August 2023 MBR The Parenting Shelf

The Parenting Shelf

UNPLUGGED!
Oreste J. DAversa, CPC
Cutting Edge Technology Publishing
http://cuttingedgetechnologypublishing.com
9781952294204, $14.97, PB, 130pp

https://www.amazon.com/UNPLUGGED-Practical-Managing-Teenage-Digital/dp/1952294207

Synopsis: Are you a parent, guardian, or educator concerned about the growing impact of digital technology and social media on the well-being of teenagers? Then you need to give a careful reading to "UNPLUGGED! A Practical Guide to Managing Teenage Stress in the Digital Age" by Oreste DAversa.

This is an empowering resource that offers a comprehensive toolkit for helping teenagers navigate the challenges of the modern world while fostering emotional wellness, healthy habits, and resilience.

Simply stated, "UNPLUGGED! A Practical Guide to Managing Teenage Stress in the Digital Age" is an indispensable and practical resource for teenagers, parents, and educators seeking effective strategies to navigate the challenges of the modern world. Packed with proven techniques, practical advice, and empowering insights, "UNPLUGGED" equips teenagers with the tools they need to promote emotional wellness, achieve healthy habits, and build resilience in the digital age -- to unplug from the digital world and embrace a balanced and fulfilling life amidst the real world complexities of modern life.

Critique: Timely, realistic, informative, insightful, effective, inspiring, "UNPLUGGED! A Practical Guide to Managing Teenage Stress in the Digital Age" is impressively reader friendly in commentary, organization and presentation. While available for personal reading lists in a digital book format (Kindle, $2.99), "UNPLUGGED!" is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to family, middle school, highschool, and community library Social Media/Digital Technology and Adolescence/Young Adult Mental Health collections.

Editorial Note: Oreste J. DAversa, (http://orestedaversa.com) is a Certified Professional Coach, Life Coach, Career/Job Search Coach, and College Major Coach. The owner of Metropolitan Small Business Coaching LLC as a Business Coach, Consultant, and Trainer, he is also an Adjunct Faculty member as a University Lecturer at CUNY - Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. He is an Inter-Faith (All-Faiths) Minister and appears on podcasts, radio, and television discussing his expertise in business-related and personal growth subjects.

Raising Good Humans Every Day
Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE
New Harbinger Press
5674 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
www.newharbinger.com
9781648481420, $18.95, PB, 216pp

https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Good-Humans-Every-Day/dp/1648481426

Synopsis: As a parent, it's the little things you do each and every day that can help your kids grow up to be kind, confident, and conscientious human beings. But if you're like many parents, you are probably feeling overwhelmed by the daily rush of getting to school on time, helping your kid finish their homework, planning meals, and all the seemingly endless tasks that pile up and steal the fun out of just being with your child. That's why you need quick, effective tools to stay present and manage emotions -- both your child's and your own!

With the publication of "Raising Good Humans Every Day: 50 Simple Ways to Press Pause, Stay Present, and Connect with Your Kids", Hunter Clarke-Fields provides a "go-to" daily guide that offers 50 simple ways to press pause, stop reacting, and start parenting with intention. You will also find mindfulness skills for calming your own stress when difficult emotions arise; and tips for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening.

Most importantly, by following these daily techniques, you'll learn to break the unhelpful patterns and ingrained reactions that reflect the generational habits shaped by your parents, so you can respond to your children in more skillful ways.

As a busy parents you will discover: Self-compassion practices for those days when you feel like a "terrible parent"; Breathing and meditation exercises for calming emotions in the moment; Tips for "unhooking" from negative thoughts and self-criticism; Mindfulness skills for staying present with your kids.

You will also learn how to develop a "teaching mindset" when faced with difficult behavior, and find tons of creative and playful activities to increase cooperation in your child. Being a parent is a lot of work, but it can also be joyful and fun. But this daily guide can help you create and enjoy those little moments!

Critique: A compact (5 x 0.48 x 7 inches, 5.6 ounces) little volume that is thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, "Raising Good Humans Every Day: 50 Simple Ways to Press Pause, Stay Present, and Connect with Your Kids" is a combination self-help instruction guide and practical 'how to' parenting manual that is especially recommended reading for anyone new to parenthood -- and has considerable and applicable ideas for even the more experienced parent or caregiver. Inspired and inspiring, "Raising Good Humans Every Day" is unreservedly recommended pick for personal, professional, and community library Parenting collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Raising Good Humans Every Day" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).

Editorial Note: Hunter Clarke-Fields (https://mindfulmamamentor.com) is the creator of Mindful Parenting course and the host of the Mindful Mama podcast. She coaches parents on how to cultivate mindfulness in their daily lives and cooperation in their families. Hunter has more than twenty years of experience in meditation practices, and has taught thousands worldwide.

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