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Summary: Great Tips!
Review: The book is full of great tips. Stay positive and you will breeze through this very "challenging" period. Well, not breeze - but at least have brain power for tough times. Another book we found to be incredible (for a brief 130 pages - but well stacked and meaningful info) is "Mommy-CEO (Constantly Evaluating Others) 5 Golden Rules." Both books offer real life situations from other parents. It's the most informative part because this is what we parents can all connect best to. I find it much easier to know what action to take if the tip is explained in normal parenting terms. But, I do need a little humor to impress how life's ups and downs can keep us sane. Good luck and happy reading.
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Summary: Should be required reading for all parents
Review: There is so much disrespect in parenting these days--people yelling at children, hitting them, belittling them, etc. Some don't even realize what their actions can do to a child's long term mental health and social development. This book outlines many different approaches to discipline, positive time-outs, punishment free (consequence driven) learning. People attend birthing classes--it's a sure bet that they can give birth without them. Why not child rearing classes--I think it would pay off in society and our children would benefit so much from them. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: A constant reference book
Review: This book is a must have for any parent, teacher, or caregiver. It eliminates power struggles and allows you to enjoy your children. Instead of punishments and consequences, or just short term solutions, it helps us to open the lines of comunication with our kids, and motivate them to want to do the right thing- not just worry about 'getting caught.' Yes, it does take extra time and patience, but the results are incredible! I reference this book constantly and even keep positive discipline guidelines on my fridge! This is the best parent education book I have ever read.
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Summary: A constant reference book
Review: This book is a must have for any parent, teacher, or caregiver. It eliminates power struggles and allows you to enjoy your children. Instead of punishments and consequences, or just short term solutions, it helps us to open the lines of comunication with our kids, and motivate them to want to do the right thing- not just worry about 'getting caught.' Yes, it does take extra time and patience, but the results are incredible! I reference this book constantly and even keep positive discipline guidelines on my fridge! This is the best parent education book I have ever read.
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Summary: Most helpful, realistic discipline book I've read
Review: This book is incredible. I've already lent it to 5 friends all of whom have ordered it (we live overseas and it isn't readily available here). It not only helps with specific disciplining issues, it teaches you to understand the true message behind the behavior of your (preschool) child. Not only that, but how and why you as a parent with your unique "lifestyle priority" deal with your child's behavior. I have found this book an enormous help not only in how I "discipline" my children but also in how I view their behavior, and mine as well! My son attends a Montessori school and I showed it to his school principal who immediately ordered it (from Amazon) and declared "Finally, a Montessori discipline book". I have recommended the book to countless others and I just wish I was getting a commission!
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Summary: positive discipline......
Review: This book was so informative and great to read. I found it very helpful during preschool on my parent co-op work days. I even now have imbedded this material into my head that i find myself doing it all the time. My children are less in time outs and more ready to share their feelings. this book is great. Even the parents at the Co-op have said they loved it. thanks.
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Summary: positive discipline......
Review: This book was so informative and great to read. I found it very helpful during preschool on my parent co-op work days. I even now have imbedded this material into my head that i find myself doing it all the time. My children are less in time outs and more ready to share their feelings. this book is great. Even the parents at the Co-op have said they loved it. thanks.
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Summary: A Bit Too Liberal for Some Parents...
Review: This whole series of parenting books are extremely helpful. Sure, every once in a while you say to yourself, "this is just commonsense," but what makes these books great is that they give so many true to life examples with ideas about how to respond. Even the most patient of us sometimes snaps at our children, but these books teach you how to formulate productive ways to deal with tough situations. If you've ever experienced a supermarket temper tantrum, you'll need to order this overnight mail to find out how to cope. Every day care center in the country should make this required reading.
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Summary: Full of useful lessons for any parent
Review: This whole series of parenting books are extremely helpful. Sure, every once in a while you say to yourself, "this is just commonsense," but what makes these books great is that they give so many true to life examples with ideas about how to respond. Even the most patient of us sometimes snaps at our children, but these books teach you how to formulate productive ways to deal with tough situations. If you've ever experienced a supermarket temper tantrum, you'll need to order this overnight mail to find out how to cope. Every day care center in the country should make this required reading.
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Summary: Disciplining your Preschooler
Review: `Discipline without Shouting or Spanking', `How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are three different books with almost identical messages. All believe that shouting and spanking are counterproductive and that successful discipline requires a parent or caregiver to calmly teach and reinforce the rules of good behavior. `How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are both 300 plus page books and are arranged similarly. They begin by explaining what is typical preschooler behavior and what developmental factors are at play during this stage. This information encourages parents to make a paradigm shift and see "bad" behavior as developmentally appropriate behavior that needs the gentle hand of an adult to help channel it. They then follow with in depth discussions of good discipline strategies and how they differ from our natural knee-jerk responses. Both books end with practical examples of how to apply these discipline strategies to common behavioral problems. I would recommend either of these books to anyone who has come to see that shouting and spanking doesn't work and wants to learn what does. `How to Behave so Your Preschooler Will, too! is written in an organized, succinct, clean style and will appeal to those who enjoy a "textbook-like" book. `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers', on the other hand, has a more friendly, meandering tone and is written in a "chatting over a cup of coffee" style with tons of first hand accounts thrown in. "Discipline without Shouting or Spanking' is half the size of the previous two books and confines itself to practical applications. An outline format is used to discuss 37 common behavior problems. For each behavior problem it offers several suggestions to prevent the problem, solve the problem and even what not to do. Each discussion ends with an illustrative story. I would recommend this book to those already convinced that "positive discipline" works and looking for an easy to read, "in the trenches" handbook. All three books are excellent resources for the parents and caregivers of preschoolers but as their content is so similar, I'd strongly urge a potential buyer to take advantage of Amazon's Look Inside! feature and purchase the one whose format and writing style most suits your literary taste.
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