title: The Process of Parenting 8th (egith) edition
author: Jane B. Brooks
description: This comprehensive introduction to parenting describes the many ways parents and caregivers can translate their love for children into effective parenting behavior. The book has a strong emphasis on the developmental process in terms of chilren's and parents' growth as complex individuals, and in the changing nature of their relationships over time. Because parents and children are distinct individuals, the book includes a problem-solving approach that can help parents arrive at solutions that fit them, their children, and their life circumstances.
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  > This book is dedicated to my mother, Bonnie, the lighthouse in my life.
  
  When I found out I was pregnant, one of my wise and wonderful best friends,
  Dru, wrote this to me. I think it’s really beautiful, and I’d like to share it
  with you.
  
  >  _It is a great honor to become a mother. Eckhart Tolle says that parenting
  > is the perfect place to reach enlightenment._
  
  >  _Queen Afua says that Motherhood will make 