Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection, Instead Of Coercion, Through Love Instead Of Fear

'~ .. here is a concise, simple, eminently readable and instru,ctive summary of the knowledge Pam has gained through these years of devoted service. I can't recommend this book highly enough and will surely promote it at every opportunity." - Joseph Chilton Pearce, author Magical Child Connection Connection instead otCoercion, Through Love instead ot Fear "Connection Parenting is utterly transformational. If all parents read and applied its wisdom, the world would be transformed. Bravo!" - Christiane Northrup, MD, author, MotherDaughter WISdom "Connection Parenting contains the sacred grandmother wisdom that will reconnect us with our children." - Suzanne Arms, founder, Birthing The Future, author of Immaculate Deception "Our best hope for transforming the lives of children is Connedion Parenting." - John W. Travis, MD, MPH, co-founder, Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children "Empowering, simple, and undeniably true, Connection Parenting will help to change the face of parenting, as we know it." - Kali Wendorf, editor, Kindred Magazine "Connection Parenting has captured the essence of good parenting with profound and compassionate advice." - Aletha Solter, Ph.D., director, Aware Parenting In~titute, author, The Aware Baby "Pam Leo dares to step outside the box to teach parents what it takes to truly connect with a child." - Bonnie Harris, author, When Your Kids Push Your Buttons and What You Can Do About It "Connection Parenting offers a positive and proactive approach to parenting within today's limitations and pressures, without a load of guilt and blame placed on busY parents:' , - Jen Noble, editor/publisher, Parent 6- Family The level of cooperation parents get from their children is usually equal to the level of c~nnedion children feel with their parents. - Pam Leo Connection Parenting is based on the parenting series Pam Leo has taught for nearly 20 years. Pam's premise is that every child's greatest emotional need is to have a strong emotional bond with at least one adult. When we have a bond with a child we have influence with a child. Pam teaches us that when we strengthen our parent-child bond we meet the child's need for connection and our need for influence. "This book offers practical, compassionate parenting tools that are sure to make it an instant classic. This is the parenting book I have been waiting for!" . - Lisa Reagan, co-founder, Families for Natural Living "Parents will wish Connection Parenting had been around from the beginning of their parenting experience, but this wellwritten, practical guide makes it clear that we can begin right now:' : Jane Sheppard, executive director, Holistic Pediatric Association, editor/publisher, Healthy Child Online .. c".~ The mother of two grown daughters and grandmother of three, Pam Leo has been working with families for more than thirty years as a childcare provider, parent educator, childbirth educator, doula, grief work facilitator, and parent mentor. With a passion for learning, teaching, and writing about optimal human development Pam has been the Empowered Parents columnist for the Parent 6- FIlmily paper in Maine for the last ten years. Pam is also a founding member of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children. Visit www.ConnectionPuenting.com ISBN Over the years I have