The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans - Softcover

Pressman, Dr Aliza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1035422182 ISBN 13: 9781035422180

Publisher: Headline Home, 2025

Synopsis

Let go of perfect and become a transformative, positive influence in a child's life while creating your own definition of success from developmental psychologist and podcaster Dr Aliza Pressman.

'My go-to for how we all, including ourselves, raise good humans!' Drew Barrymore

In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us we feel like we've got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need-and the one whose advice we can all use. Already beloved by listeners of hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair.

The 5 Principles of Parenting doesn't presume to tell you how to parent with "my way is right" advice because the science is clear: There's no one "right" way to raise good humans. No matter how you were raised, how your coparent behaves, or how your kids have been parented up until now, you can start using The 5 Principles of Parenting to chart a manageable course for raising good humans that's aligned with your own values and with your children's unique temperaments. Whether you're in the trenches with a toddler or a tween (because spoiler alert: the tantrums of childhood mirror of the tantrums of adolescence), it's never too late to learn to use these 5 principles to reparent yourself and help your kids build the resilience they need to thrive. Through practice and normalizing imperfection, along the way you'll discover the person you're ultimately raising is yourself. By becoming more intentional people, we become better parents. By becoming better parents, we become better people. Let's get started.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist with over fifteen years of experience working with families. After cofounding SeedlingsGroup and the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, she began the Raising Good Humans podcast to directly bring the latest child development research to parents. Dr. Aliza holds a BA from Dartmouth College, an MA in risk, resilience, and prevention from the Department of Human Development at Teacher's College and her PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She is an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Behavioral Health Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital where she is cofounding director of The Mount Sinai Parenting Center.

From the Back Cover

There is no such thing as a perfect parent. But developmental psychologist and cofounder of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center Dr. Aliza Pressman is here to share what actually matters when it comes to raising good humans.

In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us we feel like we've got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the reassuring expert every parent needs. In 5 Principles of Parenting, she shares a simple, science- and experienced-backed framework for raising good humans that removes the pressure to make every moment perfect. Instead, she introduces the Five Rs, which can help you cultivate the confidence to respond to any parenting situation in a way that makes sense for the specific instance and the specific child:

Relationship: The presence of a nurturing relationship with at least one supportive, stable adult

Reflection: The space for mindfulness and micro-meditation in the times between the busy moments

Regulation: Staying intentional without letting emotions spiral unnecessarily into fight-or-flight mode

Rules: Creating boundaries and limits to help your children feel safe

Repair: The spontaneous and intentional processes you can use to mend your relationships

Already beloved by listeners of hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair. This book will show you how to tune out the noise, enjoy your children and know that good enough is good enough. Really - science says so.

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Home
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035422182
• ISBN 13: 9781035422180
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368