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Summary: A fountain of practical, and fun, information.
Review: Few publications on parenting within the nuclear family offer insightful advice regarding stepfamilies. KID COOPERATION and PERFECT PARENTING are excellent examples of the exception to that rule. Both offer a fountain of 'can-do' advice that is not only practical, but respectful of parents and children alike. We have already applied several of her helpful suggestions in our stepfamily - and they REALLY work! We recommend both publications, along with the video. They will help you to respond to your children, rather than reacting to them. [OSA - Ontario Stepfamily Association, ON. CANADA]
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Summary: A sane, intelligent and caring approach to parenting.
Review: KID COOPERATION looks at what both parents and kids need, and how parents can behave in constructive ways to build cooperation, commitment and respect. Readers will find tons of practical information to help them examine and refine the way they interact with their kids. A terrific book for parents whose behaviors don't always match their intentions. -Dr. Jane Bluestein, author of PARENTS, TEENS & BOUNDARIES and THE PARENT'S LITTLE BOOK OF LISTS: Do's and Don'ts of Effective Parenting
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Summary: A cordial book which includes original thoughts.
Review: Children are the most valuable things that we have in the life. All people want their children to be good in every aspect. We, parents, are in the position to prepare them to life. Children are like dough, ready to give form. Every behaviour of us leaves a trace on these doughs. When the dough is dried, we are surprized with the result. "If you are an accountant, and there is a deficit in the daily balance, you stay at night and find the reason. If you are a cook, and burn the cake, you'll make another one, but you do not have that chance on your children. You can not compansate your mistake about your children" says Elizabeth Pantley, while trying to emphasize the importance of the subject. We love our children, but this love, by itself, does not teach us the right behaviours to our children. In Kid Cooperation, Elizabeth Pantley is sharing her experiences with the readers, as a professional expert on family issues and as the mother of three children. The book consists of 9 chapters some of which are: What are your parental methods?, Cooperation, Punishment and Discipline, How to improve self confidence of your child? and How to improve fraternal relations? Every chapter is divided into subsections and each heading is explained together with lived examples. At the end of each chapter there is a summary table containing the headings of the chapter. There are very original thoughts in the book. For example in the 'how to improve fraternal relations?' chapter a usual mistake is pointed out. She gives the example of a family who buys birthday presents to all three of their children at every birthday. In that case none of the children feels the privilege of living a birthday and they also do not learn how to share the happines of their brother or sister. So she says: 'Do not behave equally to your children, the real world is not so. Show them that there may be cases in which you buy something to one of them but nothing to the others. This maybe hard at first time, but they get used to this later.' And she gives an example from her family as she does many times in the book. In general, Elizabeth Pantley teaches the world of children, the way they think, the way they respond. She gives the behaviour models to get good response from a child. While her professional experince forms the outline , her compassionate mother character adorns the details of the book: A wondefull book
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Summary: Helpful advise that I can relate to!
Review: This fantastic book is full of helpful, practical and easy-to-follow advice. It's written by a parent educator who is obviously a loving mother, too. I found the ideas to be realistic and do-able. Kid Cooperation is also fun to read - It made me laugh and cry, and helped me understand myself. Do yourself a favor and buy this book!
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Summary: useful and practical suggestions
Review: This is the first parenting book I have read that gives real,practical suggestions for improving family relations. And thesesuggestions work. The author understands that parenting is difficult and stressful and has included a page at the end of each chapter summarizing the steps suggested in that chapter to improve parenting skills.
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Summary: Working With Your Kids
Review: There really is a way to talk so that kids will listen. This is an empowering work, filled with practical skills that will help end sibling fights, boost children's self-esteem, and let parents handle discipline with understanding and authority
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Summary: Excellent Parenting Advice!
Review: I found this book very positive and helpful, much like "How to Talk so your Kids will Listen and listen so Kids will Talk". It teaches a balanced parenting approach, which is neither permissive/democratic or autocratic. The author shows parents how to take charge and provide the consistant structure that children need with confidence. Countless examples are used throughout the book. Many different skills are explained, teaching parents the difference between discipline and punishment. Listed to are the many disadvantages and counter productive negative effects of spanking. There is good advice for nurturing sibling relationships, understanding and coping with anger, and how important it is for parents to look after themselves as well. The last part of the book is devoted to providing ideas for dealing with all the common discipline situations such as homework, bedtime, mornings, interrupting, meal times, tantrums etc..
I have recently read Elizabeth Pantley's book on sleep, "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" which is also a wonderful book. I would also hightly recommend reading "Setting Limits: How to Raise Responsible, Independent, Children by Providing Clear Boundaries" by Robert J MacKenzie.
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Summary: A Must-Read for ALL Parents!
Review: I wish someone had given me this book when I was pregnant with my two sons. This is a book I plan to buy for my moms' group ~~ I cannot remember the last time I was so enthused about buying a book for other people ~~ this book is definitely a must-read for all parents. I suppose I could share my copy with my friends, but no way. This book is my copy ~~ it's going to help me in the future as well when my two sons travel even further down the path to growing up to be adults.
If you are planning to have kids, this book is a good read for you too. If you are a parent and tired of yelling and nagging your kids to do what you want them to do or not to do ~~ this book is for you.
Most parenting books tend to be on the dry side ~~ more factual than helpful. This book is honest, written with humor and the author shares her insights and personal stories about her three children and how she deals with certain situations that comes up in the midst of raising children. Mrs. Pantley admits that there are times when she fears for her sanity ~~ kids are kids! And not only does she share her stories, she also gives practical and kind but effective suggestions on how to achieve what you want done ~~ without hurting your child's feelings and without you losing control of the situation (whatever that may be). Also, at the end of each chapter, she outlines the main points for you to remember.
This is an incredibly helpful resource in parenting right now. I read this in three days and outlined major points that will be helpful as I deal with two toddlers right smack in the middle of the terrible twos. I am positive this book will help me in the future when they're starting school, becoming teen-agers and so on. This is a practical guide with wonderful insights on how children behave and why they behave this way.
I am grateful that there is a book like this one out there. I only wish I had discovered it sooner!
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Summary: I've read a lot of parenting books
Review: This one is just as the author said, a nice blend of the best of the best methods and some new ones too. Pantley boils down the techniques so you can learn--or remember if you read a lot of books like me--the techniques to help you stay in balance and get the results you want. She even has a handy reminder page that you can post somewhere you'll see for the moments when you're not seeing so clearly.
Pantley even put in a chapter titled, "How can you take care of everyone else if you don't take care of yourself?" As parents, we want the best for our kids and it's easy to forget to take care of yourself. She reminds us in a supportive way. (and to take care of your marriage too!)
Aunt Laya (Author of the teen self help book "You Don't Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way--What I Wish Someone Had Told Me" www.AuntLaya.com)
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Summary: fantastic book, should be a shower gift for all new parents!
Review: I checked this out of my La Leche League library and read it. I loved it so much that I had to own my own copy. What an easy read and so full of information. Pantley is such a real person and more importantly a real parent, not some doctor with no real parenting experience. This book reinforced to me that I was already heading in the right direction, I just needed some fine tuning. I recommend it to everyone I know that has kids!
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