Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld

Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld

Hold On to Your Kids is a thought-provoking parenting guide that explores the importance of strong parent-child relationships in an increasingly peer-oriented world. Physicians Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld argue that when children become more emotionally connected to peers than to their parents, it can affect their behavior, development, values, and sense of security.

The authors explain the concept of attachment and why children need a strong emotional connection with caring adults as they grow. They discuss how peer influence can sometimes compete with parental guidance and offer practical approaches for restoring connection, strengthening family relationships, and remaining an important source of support and direction.

The book encourages parents to focus less on controlling behavior and more on building trust, connection, and emotional closeness. Through psychological insights and practical examples, it provides ideas for communicating with children, setting appropriate boundaries, and guiding them while respecting their growing independence.

Insightful and accessible, Hold On to Your Kids is a valuable resource for parents and caregivers who want to strengthen family bonds and create a relationship in which children continue to look to their parents for guidance, connection, and emotional support.

Language: English.

Genre: Parenting, psychology/social sciences.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).