"In the silence and safety of the womb, the person who will be born weaves the thread of his future memory..." This is how the story of every person begins. And from the first day he comes into the world, his parents take on the responsibility to care for him and protect him from any potential danger. As time goes by, he will grow up, become an adult, and while he may still seek support and protection for himself, he will - intentionally or unintentionally - become a parent himself. How will he then take care of his own children? What will he do when they refuse to go to sleep? When they refuse to eat or struggle with school and their lessons? When they envy their siblings or fear bad dreams? And even when, reaching adolescence, they rebel against everyone and everything?
These and many other topics of everyday family life are addressed by psychologist Myrto Georgiou-Nielsen in a pleasant yet wise book that combines psychoanalytic knowledge with empirical practice.
It is addressed to all parents who are concerned about raising their children, from infancy to adolescence, reassuring them in a simple and comforting tone: "You are not alone..."