
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Author: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Narrator: Susan Bennett
Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 05/02/2012
Author: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Narrator: Susan Bennett
Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 05/02/2012
I have mixed feelings about this book. While the chapters that talked about empathetic statements and active listening were good (and fairly common sense), this book just didn't cut it for me. Many of the chapters focus on what I'll classify as very "soft" discipline/redirection. The dialogue examples may work sometimes, but overall were pretty unrealistic and unbelievable. Overall, it helped refresh a different perspective of parenting, but this is a perspective that has failed me multiple times. Following the guidelines in this book will only result in a child testing boundaries to see what he/she can get away with.