Duct Tape Parenting, Vicki Hoefle
Duct Tape Parenting, Vicki Hoefle
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Duct Tape Parenting

Author: Vicki Hoefle

Narrator: Vicki Hoefle

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2013


Synopsis

There’s a new set of 3Rs for our kids—respect, responsibility, and resilience—to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive, yet much more effective, approach to parenting: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines—even if duct tape is required!

Witty and straight-shooting, Duct Tape Parenting entertains as it informs parents how to do less in order to raise more confident, capable children.

Includes a foreword by Alex Kajitani, the 2009 California Teacher of the Year and Finalist National Teacher of the Year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corinne

Here's the thing I hate about parenting books, that I've just now figured out: I want them to be newspaper or magazine article length. I don't want 300 pages of sales pitches and exposition and fictional examples. I picked up the book because it had a title that spoke to me - so now just tell me wha......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I'm glad I gave myself the goal of reading at least one parenting book a year. This wasn't "fun" reading but I definitely got something from it. I hope to make some positive changes to my parenting style that will allow my boys to grow into independent and resilient young men.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

While there are definitley some truth nuggets here, I found this book extremely difficult to get through. So. Darn. Sluggish. Too many stories about "clients" of hers (seriously, who pays for someone to come and tell them how to parent their kids?!). There are a few things I'll take away from this a......more