How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen

Hardcover, 385 pages

Published Jan. 10, 2017 by Scribner.

ISBN:: 978-1-5011-3165-3

(4 reviews)

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.”

For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele’s daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk’s powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven.

Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents and a broad variety of professionals. With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops, they …

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.”

For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele’s daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk’s powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven.

Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents and a broad variety of professionals. With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops, they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the young kids in your life.

What do you do with a little kid who…won’t brush her teeth…screams in his car seat…pinches the baby...refuses to eat vegetables…throws books in the library...runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized according to common challenges and conflicts, this book is an essential emergency first-aid manual of communication strategies, including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders.

This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old. And, it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents, teachers, siblings, and peers.

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After three months of lockdown with three under fives in the house, it became clear it was time to start going through the parenting books that we'd acquired but never quite had the time to read. This was a great pick to start with as it provides a general framework for empathising with kids and helping resolve the various dramas the crop up through the day.

Each chapter lays out the theory of how to handle a class of situation, including the particular tools or techniques which might be useful, then provides a wealth of anecdotes from the parent groups the authors have run, showing how this might play out.

Currently it feels like the above in this book is most useful with our 4 year old, but I can see how it will help with the younger kids as they become more communicative. I would definitely recommend it to …

After three months of lockdown with three under fives in the house, it became clear it was time to start going through the parenting books that we'd acquired but never quite had the time to read. This was a great pick to start with as it provides a general framework for empathising with kids and helping resolve the various dramas the crop up through the day.

Each chapter lays out the theory of how to handle a class of situation, including the particular tools or techniques which might be useful, then provides a wealth of anecdotes from the parent groups the authors have run, showing how this might play out.

Currently it feels like the above in this book is most useful with our 4 year old, but I can see how it will help with the younger kids as they become more communicative. I would definitely recommend it to any other parents who are looking for more civilized techniques to defuse and resolve the constant stream of high stakes incidents that seem to make up your kids lives.

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