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Summary: Fantastic and practical
Review: This book is one of the best parenting books I've seen. It describes how kids and familys really are and gives good techniques that you can really use. The book is full of examples of REAL kids and families and examples of how to set "clear and firm limits".The best thing is that the book explains that strong-willed children aren't "bad" -- they just need to experience the consequences of their choices (both good and bad). I would recommend this book to EVERY family.
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Summary: Your kids can mind!! WOW!
Review: This book showed me that the things I were asking of my kids I never meant to inforce. I always wanted to be a nice mother and talk it out and our kids need us to help them learn and setting limits is what life is all about. If you kids has tantrums or is unruly then buy this book. I have read several on this issue and this is the best. I have three boys with ADD and this is a great parenting tool.
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Summary: Easy and effective
Review: This book was very easy to read and understand and the techniques are actually very simple and easy to implement. We got immediate results with our 3 year old daughter, it was really amazing. I have read other similiar books, but found this one to be the most clear and concise and easy to follow.
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Summary: I recommend this book to all parents
Review: This is not rocket science, but really practical, basic information about your child's temperment, your discipline style, and how to adjust the latter to work well with the former. I found it VERY useful. My son is definitely strong-willed, and adopting the methods in this book has made my child more responsive to my requests and has made me far more relaxed about parenting and discipline. This book is useful even if your child is not intensely strong-willed - the book teaches good discipline techniques which apply regardless of your child's temperment.
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Summary: The BEST parenting book EVER!
Review: This is the BEST parenting book that I have come across, and I have read many. We raised our son AP (attachment parenting) and I tried to positively parent at all times. I always foolishly assumed that if I gave my child my all, that they would reflect that and we would always have peaceful, equitable exchanges. Then my child turned 3 and whatever was I thinking!?
After I read this book, I emotionally and mentally looked at my interactions with my child differently. I realized that I should never become personally offended/upset when he behaves the way he does. Inserting my emotions only takes away from my ability to handle the situation.
Most books on the market tend to swing to one extreme or the other. I read many permissive books that basically told me I should conform and adapt everything to my child's spirited personality...that it was totally my responsibility to change and not the child's. Other books literally preach animal like control and obedience techniques that I think are overly authoritarian and too strict for any child.
I am so happy to have found this book! After a few weeks of consistently implementing what the author suggests...our household is SO MUCH HAPPIER!! What is suggested in this book has totally worked for our family!
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Summary: Get out of crisis mode!
Review: We bought this book after our second child was born. Up until then, we had almost always been able to negotiate and work things out with our bright, VERY persistent three-year-old. But following the arrival of a new sibling, his behavior grew more and more obnoxious, and empathizing with his difficult feelings (which had always worked before) only seemed to make him more angry. Finally, we decided that he needed to learn to cope with his feelings without making everyone else miserable. In some ways, I feel that this book has been really helpful for us in coping with our own, very real limits as parents... i.e., we can't always "help" our kids with their feelings to get them to improve their behavior (especially on no sleep, with a new baby...) Sometimes, they have to "suck it up"! I gave this book 4 stars instead of five ONLY because I generally think it is better to see things from your child's point of view before doling out consequences, but if you find yourself yelling and threatening (as we did!), or giving in when you know better, this book gets you off that ride really fast. Then you can take a deep breath and start listening to your kids again.
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