We all want to be the best parents we can be for our children, but there is often conflicting advice on how to raise a kid who is confident, kind and successful. Throughout the circus act of parenting, it's important to focus on balancing priorities, juggling responsibilities and quickly flipping between the needs of your children, other family members and yourself. Modern parents have the entire internet at their disposal and don't follow any single authority. It's hard to know whom or what to trust. Here, we'll talk about how to help your child grow up to be a person you really like without losing yourself in the process. In this book, you will discover: - Learn how to communicate with your child, in a way you both feel understood, - Manage behaviors so that both of you feel respected, - Create your Unique Parenting Manual so that you and your child can grow together, rather than apart. - Finally feel confident in your ability to raise a whole, healthy child. This is a thoughtful, heartfelt book. The author of the book really models for parents what she wants for them--the recognition that we are all human, all imperfect and all on a journey--and that is so powerful. The real gift of this book is the author's own vulnerability in sharing her story, her shame, and her recovery from shame ruling her life. The further gift is her step-by-step plan for helping parents to move on from a place of shame to a point of embracing their humanity in all its imperfections. Over and over Samudio shows how when parents give themselves space to mess up and recover, they can extend that same understanding to their kids, allowing families to reconnect and move forward despite the conflicts and hurts that will inevitably come up. The author advocates, "learning to love your own parenting style." What an important idea: Every parent is an expert in her own style and that is the gift she brings her family.