Kids Are Not Spreadsheets
Parenting Emotional Kids and Big Feelings: A Dad’s Journey with Three Very Different Children and Teaching Emotional Regulation
By K. C. Mercer
★★★★★ 4.8 from 6 ratings on Amazon
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual — especially when your children experience the world in completely different emotional ways. One intense and expressive. One unpredictable and fast-moving. One calm on the surface and deeply sensitive underneath.
This book blends honest storytelling, gentle humor, and practical insight from a dad learning that good intentions are not the same as attuned responses.
Available as Kindle (also free with Kindle Unlimited) and paperback on Amazon. Not sold on Etsy.
Who it’s for
Parents who pause before reacting, who reflect after mistakes, who carry quiet doubts, and who keep showing up with love on the hardest days.
What it’s not
Not a rigid manual. Not a spreadsheet for children. A reflection written from the messy middle of real family life — and a companion to the calm-down tools in the Mercer Family Studio shop.