YOU ARE OKAY AS YOU ARE - KATHARINA SAALFRANK

Discover how to provide your child with the best possible support and build a strong, relationship-based bond with them. Katharina Saalfrank argues in her book that the key to a happy childhood is not upbringing, but a deep, authentic relationship.

• Understanding the child's needs: Learn what your child really needs to grow and develop well.
• Building relationships: Discover how to create a strong and loving relationship with your child, based on mutual respect and trust.
• Paradigm shift: Move from upbringing to relationship and see how this affects your family.
• Support in everyday life: Find signposts and new ways of looking at relationships with children that will help you in everyday life.
• Knowledge from developmental psychology: Gain knowledge about the individual stages of child development, attachment theory and brain research.
• Experimenting and development: We encourage you to experiment with new behaviors and discover your own family values.

Katharina Saalfrank, based on developmental psychology and brain research, emphasizes that children primarily need relationships, not upbringing. The author shares her thoughts and behaviors that can serve as a guide in everyday family life. This book is intended to encourage parents to seek their own, distinct values for their families and implement them in life.

In the book you will find information about the individual stages of child development, presented on the basis of examples from everyday life. The author refers to knowledge from the field of attachment theory, brain research and developmental psychology to help parents better understand their children and their needs. Saalfrank also addresses the impact of educational institutions on the development of children and wonders whether knowledge from developmental psychology is taken into account in the education system.

The book "You are okay as you are" is an invitation to experiment and search for your own paths in parenting. It is not a guide, but rather a collection of thoughts and alternative behaviors that can help parents find new ways to look at relationships with children and directions for themselves and their family. The author encourages moving from upbringing to relationship, emphasizing that the end of upbringing is the beginning of a real, deep bond.

The author encourages parents, emphasizing that they have the right to be calm and trust their own abilities. Calmness allows for a better understanding of the things that appear in life, and makes it easier to gather courage and make attempts. Thanks to this, parents can grow internally through shared experiences in the relationship with their children. Published in 2024 by Element Publishing House, the book has 280 pages and a format of 213x146 mm.