Great Ideas for (Tired) Parents

by Michael Grose

From the author of Raising Happy Kids, Working Parents and A Man's Guide to Raising Kids

Do you find it hard to remember how you managed to find the time to have kids in the first place?

Do you ever find yourself completely exhausted, but still feel as though you haven't done half the things you needed to get through that day?

If so, Great Ideas for (Tired) Parents is for you.  Whether you are working, at-home, single, married or part of a step-family, this guide is designed to help you reclaim your time and your peace of mind in order to feel better and be a better parent too.

Great Ideas for (Tired) Parents is full of practical tips for regaining control over the way you live, MIchael Grose tells you:

• How to recharge your batteries and maintain yourelf as an individual
• How to negotiate with a partner who has different approach to parenting
• How to keep your cool in a crisis
• How to talk to and become friends with your children
• How to get children to help around the house
• How to know what to worry about and what to ignore
• How to enjoy your kids and your life!

The strategies in this book are eay to use and really work, even when you feel right at the end of your tether. 

How do you deal with whingeing?  When will routines work against you?  How do you get kids to go to bed - and stay there!

With his proven track record, Michael Grose has the answers you need.

Michael Grose is one of Australia's most popular writers and speakers on parenting and family matters.  The author of four books for parents he has written in excess of 200 columns that have appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout Australia.  He also gives over 80 presentations a year throughout Australia promoting healthy family relationships within schools, the workplace and the broader community.  With humour and empathy Michael shows parents how to raise happy, confident kids and enjoy family life.

A former primary teacher he has worked with children all his professional life.  Young Leaders, his popular leadership program for young people, is conducted in schools in every state in Australia.

Michael is married with three children aged fifteen, fourteen, and twelve and lives on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne.