Give yourself and others empathy for what makes parenting difficult, exhausting, and stressful!

For the first time, the challenges that all parents who care for their children face are named and described. Parenting can be infinitely beautiful, fun, and fulfilling. However, parents cannot escape the efforts that come with it. It’s helpful to be able to name what makes it challenging. Because then you often know much better what to do and what you can confidently set aside. And then parenting becomes what it is: a demanding achievement and a daily task that can be prepared for, communicated about, and appreciated.

This book is not a guide. It follows the principles of Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg without offering advice or suggestions, and it unfolds its power solely through empathetic conceptualization of what constitutes the effort of parenting.