How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

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.

Should be subtitled, "Baby Boomer Parents Backlash Against Harsh Old-School Discipline." If you weren't the kind of parent to call your kids names or whup them one on the rear end in the first place, this book has little to offer you but either validation or frustration. I was looking for a book tha......more

A friend, a previous yeller, recommended this book. I found it very helpful, especially since we just had our second child who had colic and the 6 year old and I were no longer communicating well. It teaches a way to talk that names emotions, and acknowledges the emotions that often a child cannot a......more

In a Nutshell:Might have worked better for me had I actually read it when I was supposed to read it. Some good methods and exercises herein. A tad outdated, though a revised version might be available now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am not a person for nonfiction guides. But when my elder girl w......more

There is good advice in here if you don't already employ many of the suggestions herein. Since I already do, I didn't find it any sort of revelation. I read it in the hopes of finding a way to make my 4-year-old listen to me on the subject of "DON'T RUN AWAY FROM MOM AND DAD, PARTICULARLY IN A CROWD......more

Oh dude this book is awesome! It's intended as a guide for parents and educators to help them communicate with kids, but instead I got my hands on it when I was about nine years old, and it helped me refine my own immature communication skills. A life-changing book for me, for all the wrong reasons.......more