Raising young children is beautiful, exhausting and far more overwhelming than anyone admits.Your child is growing rapidly. Your routines keep breaking. Your patience is thin. Your relationship feels stretched. And no one told you how much the early years would affect the two of you, not just as parents, but as partners.Couple + Child is the practical, compassionate guidebook that helps you understand your child’s behaviour and stay connected as a couple during the most demanding years of family life.Grounded in child development research, relationship science and real-life parenting, this book shows you:
- what your child is experiencing at every stage from 0–6
- why behaviour changes so dramatically as they grow
- how to respond with clarity instead of confusion
- how to reduce conflict and stay aligned as partners
- how to share the mental load without resentment
- how to communicate effectively under stress
- how to repair quickly after hard moments
- how to build routines and a home environment that make life easierThis is not a book about perfect parenting or perfect relationships.It’s about raising a thriving child and a strong partnership; in the real world, with real fatigue, real emotions and real constraints.