Vanessa Lapointe

Discipline Without Damage

Vanessa Lapointe

In this easy-to-read, science-based book, parents, caregivers, and adults of all kinds discover how discipline affects children’s development, why intervention should reinforce connection not separation, and why the disciplinary strategies that may have been used on us as children are not the ones that children really need. As a practicing child and family psychologist and advisor to the British Columbia ministry of children and families, Dr. Vanessa has seen it all, and she has navigated hundreds of tough situations with families. Drawing on scientific research and a wealth of clinical experience, she shows you how to put out the fire without dampening your child’s spirits; how to correct their behavior while emphasizing connection; and how to discipline without damage.

Parenting Right From the Start

Vanessa Lapointe

Practical – Practical, hopeful, inspiring, and compassionate, this is not a soft or fluffy parenting book. It is solidly based in the science of child brain development and recent advances in psychology but with a compassionate heart. This book does not seek to shame nor blame, but to give parents the tools to create a deep and abiding connection with their child in these all-important early years—an immediate value proposition for book buyers. It also delivers the deeper, lasting value of the psycho-social underpinnings of Dr. Lapointe’s philosophy. An evergreen category – New parents will always need advice, and at no time is this especially true than during these all important, crucial early years. Dr. Lapointe regularly counsels parents whose children already have issues that need addressing by the ages of three and four. The author – As an authority on the subject, Dr. Lapointe is asked to speak frequently in her public speaking events. Friendly, promotable, and relatable while always in complete control of her subject matter, Dr. Lapointe will make herself available to the media and at events to be an engine of her own publicity. She is a natural storyteller who draws on her own personal experience as a mother and those of her clients to engage readers and audiences and get her points across. A unique angle — There are many parenting books that dispense practical advice, but parents struggle to implement it when their own unexamined attitudes or psychological issues get in the way. Parenting Right From the Start addresses a parent’s feelings, fears, and needs as well as those of their child, freeing them from the burden of their own less-than-healthy childhood experiences so that they can truly support their child’s optimal development from day one.