<p><em>"I'm going to do the opposite of everything my parents did."</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your childhood memories can have a profound impact on how you interact with, parent, and bond with your children. And while your actions may come from a loving place, when you parent through your past, you unknowingly make parenting decisions that attempt to satisfy <em>your</em> own unmet childhood needs, rather than tuning into what your <em>child</em> needs right now. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In <em>Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Were</em>, expert family therapist Dr. Brie Turns-Coe introduces the tools you need to begin parenting in the present - allowing you to rebuild the parent-child relationship and develop a deeper connection with your child that allows them to thrive. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether you're raising a defiant teenager, a moody adolescent, or a tantrum-prone toddler, this book will help you: </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Heal from childhood wounds that dictate how you parent </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Break free from toxic parenting styles </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Communicate effectively with your child in times of distress </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parent with greater intention </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjust unrealistic parenting expectations </p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grieve the child (or childhood) you wish you had&nbsp;</p>