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# 4.6/5 star rating Top 3 in Child Development & Psychological Counselling Hardcover durability The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)

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## Summary

> 📖 The parenting book everyone wishes they had—start your legacy today!

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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Trusted:** Join nearly 12,000 readers who rate it 4.6 stars for life-changing impact.
- • **Real-Life Case Studies:** Practical examples that make complex psychology relatable and actionable.
- • **Rupture & Repair Method:** Master the art of fixing parenting mistakes quickly to build stronger bonds.
- • **Award-Winning Bestseller:** Ranked #2 in Child Development and #3 in Psychological Counselling—your go-to guide.
- • **Transformative Parenting Insights:** Unlock deep self-awareness to break generational cycles and parent with empathy.

## Overview

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read is a hardcover bestseller by Philippa Perry, acclaimed for its insightful, practical approach to parenting and self-healing. With a 4.6-star rating from nearly 12,000 readers, it combines real-life case studies and the innovative rupture/repair method to help parents understand and transform their behaviors for healthier family dynamics.

## Description

Buy The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Perry, Philippa (ISBN: 9781984879554) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Full of huge realisations and moments of insight - I thought this book was superb but more than that, after about ten minutes I felt it was already changing my behaviour! My friend who recommended it said the same. Perry lays out her methods and thoughts very gently, with lots of good examples from real life, little case studies; but it’s the insights which really help. Looking at WHY we lose our rag about certain trigger bits of parenting - going back to our own childhoods and looking at why - OH MY GOD. Brilliant. There’s also so much help here about FIXING those situations once you as the parent have cocked up. Rupture / repair, as she puts it. And also advice on how to manage your parental situations better. When your kid says look at this, LOOK AT IT. I know that sounds sort of obvious but often I will say “hang on a sec I’m making dinner” etc. I feel like from now on I will do that differently because it doesn’t take two seconds to run and look. And the response you get is ♥️ I found it readable, funny, thoughtful, insightful, but most of all INCREDIBLY useful and, very very very rare for a book, genuinely life-changing.
Review: Best parenting & self healing book - I read a lot of self development books and no book has impacted and changed me the way this book has. Highly recommend for all current and upcoming parents. Also great if you're going through your own self discovery journey, our childhood holds the key to almost all our future behaviours. This will help you understand what your inner child needs and be able to offer it to yourself as an adult so you can heal too. It's written in a way that is incredibly easy to understand and take away what you have to do. I read on kindle and it was great.

## Features

- Binding : Hardcover
- Publisher : Pamela Dorman Books

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 763,792 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 2 in Child Development 3 in Psychological Counselling (Books) 39 in Higher Education of Biological Sciences |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 11,956 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Full of huge realisations and moments of insight
*by E***T on 11 March 2019*

I thought this book was superb but more than that, after about ten minutes I felt it was already changing my behaviour! My friend who recommended it said the same. Perry lays out her methods and thoughts very gently, with lots of good examples from real life, little case studies; but it’s the insights which really help. Looking at WHY we lose our rag about certain trigger bits of parenting - going back to our own childhoods and looking at why - OH MY GOD. Brilliant. There’s also so much help here about FIXING those situations once you as the parent have cocked up. Rupture / repair, as she puts it. And also advice on how to manage your parental situations better. When your kid says look at this, LOOK AT IT. I know that sounds sort of obvious but often I will say “hang on a sec I’m making dinner” etc. I feel like from now on I will do that differently because it doesn’t take two seconds to run and look. And the response you get is ♥️ I found it readable, funny, thoughtful, insightful, but most of all INCREDIBLY useful and, very very very rare for a book, genuinely life-changing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best parenting & self healing book
*by M***A on 2 November 2025*

I read a lot of self development books and no book has impacted and changed me the way this book has. Highly recommend for all current and upcoming parents. Also great if you're going through your own self discovery journey, our childhood holds the key to almost all our future behaviours. This will help you understand what your inner child needs and be able to offer it to yourself as an adult so you can heal too. It's written in a way that is incredibly easy to understand and take away what you have to do. I read on kindle and it was great.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful yet repetitive
*by B***L on 10 March 2025*

I liked the book and I’m definitely taking advice from it, I’ve also recommended it to friends already. However I do feel it could be shorter by removing the repetition, at times I feel like I’ve read the same paragraph multiple times over. I’d also love to hear more examples of parents with multiple children, a lot of the examples were one child households, whereas many people have more

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