How to Make Parenting "Styles" Work For You

"On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen are digging into parenting styles. The new book on the block is Lighthouse Parenting: Raising Your Child With Loving Guidance for a LIfelong Bond, out in March. And it got us thinking: are all these different parenting styles - Tiger Mom, Gentle Parenting, Free Range, etc - kinda trash? They dig into their styles, how to make different styles work for you, and more."

"Then, while Lucy and Zak don't LOVE to read parenting books, they all share books that they actually got something out of. Mentioned in the Show: Want to Raise Resilient Kids? Try Lighthouse Parenting from Parents.com Middle School Magic from Care & Feeding Glow-up Self-Love Workbook for Teen Girls by Light It Up! Publications Cribsheet by Emily Oster The Whole-Brain Child by Dr. Daniel Siegel The Daily Dad Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Video production by Micah Phillips. Join us on Facebook and email us at [e-mail] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: [phone]. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content - and you'll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus - or try it out on Apple Podcasts."

Lighthouse Parenting promotes raising children with loving guidance to build a lifelong bond. Multiple parenting styles such as Tiger Mom, Gentle Parenting, and Free Range are compared and evaluated. Panelists describe their personal approaches and offer strategies to adapt different styles to family needs. Hosts share parenting books they found genuinely useful despite general reluctance to read parenting books. Recommended titles include Lighthouse Parenting, Middle School Magic, Glow-up Self-Love Workbook, Cribsheet, and The Whole-Brain Child. Listeners are invited to connect via Facebook, email, phone, and to consider Slate Plus for extra content.

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