No Regrets Parenting

Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments with Your Kids

By Harley Rotbart

For tiger moms, free-range parents, helicopter parents, soccer moms, single parents, stay-at-home dads, and every other lifestyle du jour, No Regrets Parenting focuses on the simple truth that long days of busy parenting race quickly by and teaches parents how to stretch and enhance the time they spend with their kids.

No Regrets Parenting is a book for busy parents in our busy times. Juggling family and professional lives is not a course taught in high school or college–many parents find the challenges of being all things to all people daunting. This theme is ubiquitous in today’s culture–movies, theatre, books, magazine features, and human interest news stories all find the challenge of raising children to be prime fodder for audiences. How to do it all? How to stay sane while trying to do it all?

No Regrets Parenting teaches parents how to experience the joy and depth of the parenting experience amidst the chaos and choreography of daily routines. Car pool, bath time, soccer practice, homework, dinner hour, and sleepovers all become more than just obligations and hurdles to overcome to get through the day. They are opportunities for intimate and meaningful time–quality time–with young kids. It’s not how much time you have with your kids, but how you spend that time that matters in the life and legacy of a young family. No Regrets Parenting readjusts parents’ perspectives and priorities, helping them find the time to do it all and feel good about your kids’ childhood.

There is a simple, single truth for every parent. Your kids need you to be there. They need to see who you are and how you live your life. And, in return, they will help you to see who you are and how you should be living your life. For all of that to happen, parents need time with their kids. Memorable and meaningful time. No Regrets Parenting is about time. Finding enough of it and making the most of it.

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Price: $9.99
Publish Date: 2/21/2012
Pages: 208

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About the Author

Dr. Harley Rotbart has been a nationally renowned pediatrician, parenting expert, infectious diseases specialist, speaker, and educator for nearly four decades. He is Professor and Vice Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. He is the author of more than 175 medical and scientific publications, and five previous books for general audiences: No Regrets Living; Miracles We Have Seen; 940 Saturdays; Germ Proof Your Kids; and, The On Deck Circle of Life, which was endorsed by baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. Dr. Rotbart was named to Best Doctors in America for 18 consecutive years, as well as receiving numerous other national and local awards for research, teaching, and clinical work. He served on the Advisory Boards of Parents Magazine, Parents.com, and Children’s Health Magazine, and has been a regular contributor to Parents magazine since the first edition of No Regrets Parenting a decade ago. He makes numerous media appearances, including major television and radio networks, national print media, two national media tours with American Idol finalists to promote influenza prevention, and two appearances on the Dr. Oz Show. “Coach Harley” coached youth baseball and basketball for 16 years, including 8 years at the high school level.
Dr. Rotbart and his wife, Sara, still practice No Regrets Parenting on their three adult kids and now practice No Regrets Grandparenting on their grandchildren.