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Informationen zum Autor Julie Morgenstern Klappentext In Time to Parent , the bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge - parenting, from toddlers to teens - with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime contract? Parents do this every day, and yet there is no instruction manual that offers achievable methods for containing and organizing the seemingly endless job of parenting. Finding a healthy balance between raising a human and being a human often feels impossible, but Julie Morgenstern shows you how to harness your own strengths and weaknesses to make the job your own. This revolutionary roadmap includes: A unique framework with eight quadrants that separates parenting responsibilities into actionable, manageable tasks-for the whole bumpy ride from cradle to college. Simple strategies to stay truly present and focused, whether you're playing with your kids, enjoying a meal with your significant other, or getting ahead on that big proposal for work. Clever tips to make the most of in-between time -Just 5-15 minutes of your undivided attention has a huge impact on kids. Permission to take personal time without feeling guilty, and the science and case studies that show how important self-care is and how to make time for it. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Kids: An Instruction Manual ix Part I Time and Attention 1. Undivided Focus: What Parents Crave 3 2. Loved and Listened To: What Kids Need 15 3. Organizing the Job: A Simple Blueprint 26 4. A Guide to the Quadrants 39 Part II Self-Assessing 5. Where Do You Gravitate?: Your Quadrant Scorecard 57 6. Four Time-Management Skills You Must Master 74 Part III Raising a Human Being: Doing Your P.A.R.T. 7. Provide 99 8. Arrange 115 9. Relate 144 10. Teach 169 Part IV Being a Human Being: Fueling Your S.E.L.F. 11. Sleep 205 12. Exercise 228 13. Love 248 14. Fun 271 Part V Life Happens 15. When Life Throws You Curveballs: Moving, Divorce, Illness, Job Loss 293 AFTERWORD Enjoy the Ride 328 ...
