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Summary: If Your Kids are Driving You Nuts...
Review: ...reach for this book first. It is the perfect emergency handbook for out of control kids and their parents. With very little fanfare, MacKenzie shows you have to regain control over your children without screaming, threatening or inflicting bodily harm. He shows you how to set firm limits and let your children test those limits and learn your new boundaries.The truly amazing thing about his method is, it works! It is humane, rationale, devoid of all the squishy politically correct nouveau-parenting verbiage, and smacks of common sense. I tried it on my kids, who are at times utterly impossible, and after about a week, they started listening to me the first time instead of the twentieth. This is the one that I am shoving under my hubby's nose to save him from his shouting matches with the kids. And when he's not reading it, I keep thumbing through it to remind myself of the things in it I need to remember. Bad parent habits are not easy to kick. Keep this book on your night-table, and take a dose of it every night at bedtime-- then watch your family's sanity grow.
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Summary: HelpFUL !
Review: As a new parent i was feelling insecure, trying to develop a method to educate my kid. So i was experimenting several from soft to tough to understand which one worked better. This book really teached me a method and, especially, the importance of being consistent in its application. I am So glad i read it early enough. Thanks Mr Mac Kenzie! I am starting to see the results.
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Summary: HelpFUL !
Review: As a new parent i was feelling insecure, trying to develop a method to educate my kid. So i was experimenting several from soft to tough to understand which one worked better. This book really teached me a method and, especially, the importance of being consistent in its application. I am So glad i read it early enough. Thanks Mr Mac Kenzie! I am starting to see the results.
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Summary: The best (and simplest) guide to parenting!
Review: As the parent of two sons, 8 and 12, I have tried everything! This book is very clear and readable with lots of practical examples. Best of all, it puts the responsibility on the child--right where it belongs. Dr. MacKenzie communicates in a lighthearted and logical fashion. This book will begin making EVERYONE'S life easier within a week of starting to read it--it should be issued to parents at their childs birth! Easy to follow and use--I can't recommend it highly enough!
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Summary: Thorough and practical
Review: Excellent book for parents who are tired of yelling, power struggles and constantly repeating themselves. Applicable for all ages and includes separate chapters for teenagers and children with ADD. This author shows how our discipline methods appear through the childs eyes (not always pleasant), and why they often just ignore our rules. Children often know exactly what we want and what upsets us, but rarely know what our real expectations are. They compare our words to our actions and can learn to ignore our words if our actions don't follow up.
The book teaches parents to elimninate soft limits and clearly communicate your expectations, and gaining cooperation by being consistent. There are countless examples of realistic discipline situations which cover a wide range problems. At the end of each chapter, there are parent study group questions which are helpful.
There are also separate chapters for problem areas such as handling chores, homework and descriptions of age appropriate tasks.
A logical and staight forward approach with clear messages. Many of the parenting "What If?" questions are answered instead of avoided as in some parenting books. I would highly recommend this book to all parents.
Some other helpful parenting books I would also suggest are: "The Manipulative Child: How to Regain Cotrol and Raise Resilient, Resourceful, and Independent Kids" by Swihart and Cotter, and "Ain't Misbehavin" by William P Garvey.
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Summary: Merry Christmas To Me!
Review: Got this book for Christmas. Seems others notice how I struggle with my daughter. This book came with Dr. Scott Hall's book "Behavior Coaching." Both were helpful in understanding what I needed to do differently to get my daughter to do what I need her to. It has been just a few days since reading it, but already there is a new calm in my house. Reminds me of that tv show about the Nannies who come to the home and help parents become more consistent with their children.
"Setting Limits" and "Behavior Coaching" are great resources for wimpy parents like me. I am going to have a great New Year! Thanks.
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Summary: The Best Parenting Book on the Market
Review: I have read many, many books on this topic. This one is the best by far. The examples are illustrative and believable. The methods are taught clearly and carefully. The expectations set out are realistic. The insights are incredably helpful. And best of all it really, really works. No more yelling. No power struggles. This author is a genious and I am so grateful that he shared his methods. It gave me the skills I needed so desperately to have a happier, mentally healthier household.
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Summary: The most exciting book about parenting I've ever read.
Review: I have read plenty of parenting books and have disagreed with some of the material. In Mr. MacKenzie's book there was not a single thing I disagreed with. It really helped me to understand why my children behave the way they do and how to change their behavior. I have been recommending this book to everyone I know. It is a must have book for parents.
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Summary: A real eye-opener!
Review: I loved this book! It is well written and easy to read, and includes plenty of examples to bring the information down to earth. The most important thing I took away from this book was his discussion of "soft limits" -- I laughed out loud to see myself in his description of how parents unknowingly set themselves up for arguments from their children.
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Summary: Practical and sound advice
Review: My daughter's preschool made this book required reading for the first parents' meeting. I liked it. It's quick and easy to read (something to consider if you have to address some discipline problems immediately!) MacKenzie clearly states his points, contrasts his recommendations with other methods that do not seem to be effective, and gives lots and lots of examples. These examples stuck in my head, and I was able to implement some of his suggestions immediately with my 4-year-old daughter. Yet, as I read the book, I kept thinking, "He makes it sound so simple!" Any parent will tell you that disciplining children is not simple. And his methods don't always work. But I think this is a good starting place.
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