Také máte pocit, že jste se stali otroky svých dětí? Z přehnaně zaníceného rodičovství však vede cesta ven. Existuje jednoduché řešení, které váš život učiní snazším a finančně méně náročným, život vašich dětí učiní radostnějším a navíc vám pomůže vychovat děti šťastné a soběstačné. Toto řešení autor knihy nazývá „líné rodičovství“ a jeho mantra zní jednoduše: „Nechte je být.“ Líný rodič je totiž dobrý rodič.
Taková filozofie pravděpodobně může jít modernímu, zaneprázdněnému rodiči proti srsti,...

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