GenresNon-fiction
Parenting & Family
Raising people without pretending it is simple.
Parenting books are read by people who are tired and who have already been given more advice than they asked for. That should make the writing kinder and more precise, not vaguer. Say who you are talking to, a new parent, a parent of teenagers, a family in a particular kind of trouble, and don't pretend one method suits every child, every culture, and every income. The reader needs to trust that you have noticed how various children are.
Practical guidance is the heart of the category. Theory can sit underneath it, especially if you show what the theory looks like on a weekday evening when everyone is hungry. Avoid the tone that suggests a good parent is a calm technician and a struggling one has failed a test you invented. Include the other people in the house. Parenting is rarely done alone, even when it feels that way, and partners, grandparents, schools, and money all change what is possible. Hope is appropriate. Perfection is a bad promise.
The kinds of book inside it
New parents
The early months need concrete help and reassurance that doesn't pretend the experience is mainly picturesque.
Teenagers
Adolescence is the subject, and the advice should respect the teenager as a person, not only as a problem the parent has to manage.
Learning at home
Learning outside school is the focus, with methods a family can actually sustain rather than an ideal timetable.
Family systems
The whole household is in view, patterns and roles included, so the book shouldn't pin every difficulty on one child or one parent.
When you want a first sketch, Storywell can draft a contents list in this vein. You are still the one who writes the book. Compose an idea.