the importance of the selected daily and weekly prompts instead of having different prompts each week. She gave examples of how to complete them. Toward the end of the journal she included a peer-reviewed reference list that supported why she chose each prompt (I appreciate that it's research-based).
Regarding my experience, I appreciated the consistency of the daily prompts because, over time, I could better see my patterns (it's more of a behavior tracker for me, different weekly prompts makes it difficult for me to track my patterns). I also love the daily inspirational quotes. As I completed each day, especially the gratitude prompts, I became more compassionate with myself and my teen. I became more aware of my triggers and how to manage them. I appreciate that she included a weekly personal development section focusing on key areas of our lives, such as physical health and emotional well-being. I found myself practicing better self-care and enhancing my patience by completing it.
The only thing I suggest changing is to have daily personal development prompts to keep those of us struggling in this area on track instead of having them listed weekly, which could easily get lost. And perhaps including daily rating of our emotions.
If you're struggling with how you respond to your kids and you want a journal to track your behavior and responses to your kids over time, I recommend you get this journal.
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M.A
It’s helped with power struggles with my children
Reviewed in Germany on May 15, 2023
M.A
Reviewed in Germany on May 15, 2023
The daily entries have five questions: 1) enjoyable interactions, 2) challenging interactions, 3) what was great about being a parent for the day, 4) relationship affirmation, and 5) gratitude statement. After completing the questions for a few days, I got an eye-opener that hit me like a ton of bricks. I barely had any enjoyable interactions with my three-year-old, and I had long entries of challenging interactions. And I honestly could barely write positive affirmations for our relationship or what was great about being her parent; it's no wonder our relationship has been so strained, and my child has been acting out. As I reviewed the entries, I became consumed with guilt.
I have been working through the entries with my coach, and with time I hope these entries change to mostly positive interactions and affirmations.
This journal is a great investment.
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JN
Needs more depth and research
Reviewed in Germany on May 6, 2023
JN
Reviewed in Germany on May 6, 2023
On paging through I noted that it is thin on content - it would be better if there were guided focus topics and more input from the author for each week / month. Instead the reader has to come up with weekly intentions. Hence it is more of a notebook than a guided journal. The absence of guidance / input from the author means the reader would not gain anything new outside of their current frame of reference and any existing blind spots would persist.
There are also many quotes on parenting which is a nice touch. However, as someone from the African continent, it was jarring for me to see “African proverb” in most instances, instead of specifying which country or ethnic group. In one case where the country was specified, the descriptor was incorrect (Tswana, not Bostwanan - as far as I am aware).
Lastly, there is a typo / grammatical error on a repeating journal page about intentions.
Overall my impression is that the journal was not well edited. I hope that Dr. Burke will do further research and consultations to find out from which African country / ethnic group her proverbs are from. Maybe include the original quote with the translation as an even nicer touch. Also consider giving the reader more input and guidance on parenting topics for future editions.
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Amazon Kunde
I can already see the impact of the journal on my parenting
Reviewed in Germany on January 14, 2023