Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings Workbook

You know what kind of parent you want to be. This Workbook helps you actually become that parent.

A hands-on, science-based guide to help you regulate yourself, connect with your child, and coach instead of control—so peaceful parenting becomes your daily reality.

Because insight doesn’t change families. Practice does.

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“I loved the first Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids book, but it was when I made my way through the exercises in the Workbook that I was finally able to really stop shouting at my kids. I also found the suggestions about empathizing and connecting through play super helpful and I can see that my children feel closer to me now and listen better.”

— Eva, mother of 3 and 5 yr olds

If you’ve been working to parent differently, and finding it hard to change, this is your book.

You’ve read the books. You understand the approach. But in the hard moments? You may still find yourself yelling… threatening… overreacting. Not because you don’t know better— but because those moments hijack your nervous system. This Workbook helps you change what happens in those moments.

Praise for the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook

Laura Markham integrates mindfulness practices and spiritual wisdom with the latest research findings to give parents a toolbox for transformation. Her love for parents and children shines through this Workbook.

- Susan Stiffelman, Author of Parenting Without Power Struggles and Parenting With Presence

Full of enlightening exercises and worksheets for parents to practice how to regulate their own emotions, and build a lifelong foundation to connect and engage with their children. Mindfulness exercises bring evidence-based and user-friendly ways to integrate mindful awareness into parenting, increasing resiliency for both parent and child.

- Mona Delahooke, PhD, Author of Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention

Dr. Laura Markham's book is an extremely useful guide for parents in connecting with their children's emotions. It is highly gratifying to finally see a research-based guide for parents. Every parent will want a copy of this book.

- John Gottman, PhD, Author of Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

Well-researched, clearly written, step-by-step processes that will completely transform your parenting. In a carefully guided format, richly packed from first page to last, Dr. Laura Markham teaches the practical and powerful tools that help you skillfully regulate the emotional climate in your family. This is the must-read road map you've been looking for.

- Linda Graham, MFT, Author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being

Clearly demonstrates how to replace power struggles with cooperation and calm. Detailed exercises for understanding and managing your own emotions as well as those of your children. This book is like a friend, ready to offer support and encouragement when you need it the most.

- Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, EdD, Author of Raising Your Spirited Child, Kids, Parents and Power Struggles and Sleepless in America

The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook is like a Swiss Army Knife for parents, with scripts, activities, worksheets and practical tips that parents will find effective, inspiring and fun. Dr. Laura Markham's tone is empowering, and her positive parenting approach works. Every parent will benefit from this book, and the real winners will be their children.

- Amy McCready, Author of The "Me, Me, Me" Epidemic

I will return to the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook again and again-- for inspiration, guidance, and practical how-to personal reflection--and because I want my son to benefit from the most honest, warm hearted, and peaceful energy I can bring to mothering.

- Amy Wright Glenn, Author of Birth, Breath, and Death and Holding Space

I'm so grateful Dr. Laura wrote this workbook, which walks parents through a progression of exercises that help incorporate connection into everyday life in practical, hands-on ways. This workbook will change your relationship with your child for the better; will help you engage with your child from a place of love and mindfulness every day.

- Jesmyn Ward, Author of Sing Unburied Sing, winner National Book Award 2017

Laura Markham's encouraging tone, realistic scenarios, and step-by-step instructions make her research-based advice immediately accessible to busy parents, brilliantly coaching them to create the strong, healthy child-parent relationship that every mother and father seeks.

- Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, Co-author of The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain

Many parents who have benefited from Laura's writings have told me that they wish they could have her move in with them for a while and provide on-the-spot advice. This Workbook is the next best thing! You will rekindle that spark of connection and joy with your children.

- Dr. Lawrence Cohen, Author of Playful Parenting and The Opposite of Worry

Dr. Laura Markham teaches parents how to use the daily challenges of living with children as an opportunity for their own growth. The result is more mindful, peaceful parents, who can help their children grow into happy, responsible people. Clear, compelling and essential for every parent.

- Dr. Shefali, NYT's bestselling author of The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family

Dr. Laura Markham taps into fascinating brain science, meditation and mindfulness practices to help parents heal themselves and be more peaceful. With the exercises, practices and reflections in this book, Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook provides wonderful support to parents. Dr. Markham inspires parents to believe that they can grow into the best version o themselves.

- Melissa Hood, Author of Real Parenting for Real Kids

What makes this Workbook different?

This isn’t just something you read.
It’s something you do.

Most parenting books give you insight. This Workbook gives you transformation.

So that, over time, you’ll begin to:

Rewire your reactions in the moment.
Understand and shift your triggers.
Stay calmer under stress—even in hard moments.
Build connection so it becomes your default.
Help your child with big emotions so they develop self-regulation.
Set limits your child can actually hear—without power struggles.
Guide behavior in ways that help your child want to cooperate.

