8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids Book Review

We all have moments as parents when we feel like we are not doing a good job. That’s why Dr. Todd Cartmell wrote 8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids! As a clinical child psychologist and author of several parenting books, he will help you raise great kids.? His eight tools are talking, listening, influencing, connecting, teaching, encouraging, correcting, and leading. These tools are for both moms and dads because you both need to connect with your kids and you both need to be able to effectively correct them when needed.

“I love my child, but parenting is hard.”

Whether you find parenting intuitive or impossible, we could all use a hand here and there. Let child psychologist and father Todd Cartmell walk you through the nuts and bolts of healthy, effective parenting.
Using examples from his home and 20 years of professional practice, Todd gives eight essential and practical tools to help you:

? Maintain a healthy relationship with your child
? Develop a nurturing home culture
? Correct behavior in lasting ways

Designed for busy parents, 8 Simple Tools breaks each tool into five short chapters that include a summary tip and application questions. Use even half of the tools in your parenting, and your family dynamics will thrive. Your relationship with your child will be built on love and trust, providing you with fertile ground for planting God’s wisdom in their heart, and ultimately, seeing them flourish.

When you visit his website he has two Parenting Assessments you can take to evaluate how effective your parenting is and your parenting strengths. I took both his assessments and I would like to share my results with you. The Parenting Strengths Assessment is based on his 8 tools, and I scored high in CONECTING with my kids. This was not a surprise to me because I am with my kids 24/7 so I should score high in this area. However, it was also correct about the other areas that I need to improve on. As for the Effective Parenting Assessment I am experiencing both ups and downs. Which is also true I feel confident about many aspects of my parenting, but there are times when I don?t feel like I parent in an effective way.

Connect:

You can connect with?8 Simple Tools?on their website!