In an emotion-phobic world focused on issues external to human beings, we need to consciously accept the faults and pains that prevent us from having more connection and empathy with our children. In this book, Thais Basile invites us to look at our wounds with more compassion, to reframe pain and to become aware of our needs, so that our faults are not taken out on our children, do not harm our relationship with them and do not negatively impact their mental health and self-esteem. Thais also shows how we can relearn self-regulation, discipline, lightness and joy, so that we can teach them to our children. By bringing her pyramidal process, at the base of which are the patterns of our childhood; in the middle, our re-education as adults; and at the top, the techniques to replace traditional methods such as punishments, threats and spanking, Thais manages to explain many of the difficulties we face today as parents. She also suggests practical and respectful alternatives to raise emotionally healthier, self-regulated and self-disciplined children.
