"I Just Want My Kids to be Happy"

What we are really talking about is resilience

Thanks for reading Raising Good Humans on Substack! My first book, The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans is now available for preorder here. All pre-orders will allow for access to exclusive LIVE events and will be eligible for exclusive bonus content this Fall. I am SO GRATEFUL for you and SO excited to get this book out into the world!

When we say, "I just want my kids to be happy," what we probably mean is that we want them to be able to return to happy in the face of setbacks and adversity. In those cases, we are usually talking about resilience not actually happiness. In my first book, The Five Principles of Parenting, I offer tools to build the skills that are highly associated with resilience, and I want to share them with you. 

The Resilience chapter is available NOW to all of you who pre-order the book! If you already preordered (THANK YOU!), you can take advantage of this offer, too. Use the same order number to register.

Plus, I'm having a live zoom Masterclass On Resilience (+Q and A) on October 24 at 3pm ET for all those who preorder and fill out the form on my site. In the masterclass, I will go over the 5 buildable skills that science tells us bolster our ability to bounce back: Gratitude, Autonomy, Motivation, Empathy and Self-Regulation (G.A.M.E.S.). 

You might be wondering: Why this topic and offering? Well, for one thing, these tips are something I want you to be able to start today. This is the stuff that even busy parents can implement right away, and it’s incredibly important.

Secondly, I wanted to give you, my subscribers, early access to a book I couldn’t have written without your support. You mean so much to me. THANK YOU for being an early reader and supporter. Every person who purchases this book early helps me signal to booksellers and retailers that this is a book they should be selling in their stores.

I hope you know that I would only put a book out into the world if I felt that it would be helpful, clarifying, and stress reducing - and I truly hope my book will be that for you, and thousands of others. THANK YOU for your support.

A quick reminder to pre-order my first book, The Five Principles of Parenting! In it, I’m helping you to translate science into everyday challenges, and when you pre-order you get special benefits - including a virtual seminar, and custom content specifically made for you. AND when you pre-order, you are helping me SO MUCH. Every single person who pre-orders the book, helps book sellers and shops to see that demand is high and convince them to stock The Five Principles of Parenting on their shelves. I need your help to make sure that happens, and so I promise special benefits to make it worth taking the lap to pre-order today.