The best books for frazzled parents – and their children

From a practical guide to an escapist novel, Alice O’Keeffe picks her favourite reads for those locked down with kids

Books offering support to parents have come on in leaps and bounds since the days when Gina Ford and Supernanny-style discipline reigned supreme. My go-to book for practical advice is The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (Penguin Life) by Philippa Perry.

Perry, who is a psychotherapist with more than 20 years’ experience, is not interested in manipulating children’s behaviour with naughty steps and sticker charts. Her approach may incidentally help to get your children to brush their teeth and eat their vegetables, but her emphasis is on the far deeper and more important business of how to build a mutually respectful and cooperative relationship. Her voice is wise and refreshingly nonjudgmental. This is one for parents who, in Perry’s words, “not only love their children, but want to like them, too”.

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