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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Middle Way Parent: How to Raise Good Humans Without Controlling, Overprotecting, or Losing Yourself

The Middle Way Parent: How to Raise Good Humans Without Controlling, Overprotecting, or Losing Yourself

Vale, Ananda

Paperback

Series: The Middle Way Parenting, Book 1

BuddhismGeneral Parenting

ISBN13: 9798173130242
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 11 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How do you raise a good human being - without controlling every choice, overprotecting them from every hard thing, or losing yourself in the process?

Modern parenting advice keeps pulling you toward one of two extremes: hold the line so hard your child learns to fear you and you slowly disappear into the role, or soften and shield so much your child never builds the muscle to handle a hard world. Most days, neither one feels right - and the guilt of not knowing which way to lean is exhausting in a way that has nothing to do with sleep.

The Middle Way Parent offers a third option. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of the Middle Way - not compromise, but the wise center between opposing extremes - this book shows you how to be warm and firm, protective and willing to let your child struggle, present for them and still present for yourself, in the actual messy moments of raising a real child.

This is not a religious book, and you don't need any Buddhist background to use it. It's a practical, research-aware parenting guide that borrows one very old idea - balance over extremes - and applies it to bedtime battles, sibling rivalry, screen time, disappointment, discipline, and every place you've ever felt torn between doing too much and not enough.

Inside, you'll find:

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