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Summary: Finally, We Understand Our Son
Review: Finding balance between the ADHD debate and Dobson's "Strong Willed Child" the authors have given us new hope! We now have a much better understanding of our 8-year-old, and family life is so much better! Before buying into the ADHD labels and meds or the exasperating approaches to dealing with strong wills, every parent should read this work. We have recommended this to teachers . . . and they are thrilled with the transformation that has taken place in their classrooms as a result.
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Summary: Finally, We Understand Our Son
Review: Finding balance between the ADHD debate and Dobson's "Strong Willed Child" the authors have given us new hope! We now have a much better understanding of our 8-year-old, and family life is so much better! Before buying into the ADHD labels and meds or the exasperating approaches to dealing with strong wills, every parent should read this work. We have recommended this to teachers . . . and they are thrilled with the transformation that has taken place in their classrooms as a result.
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Summary: Strong-willed Child Or Dreamer? - Definately Dreamer!
Review: I found out my daughter was a dreamer at a Christian family conference. When Norman Wright put up the characteristics of a strong-willed child (the only thing that fit in that catagory was stubborness) and then he showed the characteristics of a diplomat/compliant child (nothing there except sensitivity) I thought to myself "Where does mine fit?" She had been a mystery to me for all of her 7 years (she's now 10). THEN he showed us the characteristics of a dreamer...and there she was! Norman Wright said that he wished he'd had this book when his daughter was growing up. It is fantastic! I bought the book that day (and I have since given it to my daughter's skating coach and bought a new one for me) and it was a real eye-opener. My daughter fits the dreamer profile exactly. This book has helped me SO much. There are still times when I slip back into my old ways and forget how she needs to be "handled". She is VERY dramatic and need lots of attention and understanding. I find that when I communicate with her in her style things are great. We're heading into adolescence so this book will never be far from my side. I highly recommend this book to all teachers and coaches. My daughter's teacher once commented to me that my daughter is the typical only child and typical gifted student, and I wanted to tell her, no, she's a typical dreamer. Which means there is nothing "typical" about her.
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Summary: Incredible
Review: I originally bought this book for my wife. But I ended reading it myself one day. And it was definitely an eye opener for me. Not because it helped me as a parent, even though it has. It helped answer a lot of questions I had about myself. What started as an attempt to assist my wife in understanding our daughter ended up as a quasi life changing event for myself. A surprise and a relief. I thought it was just me.
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Summary: Changed my parenting from frustration to delight
Review: I thought I had a strong willed second born child. So I tried the principles in Dobson's book Strong Willed Child, and it only made the battles worse. To make matters worse, my husband and I disagreed on how to parent this stubborn child and I was becoming emotionally exhausted. This book truly changed my family life. My now 11 year old dreamer has flourished with my change in parenting. I whole heartedly recommend this book. In fact I have 2 copies, one for myself and one that I lend out to my friends. Many of them have thanked me for it.
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Summary: Very helpful to my family...
Review: I've ordered 9 copies of this book...and will probably order more. In our family, we have the whole spectrum....drivers, diplomats, creatives,etc. I am a creative-sensitive dreamer who raised two daughters. The older one is a strong willed doer; the other one, a cautious-compliant doer. My ex-husband is a strong-willed doer....so you see the potential for disaster here.In the last 10 years, we've all been sorting out and healing from the various types of clashes...and happy to say, we are all well, happy and adjusting! But the book has given us all such insight into the past, even to helping me resolve questions from my own childhood. My husband and I have been married three years, and it is an entirely different mixture. Friends and I have wondered if you should actually wait til your 40s and 50s to marry for the FIRST time..... Well, no...not if you want children, but I do think this book gives us a good tool to use in understanding ourselves in order to make better relationship decisions. Thanks.
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Summary: MUST READ!!!
Review: If you have found this book then you NEED it! I have always been interested in personality types but when my shild turned 5 I was desperate to 'figure' her out. After reading 'Strong-WIlled Child' I was even more lost. Everything in that book did NOT work (any more with her than it did with me when MY parents tried it on ME!). It was about page 3 of this book that the light bulb turned on and I realized I WAS A DREAMER! As is my daughter. This is the most applicable book on personalities I have ever read!
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Summary: It's never too late....
Review: If your "Dreamer" is a teenager and you think it's too late for this book to help him or her, please reconsider. Our Dreamer suffered through the social and educational misunderstandings that most dreamers do until her junior year in high school when I purchased this book. After reading it and seeing her story throughout the book, I gave it to her to read. The new understanding of herself that she gained from reading the book gave her a whole new outlook. She is now a happy, well adjusted college freshman who embraces the gifts, talents and personality that God has given her. She still occasionally experiences the insecurities that dreamers share but she has learned how to work through them. Thank you Dr. Spears and Dr. Braund! Oh, and by the way, it's never too late for us older folks either. I discovered that I'm a Dreamer too!
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Summary: It's never too late....
Review: If your "Dreamer" is a teenager and you think it's too late for this book to help him or her, please reconsider. Our Dreamer suffered through the social and educational misunderstandings that most dreamers do until her junior year in high school when I purchased this book. After reading it and seeing her story throughout the book, I gave it to her to read. The new understanding of herself that she gained from reading the book gave her a whole new outlook. She is now a happy, well adjusted college freshman who embraces the gifts, talents and personality that God has given her. She still occasionally experiences the insecurities that dreamers share but she has learned how to work through them. Thank you Dr. Spears and Dr. Braund! Oh, and by the way, it's never too late for us older folks either. I discovered that I'm a Dreamer too!
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Summary: Strong-Willed Child or Dreamer? was an eye-opener!
Review: My daughter's Kindergarten teacher suggested I read this book because, based on her extensive education in child psychology and observations, my daughter was a dreamer. I'd never heard of such a thing. Reading this book showed me how I was misunderstanding her and how she was misinterpreting my responses or actions. Dreamer, as used in this book, doesn't mean having one's head in the clouds or constantly daydreaming, letting the world pass one by. It's more about how one views and interprets the world around them, how it affects them personally, and how they react to it. Obviously, no person fits EVERY aspect of any cognitive style. I will have to read it several times to be able to better understand both my dreamers; I, personally, fall into a diametrically opposed category (doer). There are several aspects of dreamers which I feel apply to all children/people, but I think the authors are really saying more than I'm understanding on the first read. Behaviors I thought were over-reactive, irresponsible, or downright lazy, aren't. It's helped me understand her thinking/feeling better and change my approach and reaction to my daughter's behavior, which in turn has changed her behaviors, leading to ALOT less stress on both of us. The suggestions given to help her thrive have had almost immediate effects--really! Having such a different personality from my daughter, I didn't understand why some of the things I said were ineffective. Now I know the right words to use to get my point across so she understands it. For me, it's almost like learning a new language! I hope to find more material on dreamers and how to nurture their personalities to survive and succeed in this world, but in the meantime, this will help me continue to understand the real feelings behind both my children's behaviors or words.
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