Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed
A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
The award-winning
bestseller that has helped millions, providing research-based, effective
strategies, practical tips and real-life stories
The spirited
child—often called "difficult" or "strong-willed"—possesses
traits we value in adults yet find challenging in children. Research shows that
spirited kids are wired to be "more"—by temperament, they are more
intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than
the average child. In this award-winning classic, voted one of the top twenty
books for parents, Dr. Mary provides a refreshingly positive viewpoint and a
plan for success with a simple four-step program.
In this book, you
will find ways to:
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Understand your child's—and your own—temperamental
traits
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Discover the power of positive—rather than
negative—labels
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Cope with the tantrums and power struggles when they
do occur
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Develop strategies for handling mealtimes, sibling
rivalry, bedtimes, holidays, and school, among other situations
Including quick tips
and strategies for today’s time-challenged parents, Raising Your Spirited
Child will help you foster a supportive, encouraging, and loving
environment for your spirited child.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kurcinka's now-classic guide to raising children who are "more" more intense, more sensitive, more persistent, etc. gets a greatest-hits treatment in this brief audio version read by the author, a teacher and parent educator. The abridgement can be abrupt at times; in the effort to condense a 300-page book to a three hours, many memorable and useful examples, illustrations and anecdotes have been excised in favor of general principles and descriptions of the basic traits common to spirited children. Helpfully, though, each CD is imprinted with track titles and time signatures, a great boon to parents who want to retrieve specific information quickly. Kurcinka's voice can sometimes be a problem; it tends to trail off to such a low end-of-sentence volume that listeners may have to strain to catch what she is saying. Kurcinka never really achieves a deep or comfortable vocal resonance even at the best of times, though she does exhibit a quiet dramatic intensity despite the brittle, high tones. In all, it's difficult to justify the additional $10 this audio costs over the far meatier trade paperback version, which offers considerably more bang for the buck. HarperCollins paperback.
