Hidden Messages : What Our Words and Actions Are Really Telling Our Children

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Summary: Really hits home!
Review: This book is so wonderful and right on the mark! I found myself among the stories. It is really a wake up call. The stories are common and easy to relate to, they make you stop and think the next time you are talking when you think your children aren't listening. They hear eveything and don't we know it! Elizabeth's stories really hit home. After reading this book, I have found myself correcting my friends when observing them with their children. It's great to get an outsiders view of what is going on between you and your children and this book is quite the eye opener. My hat goes off to Elizabeth for another book well done!

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Summary: A new way of looking at parenting!
Review: We're all human and so we all make mistakes--it's the learning from our mistakes that makes us better parents. HIDDEN MESSAGES offers us a road map to parenting in a new way. By presenting stories of typical everyday situations, followed by "Think About It," we are offered vaulable insight into the real messages that we send to our children by our actions & inactions, as well as by our words. The "hidden message" in each story is clearly described. The "Changes You Can Make" section following each story offers clear, practical, useful, and easy-to-understand advice. Thank you, Ms. Pantley for recognizing that even with the best of intentions, none of us is perfect and for showing us the way to more succesful parenting.

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Summary: An eye-opener for all parents
Review: You THINK you know, but sometimes you are fooled. There are things that this book uncovered for me that showed me the error or my way of thinking. A simple example, maybe, but I used to make all my kids lunches for school. Since reading this book I taught them how to do it and they take pride in doing it on their own - even the first grader! I enjoyed the Chicken Soup style stories and the information that followed each story was incredibly helpful in making decisions about how to avoid (or fix) the issue in your family. Highly recommended.