Good Inside by Rebecca Kennedy

 This parenting book starts by laying out the author's core beliefs about parenting and then applies them to some of the most common parenting woes. At the center of all of her ideas is the idea that we're all "Good Inside" - that both parents and children are doing they best they can with the tools they have. She further centers connection and empathy paired with clear roles as the structures that allow for an approach to parenting that ideally feels less fraught for all involved.


I really enjoyed this book. I've read a number of parenting books over the years, and this is the first that didn't include any advice that made me cringe (either for being too rigid or too wishy washy). Not every example was applicable to my home and my family, but it wasn't a stretch to see how even those might be adjusted for our specific set of circumstances. It also felt so good to read a book that truly offered no judgement, but truly embodied the empathy that it espoused.

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