How to be the Grown-Up: Wanstead Book Festival presents Martha Deiros Collado

Parents have plenty of worries to occupy their minds… how to deal deal with anxiety, peer pressure, phones, stress. And that’s just the parents – children face a whole load more problems. Local author Martha Deiros Collado has become a sage voice on social media for parents wanting a bit of guidance about how to do it well. In her book How to be the Grown-Up: Why Good Parenting Starts With You, she explains that beneath each dilemma it’s the behaviours and scripts we learned as children than shape the parents we become. It’s a deceptively simple and empathetic guide. Dr Martha will be in conversation with Corinne Minshull. This event will start at 5.30 to allow parents time to come along before bedtime routines start – children of all ages will be welcome.