Fresh Start Your Family

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Powerful Parenting to Restore Peace in Your Home

Wendy Snyder

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Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
11 May 2026

Age groups: children; Family & relationships; Advice on parenting; Pregnancy, birth & baby care

A Supportive Guide to Bring Peace to Your Home Through Supportive, Connective Parenting

Parenting wasn’t supposed to feel this hard. Maybe you’ve found yourself stuck in a cycle of power struggles, yelling, guilt, or using the same tactics you swore you’d never repeat. You love your kids more than anything, but the constant stress leaves you wondering, Is there a better way?

In Fresh Start Your Family, certified positive parenting educator and family life coach Wendy Snyder offers an encouraging path forward. Drawing from her own raw parenting struggles and years of teaching thousands of families, Wendy shows you how to break painful generational patterns, rewire old habits, and lead your home with both compassion and strength.

Inside, you’ll discover how to:

Understand what your child’s misbehavior is really communicating Lead with confidence using firm, kind, and respectful strategies Replace punishment, yelling, and power struggles with connection-based discipline that actually works Build a family culture rooted in peace, empathy, and mutual respect Strengthen your own self-compassion and courage so you can show up as the parent you truly want to be

This isn’t a rigid manual or a list of quick fixes. It’s an invitation to create a new family legacy—one where dignity, clarity, and connection replace fear and frustration.

If you’re ready to parent with more calm, confidence, and joy, Fresh Start Your Family will give you both the mindset and the practical tools to transform your home.

Perfect for parents raising strong-willed kids (or any child who pushes boundaries often), this book will encourage and equip you to move from surviving to thriving, with a fresh start that ripples for generations.

Fresh Start Your Family is not only for parents, but also a supportive guide for grandparents, caregivers, educators, and anyone who longs to nurture children & help raise our next generation of leaders with both compassion and respect.

By: Wendy Snyder
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781394306787
ISBN 10: 1394306784
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 11 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: How It All Began ix PART I UPGRADING YOUR LENSES AND LEGACIES 1 1 When Your Kid Acts Out, They're Actually Speaking Up 3 2 Cracking the Code of Your Child's Heart 15 3 Raising Your Beautiful Cactus Kid 25 4 Hitting the Reset Button on Reactivity 39 PART II EFFECTIVE HEALTHY COMMUNICATION 57 5 Leadership That Kids WANT to Follow 59 6 Rules Plus Relationship = Respect 67 7 Goodbye to ""Because I Said So"" 91 8 Limits That Connect, Not Control 99 PART III UNDERSTANDING ROOT CAUSES 113 9 Cracking the Code of Misbehavior 115 10 When Kids Go Looking for Love in All the Wrong Ways 123 11 The Dance of Wills 131 12 Hurt People Hurt People 143 13 Building Bridges to Belief 155 14 The Family Mirror Effect 167 15 From Guarded to Grounded 187 PART IV GRACE-BASED DISCIPLINE 203 16 Connection Over Correction 207 17 Rewiring Your Discipline Defaults 223 18 Your Compassionate Discipline Toolkit 239 19 Self-Calming and Regulation 243 20 Natural Consequences 253 21 Logical Consequences 259 22 Putting It All Together 275 23 Teaching Children How to Fight Fair 281 PART V THE BRAVE PATH FORWARD 299 24 Your Fresh Start Legacy 301 Notes 313 Acknowledgments 319 About the Author 321

WENDY SNYDER is the Founder of Fresh Start Family and creator of the Powerful Parenting framework. Through her programs and global membership community, she has guided thousands of families worldwide to restore peace at home and break generational cycles. She hosts the Fresh Start Family Show Podcast, teaching connection and courage.