“Cleare offers spot-on advice for working parents in her insightful debut. Cleare’s advice is practical and specific, and her tone encouraging. This will be a lifeline for parents struggling to find balance.” —Publishers Weekly
“I love the “can do” approach and the lack of judgement about working mothers. I love that it is about parenting and not mothering. Every chapter is full of easy-to-implement small fixes, which I am betting will add up to a big improvement in everyone’s well-being.” —Rachel Connelly, PhD, coauthor of “Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia”
“This book contains a wealth of strategies that can help alleviate the daily stresses that come with parenting and also help guide children in taking ownership of their lives and developing a high self-esteem and sense of fulfillment.” —Douglas Haddad, award-winning educator and author of “The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens”
“The Working Parent’s Survival Guide is a must-read for anyone who’s struggled to balance the demands of work and the pull of family…. Cleare offers readers proven strategies for (re)connecting with their kids and reclaiming home-time from work-think. Her advice for fostering a less-stressed, more fulfilling environment at home should be required reading for busy parents of little humans.” —Deborah Vlock, author of “Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges: A Guide to Life with Emotionally Complex Kids”
Published in the USA by Rowman & Littlefield and also available as an audiobook and as an ebook from all major online booksellers.
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Available as audiobook! The Working Parent’s Survival Guide is available in the US as an audiobook.
International editions: Available in the UK as The Work/Parent Switch. Also available in German, Chinese, Polish and Romanian.
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