How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

This book works - it's not a rehash of a million lame magazine article tips This book works. It's hard to believe but if you read each chapter and do the exercises (for practice) and then try it out on your kids (or in my case, my kindergarten aged niece) -- it actually works! Here's an example: my niece was having a WWIII type of tantrum one day because her candy cane had broken in half. (It was Christmas time.) Her parents, older sister, grandma, everyone was telling her that it was no big deal, she can have another candy cane, it will still taste just the same, etc., anything to get her to see reason and calm down. It only made her fit worse. Th. Improvement in communication, immediate results broncos33 I recommend this book to anyone who is tired of sounding like a broken record! Remain patient with your kids and yourself! Well organized book with concrete instructions. Not a lot of psychoanalytic babble.. Great Laura Great book. It has helped me as a step mom to a five year old boy. The way you communicate can make all the difference. I gave it four stars because I don't agree with every thing it says but that is any parenting book.

The ultimate "parenting bible" (The Boston Globe) with a new Foreword-a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child from the number-one New York Times best-selling authors.Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish "are doing for parenting today what Dr. Spock did for our generation" (Parent Magazine). Now, this best-selling classic includes fresh insights and suggestions as well as the author's time-tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships, i