Step by step, you’re not just learning peaceful parenting— you’re becoming it.

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How This Workbook Works

Do just one page a day of this interactive, practice-filled workbook—and begin creating lasting change from the inside out. As you work through the exercises, scripts, and reflection prompts, you’ll:

Reflect on your reactions with guided prompts that help you notice patterns and shift them.
Learn simple, powerful mindfulness practices—like the 15-second check-in and the one-minute pause.
Identify self-soothing strategies that work for you—and practice using them in real moments.
Practice empathic listening skills so your child feels understood and connected.
Learn the exact steps to emotion-coach—and apply them in everyday situations.
Use games to increase laughter and connection while decreasing tantrums and fights.
Build the habit of simple daily rituals that strengthen your bond, so your child wants to cooperate.

Step by step, this workbook guides you through small daily changes and new habits that transform the emotional climate of your family.

“The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook is like a Swiss Army Knife for parents, with scripts, activities, worksheets and practical tips that parents will find effective, inspiring and fun. Dr. Laura Markham's tone is empowering, and her positive parenting approach works. Every parent will benefit from this book, and the real winners will be their children.”

— Amy McCready

What you’ll practice in this Workbook:

The core peaceful parenting tools that help families move from conflict to connection.

How to pause instead of react when you’re triggered.
How to stay calm in the middle of your child’s big emotions.
How to set limits without power struggles.
How to repair after disconnection so your relationship grows stronger.

How to build daily connection habits that prevent misbehavior.
How to coach your child’s emotions so they develop self-discipline.
How to shift lifelong patterns you may not even realize you’re repeating.
How to know what to say in the moment—so you can respond with connection instead of frustration.

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Which book is right for you?

Start where your family needs the most support right now.

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Best for parents who want a calmer, more connected family life. Learn how to stop yelling, set limits that help children cooperate, and build the strong parent-child relationship that inspires emotional resilience.

Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings

Best for families dealing with sibling rivalry, competition, and conflict. Learn how to reduce fighting, teach real conflict-resolution skills, and help siblings build a stronger relationship — including through the transition to a new baby.

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook

Best for parents who want guided support putting peaceful parenting into practice. The Workbook helps you strengthen empathy, connection, and limit-setting while regulating your own emotions and working through your triggers.

What parents are saying

It contained strategies that I could implement straight away. I liked the thoughts around connectedness and self-regulation. Within a few pages I was already deepening my understanding of my daughter and developing new strategies to improve our relationship.

- Frieda, kids 20 months and 4 years old

I love the compassion that this book shows to parents. It's clear the author is a coach who is really helping us with techniques for parenting. I really liked how this book is written, format, and also how the text is simple and concrete, the author is knowledgeable but the language, techniques and exercises feel approachable... I loved the step by step techniques like stop drop and breathe. The concrete techniques, examples and exercises paired with text were perfect for me.

- Andrea, mother of 3 and 5 yr olds

I loved the first Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids book, but it was when I made my way through the exercises in the Workbook that I was finally able to stop shouting at my kids. I also found the suggestions about empathizing and connecting through play super helpful and I can see that my children feel closer to me now and listen better.

- Eva, mother of 3 and 5 yr olds

This book has helped me work through my reactions toward my husband as well as my daughter and has helped me appreciate the power of a pause and a deep breath to change the outcome of a situation. An important take away for me is so simple yet so important (and sadly can be forgotten on busy, stressful days) -- to delight in my child. Thinking on this has helped me take a step back and let my child be who she is.

- Elisa

This book is so kindly written it's like someone is holding my hand guiding me through. I started reading and BOOM I'm calmer and making sense of my children's behaviors! My son (2.5 years) has moments of upset and attitude like any toddler. It was bedtime and he was in full scream mode. I said "This isn't an emergency; you are allowed to cry and tell me what's wrong," and just like that, I kept myself completely calmed the whole 30 min or more he was out of sorts! It felt so good to be level headed and in control while comforting my son!

- Heather, mom of 2 year old son and 5 month old daughter

I actually forgot I was reading a parenting book. It really places the change on the parent to better assist the kids when chaos breaks loose. The book helped me realize Peaceful Parenting starts from within. I create the end of the beginning problem. If treat them as I want to be treated and speak calmly and connect with them before I correct it makes all the difference. This book opens your eyes to ones self. That is where it starts.

- Teri (kids 8 and 4)

My kids can sometimes get a little over-tired and crazy in the lead up to bedtime, running around and laughing rather than doing what I've asked them to do. I have found that using your mantras like "They're acting kids because they're kids" or "Don't take it personally" helps me to stay calm.

- Anna, mother of 3 year old girl, 6 year old boy

Recognizing my own triggers allowed me some wait time before responding, which was a good strategy to be reminded of. After a meltdown my 13 year old acknowledged feeling bad for overreacting. That was different!

