Dez the Bookworm's Reviews > Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

This is the fourth book by this author that I have read. I genuinely find the science based understanding to parenting to top any other parenting advice book I’ve read. I highly recommend every parent read at least “The Whole Brain Child”.

This book is heavily laden with science based information. Neatly dissected into three parts for every chapter: The examples and info, the science based portion (outlined in a gray square for easy identification), and the Digging Deeper section that has references and more works to read if you so choose.

I found this book a titch technical and dry at times, much different than his other three books which were much easier to digest…which is why I took off a star.

This book gives you all the information and tools necessary to understand why you parent the way you do, and how to look within yourself for answers you thought were held within your child’s behavior. The examples were my favorite part as I was able to identify with situations.

There is a difference it wanting to understand your child so you can parent better, and understanding YOURSELF so you can parent better. This book does the later, but also shows how our experiences shape our children’s experiences. It’s changed me for the better.

Highly recommend as a follow up to “The Whole Brain Child”, “No Drama Discipline” and “The Yes Brain”.