| How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk |  | Authors: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Edition: 20
Pages: 286
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0380811960
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780380811960
ASIN: 0380811960
Publication Date: October 1, 1999
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Outline How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazli
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages.
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 Everyone should read this March 9, 2010
Jennifer Jordan (Paris, France)
This book gave me lots of new ways of dealing with my child. Before that I felt like I was sometimes beating my head against a wall. It gives you lots of different ways to deal with your child by showing him/her respect most of all & not just barking orders, which always backfires on me anyway. Not everything will work all the time but when it doesn't there's usually another strategy you can use.
wonderful for the experienced and unexperienced communicator March 7, 2010
L. Restifo (New Jersey)
Well written easy read about real communication between parent and child.
Great for the novice and experienced communicator. Highly recommend.
How to talk....to people March 4, 2010
Savvy Shopper (Nashville, TN)
Ah, the parents' condundrum: How to treat children respectfully and also get them to LISTEN? to Cooperate? They are not mini-adults, so they don't think about things the same way we do. It is not my goal to have my children "obey-without-question;" it is my goal to raise critical thinkers! But it is nonetheless essential that children obey without question at times -- with my very young children, 2 and 3 at the time of this review, safety issues in particular are hot buttons.
I believe in modeling desired behavior. Being raised in a more authoritarian-styled household, I found myself searching for ways to get children to listen without becoming a spanker, a yeller or a nag, because I think all of those things model negative behavior. But on the flip side, I can't have kids who grab toys or who run in the parking lot or say "no" and run away when it's time to leave.
I'd read Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason and liked the general philosophy, but needed actual tactics for real-life scenarios and that's what I found from this book! Simple, concise examples for how to present things objectively and help children learn to assess and make GOOD decisions! Great examples of how to correct without becoming critical or nagging!
I constantly receive comments on my children's polite behavior when they interact with other people and other children. They are not perfect, but we continue to work/practice to treat others kindly and respectfully. In my experience, this type of approach yields individuals who are empathetic and compassionate and who are internally-motivated to treat others well instead of doing it because they fear punishment. I think the best way to teach others about respect is by demonstrating respect FOR them, especially in the parent-child relationship where one individual has so much authority over the other. If you agree with that philosophy, then this book has tools that you will use again and again.
The best book on parenting ever--even for kid with LD February 25, 2010
Le Petit Poulet (New York City, NY)
I have two kids, one of whom was challenging developmentally. This book gave me the language to work with him so that he could learn to help himself. He has grown into an extremely sensitive pre-teen, a joy to be around.
When I was desperate with my children, a friend handed me this book. I'm the kind of person who tends to not like parenting books and I though the comics were stupid looking. Lo and behold, when I started reading this book, it literally changed my life. The telling incident came when I was stuck on the tarmac of an airport. My anxious and antsy child had already been sitting for three hours. The plane, now landed and waiting to taxi for deplaning, was getting hot in the Florida sun. He started to explode. Thanks to this book, I could "talk" to my almost pre-verbal kid. I handed him the barf bag from the seat in front of me and a pen and I said, "I can see you're uncomfortable. Draw me how you feel." And boy did he draw! He could finally express himself. The situation defused instantly and I really understood--and he felt understood.
During the visit with his cousins, I used the techniques in the book to help him figure out strategy for dealing with group situation. Over time, I used every technique in the book.
After asking permission of parents, I've bought this book and handed it to them, just as my friend handed the book to me.
My challenging (and challenged LD child) has grown into a lovely pre-teen, gentle and understood, thanks to the techniques in this book.
 A waste of money February 15, 2010
C. E. McInerney (Mass.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought that the book was a waste of time. I wish I didn't spend the money on it. The cartoons were goofy and the whole book was outdated.
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