- Susana

Your manner is so gentle. It's like a good friend or kind family member speaking from a place of love and care, not criticism. It's one of your consistent strengths that this tone comes across in your writing even though I haven't met you. It feels authentic.

- Anonymous

I loved it all. I love the exercises and the general ease of the text. There's nothing too high brow in the text, so a layperson with no psychological training can understand it. It's practical, highly interesting, candid, confronting and yet, consoling!

- Hon, mother of 7 and 4 yr olds

If you are picking this book up because you are having difficulty, you will feel inspired and filled with hope. Loads of wonderful ideas. I like that after reading through this, I have concrete ideas and ideas ready to try--start out slowly--and begin to put in place. I feel inspired and supported!

- Laura, mother of 5, 8, 13 year olds

The whole book is a treasure, Dr. Laura! I like that in the workbook you take more time and space on explaining everything that you only touched in the first Peaceful Parent Happy Kids book. Every time I read this book or remember the practices, I feel more open and calm and empathic and thus my children are suddenly behave much better. :-)

- Linda, mother of 11 and 8 yr olds

The writing is very engaging, and relatable. It makes me feel like this was written for me personally. I feel like some of the difficulties with my son will be resolved in me just regulating my own emotions. He explodes like I do.

- Natasha, mother of 4 & 6

This book provided me with a clear idea and plan for how I can help change my behavior, in order to connect more with my daughter. It also gave me a different lens for "seeing" what her behaviors are really about. Loved the research, and how I can apply the strategies within my family. Clear changes I can make within myself, and actual language I can use with my children.

- Nicole, mother of 7, 5, 3 yr olds

I felt so loved and hopeful reading this and I imagine that's how other parents will feel. Your love was reaching through the pages to my heart!

- Sarah, mother of 10, 13, 16 yr olds

Your kind and loving voice shines through the book and I felt so comforted and supported.

- Lisa, mother of 5 yr old daughter

This book has definitely changed the way I approach parenting. It gives me ideas on how to interact with my daughter and since I've started implementing some of the ideas, there has definitely been a change on how my daughter and I interact with each other. More love and understanding...that's what the entire world needs. The effects of this book will leave lasting effects and in turn change the world.

- Y.A., mother

“Dr. Laura Markham is America’s parenting coach”

— Philadelphia Weekly

Meet Dr. Laura Markham

Dr. Laura Markham trained as a Clinical Psychologist at Columbia University and is the founder of PeacefulParentHappyKids.com.

She translates neuroscience, child development, and decades of clinical experience into practical tools that help parents create calmer homes, stronger relationships, and emotionally healthy children. She's also a mom, so she understands kids — and parents!

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Where are you right now?

You know the kind of parent you want to be—and you’re growing into that every day. This workbook helps you take the next step, with practical support in the moments that matter.

You want to stay calm—even in the hard moments.

And often, you do. But when you’re triggered, it can feel like something takes over.

This Workbook helps you:

Understand what’s happening in your nervous system when you’re triggered.
Interrupt the reaction before it escalates.
Build new calming pathways—so it actually gets easier.
Repair with your child so your relationship grows stronger.

You want to set limits—without constant battles.

You don’t want to be permissive—but you also don’t want to rely on threats, nagging, or punishment when your child doesn't listen.

This Workbook helps you:

Set clear, empathic limits your child can actually hear.
Stay connected even while holding boundaries.
Understand why children resist—and how to work with that instead of against it.
Guide behavior in ways that teach, rather than shame.

Your child has big emotions—and you want to help your child develop more emotional intelligence.

Sometimes those feelings come out as meltdowns, anger, or tears—and it’s not always clear how to respond in a way that really helps.

This Workbook helps you:

Understand what’s underneath your child’s behavior.
Respond in ways that help your child feel safe enough to calm down.
Coach your child through emotions instead of shutting them down.
Raise a child who can manage their feelings—and their behavior.

You want to feel close and connected with your child.

But in the busyness of daily life, it’s easy for connection to get overshadowed by routines, reminders, and just getting through the day.

This Workbook helps you:

Create small rituals of connection that make a big difference.
Use roughhousing and special time to create more closeness.
Repair disconnection so your child feels safe coming back to you.
Strengthen the relationship that makes everything else easier.

This Workbook doesn’t just give you ideas—it shows you exactly how to practice them.

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“After reading this Workbook, my little boy responds so much "better" (more positively) to my own "better" behaviour. He is also expressing himself more openly and more frequently.”

— Tanya, mother of 6 yr old

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Many parents begin with the Workbook and then go deeper with the Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Course.

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Parents tell me this is the book that actually taught them Peaceful Parenting.

You don’t have to be perfect to change your family.

You just have to be willing to begin. No matter what’s happened in the past, it’s never too late to create a closer, more peaceful relationship with your child. Here’s your path forward—one small moment at a time.

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