About the book: 2012 / "Free Parents, Free Children" - the first book by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish - was published in 1974 and brought the authors fame as the best education experts. Today, almost 40 years later, it is still a reference book for millions of parents, and the principles set out in it for communicating with children have become even more relevant. In their book, Adele and Elaine help free children from roles imposed on them, and parents from feelings of guilt and suppressed negative emotions. Illustrating with real-life examples, the authors show how to overcome stress and feelings of anger, how to increase children's self-esteem and instill in the child independence and responsibility, how to resolve family conflicts so that both parents and children feel that their feelings are accepted and respected.