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Summary: Compelling and Informative
Review: Although I think his principals are good, the book was a very hard read and I gave up after only 3 chapters. Too much pretentiousness too - my favorite is how he keeps saying things about how "professional psychotherapists" do this and that, etc. And I was a psychology minor! Basically, the book didn't draw me in and also made me feel like I was being lectured to.
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Summary: It Is Too Much Like Work
Review: Although I think his principals are good, the book was a very hard read and I gave up after only 3 chapters. Too much pretentiousness too - my favorite is how he keeps saying things about how "professional psychotherapists" do this and that, etc. And I was a psychology minor! Basically, the book didn't draw me in and also made me feel like I was being lectured to.
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Summary: Compelling and Informative
Review: As a parent who has been experiencing a lot of frustration over the summer with getting my kids to participate more in the household responsibilities, and with having my kids constantly come to me with issues they have with each other, I TRULY appreciate the perspective Dr. Gordon gives on what they are really rebelling against and what they are really needing. I found the book to be compelling, well written, and offering many good examples to illustrate his points. I was desparately searching for some help in reducing the tension in our household, and the change has already become evident after beginning the book 2 weeks ago. My husband is now reading it!
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Summary: Good
Review: Excellent book to open up to communication with anyone, not just kids.
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Summary: Lasting skills
Review: I first read PET about 30 years ago. It was simply quite stunning in its impact. I have used the skills over the years and found virtually 100% effective. I have heard my children successfully use "active listening", "I messages" and problem solving techiniques without knowing it. Training yourself to listen to people, honestly state your problems and ernestly try to solve problems to mutual benefit creates a good way to live.
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Summary: Life Changing. A Classic.
Review: I once worked at a preschool where the administrators dealtwith weeping homesick children by scolding and berating them for beingso irrational.If I weren't at the bottom of the totem pole, I wouldsuggest supplementing the bookshelf with "Play Therapy" byVirginia Axline, "Between Parent and Child" by Haim Ginott,and "Parent Effectiveness Training" by Thomas Gordon.
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Summary: Second Generation with Parent Effectiveness Training
Review: I'm buying copies of this wonderful book for my two sons. I
found the book when they were teens, and now that they're
raising families of their own, I want them to have these great
techniques to go by. I have probably given away 20 copies of
this book over the years... it is flat-out one of my all time
favorites. Thanks to Dr. Gordon for his good work and easy
writing style.
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Summary: basic timeless parenting manual
Review: I've used the book as a parent and now as a therapist I recommend it to parents. It's wrtitten clearly, easy to read, and contains timeless strategies for listening and talking to children as well as anyone else in your life. The vernacular is somewhat dated as it was written almost 40 years ago, but the book continues to be a great parenting manual.
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Summary: basic timeless parenting manual
Review: I've used the book as a parent and now as a therapist I recommend it to parents. It's wrtitten clearly, easy to read, and contains timeless strategies for listening and talking to children as well as anyone else in your life. The vernacular is somewhat dated as it was written almost 40 years ago, but the book continues to be a great parenting manual.
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Summary: THE VERY BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE!!!
Review: In reviewing this book, I would like to keep the subject matter as simple as possible. Even though it is a complex issue. I recently wrote a review for "Assert Yourself" by Sharon Bower.
And I have also written a review for "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. I am a caregiver for my eighty-year mother. She is a real sweetheart. And we are now great friends since her recent hospitalization. This book is for parents AND caregivers. But it has also been recommended
by many professionals for everyone to use. "How to Win Friend and Influence People" has hurt me badly. In communicating, I still find myself becoming manipilative. Don't buy it. Or buy it and see why I was hurt. "Assert Yourself" has an acronym
of DESC. D is DESCRIBE. E is EXPRESS. S is SPECIFY. C is CONSEQUENCE. Let's try it right now. When you vote against my
review (D) I feel bad (E) and I would appreciate it if you
would vote for my review (S) and then I will write more (C).
The book that I am reviewing has a much softer ring to it.
BEHAVIOR + FEELING + EFFECT. When you vote against my review (BEHAVIOR) I feel bad (FEELING) and than I don't want to write other reviews (EFFECT). I feel that, despite my earlier review, assertiveness training is aggressive. The approach of this book is beautiful. And it works not just with kids, but with everyone. Gordon calls it "owning your problem." You own what you feel 100%. In assertiveness training, you are spelling out the way
you want things to be. Active listening is also used in this book. It is not manipulative. You are simply echoing what the child or person is saying so that you both know what is happening at that moment. "You feel that this review is too
long." Or " You feel that this is a good review but you don't understand a lot of it." It works to do active listening. This is all only a part of what this book teaches in communicating.
I recommend it highly.
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