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Offers strategies and guidance to building a happier family life by doing less not more, and parenting smarter not harder.

Most modern parents work. And we have limited time, limited energy, limited patience, and too much to do. We are seldom at our best at the end of a long working day when the parenting shift kicks in. We want to do the right thing but, in the thick of it, with no time to think and no energy to spare, its easy to miss the small changes that could make a big difference to our childs (and our own) wellbeing.

This book moves the goalposts by suggesting ways to parent smarter not harder and to really tune in to the needs of our children and our families. Focusing on the quality of time and not the quantity, parents can learn to cultivate better family wellbeing and happiness.

The Working Parents Survival Guide: How to Parent Smarter Not Harderis essential reading for every working parent. Written by an expert in child development and parenting who has worked with thousands of stressed out working parents, it walks you through an approach to parenting that will transform family life - and which can be fitted into modern working patterns.

Covering all the sticky challenges of a working parents day (such as getting everyone out of the house on time in the morning, managing difficult behavior when youre tired at the end of the day, and controlling tech time),The Working Parents Survival Guide will help you to stop feeling guilty about being at work and give you the tools to create the harmonious family life you want to come home to.

The Working Parent¿s Survival Guide shows you how to be a great parent by parenting smarter not harder and by understanding what children really need from us. Offering strategies for focusing on what really matters, connecting with our kids, and meeting everyone¿s needs, Anita Cleare guides working parents to building a happier family.

Anita Cleare is a parenting speaker, writer, coach, and co-founder of The Positive Parenting Project. She lives in Windsor (UK).