I Was Never Angry Before I Had Kids, 9798889837992
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Parenting overwhelmed? Find peace, break cycles, and raise resilient kids.
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I Was Never Angry Before I Had Kids

What Parents Really Need to Break the Cycle

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  • Hardcover

    255 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2026

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Summary

Parenting is hard, but it doesn’t have to be this hard. How can we find inner peace, pass on less of our crap, and raise kids who know their worth?

Modern parents are overwhelmed. We want to raise confident, resilient kids—but we’re exhausted, afraid we’re messing things up, and yes, we’re getting angrier than we’d like to admit. We’ve read the research, have followed the parenting advice, and still find ourselves yelling, bargaining, or shutting down. We wan…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798889837992
Author:Tracy Cutchlow
Publisher:Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Imprint:Broadleaf Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:255
Release Date:25 August 2026
Weight:318g
Dimensions:222mm x 146mm
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Critics Review

“We relive each stage of our own childhood as our children grow up. When they inevitably mirror back to us behavior that no longer serves us, we have an opportunity to grow up again. Tracy Cutchlow’s powerful book gives us tools for this transformation. Be gentle on yourself. Our children don’t need us to be perfect; they need us to be authentic. That’s how they learn to be authentic too.” –Peggy O’Mara, former editor/publisher of Mothering magazine

About The Author

Tracy Cutchlow

Tracy Cutchlow is an award-winning journalist and author of the international bestseller Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science. She is an advocate for connection-based parenting whose writing has appeared in publications from The Huffington Post to The Washington Post. She served on the board of PEPS, Seattle’s largest parent-support organization, and is a founding advisory board member of the Fairplay Screen Time Action Network in Boston. She is an authorized Language of Listening® coach. She lives in Seattle with her husband and their teenage daughter.

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