The Art of Talking with Children, Rebecca Rolland
The Art of Talking with Children, Rebecca Rolland
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The Art of Talking with Children
The Simple Keys to Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids

Author: Rebecca Rolland

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 12 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/01/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

From a Harvard faculty member and oral language specialist, an invaluable guide that gives readers evidence-based tools and techniques to communicate more effectively with children in ways that let them foster relationships with less conflict and more joy and kindness.Science has shown that the best way to help our kids become independent, confident, kind, empathetic, and happy is by talking with them. Yet, so often, parents, educators, and caregivers have trouble communicating with kids. Conversations can feel trivial or strained—or worse, are marked by constant conflict.In The Art of Talking with Children, Rebecca Rolland, a Harvard faculty member, speech pathologist, and mother, arms adults with practical tools to help them have productive and meaningful conversations with children of all ages—whether it’s engaging an obstinate toddler or getting the most monosyllabic adolescent to open up.The Art of Talking with Children shows us how quality communication—or rich talk—can help us build the skills and capacities children need to thrive.   Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Rebecca Rolland

Rebecca Rolland is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also an oral and written language specialist in the Neurology Department of Boston Children's Hospital. As a nationally certified speech-language pathologist, she has worked clinically with populations ranging from early childhood through high school and has provided teacher professional development. She has an Ed.D. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, an M.A. in English from Boston University, and a B.A. in English from Yale.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melany on December 05, 2022

Wonderful book. Great insight and tools to become the best parent you can be. I loved the examples that were given and tips to help achieve the best outcome for your kids. We should all strive to be more nurturing and attentive to our kids. Lovely book with great tips anyone can use! I won this from......more

Goodreads review by Zara on July 12, 2022

It’s hard to know how to talk to your kids. How do you elicit more than an OK when you ask about their day? How do you connect about real things rather than the minutiae of living. In this insightful text, Rolland parses these questions, interspersed with a personal narrative about her own struggles......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on January 12, 2022

This book is an invaluable resource for parents raising kids of all ages. The author is both an oral language specialist (so she knows the importance and reach of language!) and a parent herself (so she knows that sometimes conversation gets lost in all the to-do of our everyday lives). What I appre......more

Goodreads review by Angela on January 13, 2022

I'd highly recommend this book for any parent. The practical tools, combined with the science behind them, helped me understand both the how and the why behind "rich talk." I've already had more meaningful conversations with my 4 and 8 y/os. So grateful I read an Advanced Reader Copy......more

Goodreads review by Jody on January 19, 2022

The Art of Talking with Children is going to be a lifeboat for many parents--parents like me, the mother of strong-willed, rebellious daughters (11 and 4yo). Rolland offers helpful advice, insights, and examples of how to have meaningful, productive conversations with your children (as opposed to ta......more

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