How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen (Unabridged)
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4.3 • 15 Ratings
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- $25.99
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD
A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.”
For nearly forty years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele’s daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk’s powerful communication skills to parents of children ages two to seven.
Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents, teachers, and pediatricians. With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and observations from their workshops, they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the children in your life.
What do you do with a little kid who…won’t brush her teeth…screams in his car seat…pinches the baby...refuses to eat vegetables…throws books in the library...runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized by common challenges and conflicts, this book is an essential manual of communication strategies, including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders.
This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old. And, it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents, teachers, siblings, and peers.
Customer Reviews
Insightful, but annoying audio
Listening to the audio version of this book was challenging at times. It may be one of those practical materials that is better consumed in print. Particularly though, the high pitched “child” voices/intonation of the narrator whenever she acted out a child was beyond annoying for me. I felt myself dreading that segment in every chapter. However, the content was excellent. Lots of non-judgmental advice about the parenting of littles that I’m looking forward to implementing myself. I do recommend this book - but probably better read in print.
Not bad not good
This book was so highly recommended as a “must” read but I was slightly disappointed. It definitely has some good tid bits like validating children’s feelings etc. But it also has a significant amount of advice that includes the use of parenting “gimmicks”. For example, using timers or funny voices or making everything a game. While this may work in some instances and avoid tantrums, I find this to encourage inauthentic parenting. Also, parents should feel confident and comfortable to be the “bad guy” rather than a timer or some sort of playful character that this book recommends you use when I enforcing rules.
Problem with chapitre division
The content is excellent and easy to understand even if Im not a native english speaker. But the reason of 2 stars : the chapitre… they do not switch at the right time, so difficult to skip a part (ex child with special needs) Please fix it and you re gonna have a 5stars !
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