★ The most important thing in parenting is the parents' own sense of happiness.
★ Adlerian psychology expert Akio Hiramoto, who has provided psychological counseling for social entrepreneurs and top - level athletes, and the leading researcher in the science of happiness, Takashi Maeno, will introduce 34 communication examples and ways of thinking that make both children and parents feel relaxed.
★ Highly recommended by Amazon Japan readers with a 4.7 - star rating!

Enhancing children's self-affirmation, stimulating their desire to challenge, enabling children to accept things frankly, establishing good parent - child relationships, and encouraging children to take the initiative...
Adlerian psychology expert Akio Hiramoto and the leading researcher in the science of happiness, Takashi Maeno, will introduce 34 communication examples that make both children and parents feel relaxed, as well as the underlying ways of thinking! The book also includes a symposium on "Learning from Denmark's Happy Parenting" at the end.

Akio Hiramoto (provisional translation)
Counselor. Born in 1965. Master's degree from Adler University in the United States and Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tokyo. For 41 years, he has been committed to exploring scientific and systematic methods to make people happy. He integrates counseling, coaching, and meditation from around the world to develop a comprehensive and replicable original method. After graduating from university, he worked as a counselor in a hospital and as a psychology lecturer at a welfare - related school. In 1995, he lost his parents in the Great Hanshin Earthquake and resolutely went to the United States. In the United States, he first provided counseling in elementary schools, state prisons, and psychiatric day - care centers. After the September 11 attacks in New York in 2001, he returned to his country to start a business. He has provided psychological counseling for top - level athletes such as Olympic gold medalists and Major League Baseball players in the United States, as well as famous actors, social entrepreneurs, and business operators, and has provided counseling for about 100,000 people.
His publications include "Leadership" and "Thinking with Sticky Notes Can Lead to Success".


Takashi Maeno
Professor at the Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University, and Director of the Wilby English Research Center.
Born in 1962. After obtaining a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, he worked on research of cameras and robots at Canon, and then became a professor at Keio University. In the process of researching artificial intelligence, he discovered the hypothesis related to human consciousness, the "Passive Consciousness Hypothesis." He is currently engaged in various researches on system design and management, involving the design of human - machine interfaces, robots, education, communities, business, happy lives, and a peaceful world.
His publications include "Adjusting the Unconscious: 30 Habits to Make the Body, Mind, and Destiny Work Well"; "How to Communicate with the Unconscious"; "Learning Ancient Martial Arts: The Power of the Unconscious"; "Understanding the Unconscious Can Change Your Life"; "Between Science and the Mind"; "Why the Brain Creates the Mind" and "Healthy and Happy".