I Swore I'd NEVER Do That! : Recognizing Family Patterns & Making Wise Parenting Choices

Exploring unresolved issues that tend to carry over from childhood into adult parenting, an award-winning book identifies four parenting styles and shows how parents can overcome inherited negative patterns and pass on positive experiences from their own childhoods. Reprint. IP.

In I Swore I'd NEVER Do That, Elizabeth Fishel helps us define the "ghosts in the nursery"--the echoes of our own pasts that affect our own parenting. These ghosts take us over and mimic the voices and words of our parents we hear coming out of our mouths when we're upset. Fishel helps readers identify the "cycles of pain" we fall into--the repeating hurts that happen generation after generation. And she identifies four distinct parenting styles: Traditionalists, Rebels, Compensators, and Synthesizers. This book is appropriate and informative for all parents.