Jenny Brown, PhD, has worked in child and family mental health for the past four decades. She is regularly sought out as a thought leader in children’s mental health through her research, writings, social media, and speaking platforms. Dr. Brown developed The Parent Hope Project that provides psychoeducation for parents and training for professionals to use a unique intervention method for parents with a struggling child. Dr. Brown is also the author of Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships.

• AcknowledgementsForeword PrefaceIntroduction: A New Journey in How We Love Our ChildrenSECTION ONE—Making Sense of this Age of Intensive Parenting1. Today’s Overwhelmed Parent: How We Got Here2. Worried Parents3. The Many Faces of Intense Parenting 4. Parents on the Sidelines—Rethinking Messages About Children’s Mental Health 5. From Confusion to Clarity—The Preventive Role of Parents in Children’s Mental HealthSECTION TWO: A Unique Approach to Regaining Balance6. The Parent Is the Project, Not the Child7. The Contagion of Calm8. The Worry and Conflict Cycle—How to Get Off the Merry-Go-Round9. Parents Stepping Up—Holding Limits and Discovering Your ‘I’ Position10. Parent Leadership in the Digital World11. The Parent Job Description—Loving Leadership that Enables Each Sibling to Grow 12. Connection and Love Without the PressureSECTION THREE: Parenting is a Broader Family and Community Affair13. Strengthening Marriage and Parenting Partnerships 14. Beyond the Isolated Nest— Parenting With a Wider Family Lens15. Embracing the Village—How Families Thrive in Community16. Balanced Love—The Sustainable Long Game of ParentingNotesBibliographyIndexAbout The Author

You love your child so much, but they seem to be suffering. What more can you do? Simple: Adjust what you can adjust—you! This very compassionate, non-shaming, real-world guide will tell you how.

Jenny Brown, PhD, has worked in child and family mental health for the past four decades. She is regularly sought out as a thought leader in children’s mental health through her research, writings, social media, and speaking platforms. Dr. Brown developed The Parent Hope Project that provides psychoeducation for parents and training for professionals to use a unique intervention method for parents with a struggling child. Dr. Brown is also the author of Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships.

• AcknowledgementsForeword PrefaceIntroduction: A New Journey in How We Love Our ChildrenSECTION ONE—Making Sense of this Age of Intensive Parenting1. Today’s Overwhelmed Parent: How We Got Here2. Worried Parents3. The Many Faces of Intense Parenting 4. Parents on the Sidelines—Rethinking Messages About Children’s Mental Health 5. From Confusion to Clarity—The Preventive Role of Parents in Children’s Mental HealthSECTION TWO: A Unique Approach to Regaining Balance6. The Parent Is the Project, Not the Child7. The Contagion of Calm8. The Worry and Conflict Cycle—How to Get Off the Merry-Go-Round9. Parents Stepping Up—Holding Limits and Discovering Your ‘I’ Position10. Parent Leadership in the Digital World11. The Parent Job Description—Loving Leadership that Enables Each Sibling to Grow 12. Connection and Love Without the PressureSECTION THREE: Parenting is a Broader Family and Community Affair13. Strengthening Marriage and Parenting Partnerships 14. Beyond the Isolated Nest— Parenting With a Wider Family Lens15. Embracing the Village—How Families Thrive in Community16. Balanced Love—The Sustainable Long Game of ParentingNotesBibliographyIndexAbout The Author

You love your child so much, but they seem to be suffering. What more can you do? Simple: Adjust what you can adjust—you! This very compassionate, non-shaming, real-world guide will tell you how.

Jenny Brown, PhD, has worked in child and family mental health for the past four decades. She is regularly sought out as a thought leader in children’s mental health through her research, writings, social media, and speaking platforms. Dr. Brown developed The Parent Hope Project that provides psychoeducation for parents and training for professionals to use a unique intervention method for parents with a struggling child. Dr. Brown is also the author of Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships.

• AcknowledgementsForeword PrefaceIntroduction: A New Journey in How We Love Our ChildrenSECTION ONE—Making Sense of this Age of Intensive Parenting1. Today’s Overwhelmed Parent: How We Got Here2. Worried Parents3. The Many Faces of Intense Parenting 4. Parents on the Sidelines—Rethinking Messages About Children’s Mental Health 5. From Confusion to Clarity—The Preventive Role of Parents in Children’s Mental HealthSECTION TWO: A Unique Approach to Regaining Balance6. The Parent Is the Project, Not the Child7. The Contagion of Calm8. The Worry and Conflict Cycle—How to Get Off the Merry-Go-Round9. Parents Stepping Up—Holding Limits and Discovering Your ‘I’ Position10. Parent Leadership in the Digital World11. The Parent Job Description—Loving Leadership that Enables Each Sibling to Grow 12. Connection and Love Without the PressureSECTION THREE: Parenting is a Broader Family and Community Affair13. Strengthening Marriage and Parenting Partnerships 14. Beyond the Isolated Nest— Parenting With a Wider Family Lens15. Embracing the Village—How Families Thrive in Community16. Balanced Love—The Sustainable Long Game of ParentingNotesBibliographyIndexAbout The Author

You love your child so much, but they seem to be suffering. What more can you do? Simple: Adjust what you can adjust—you! This very compassionate, non-shaming, real-world guide will tell you how.