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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016

Published in Penguin Books 2017

Copyright © 2016 by Shefali Tsabary

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ISBN 9780399563973 (paperback)

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Names: Tsabary, Shefali, 1972- author.

Title: The awakened family : a revolution in parenting / Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.

Description: New York : Viking, [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016003716 (print) | LCCN 2016009019 (ebook) | ISBN

9780399563966 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399563980 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Parenting. | Parent and child. | Families.

Classification: LCC HQ755.8 .T8165 2016 (print) | LCC HQ755.8 (ebook) | DDC 306.874—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016003716

About the Examples in This Book

Although the examples in this book reflect real-life situations, they aren’t necessarily descriptions of actual people. In some cases, they are composites created from my years of working with countless different parents in many varied contexts. The names and identities of my clients have been changed to protect their privacy. Any resemblance to actual persons is entirely coincidental.

Cover design: Jason Ramirez

Cover image: Elena Elisseeva