How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be (Abridged)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish Narrated by Elaine Mazlish, Adele Faber

Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk and Siblings Without Rivalry, a new edition of the timeless paperback and audio guide that provides parents with need-to-know basics about how to communicate effectively with their children-now with additional material and workbook exercises.

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's down-to-earth, respectful approach to parenting has improved the lives of countless families throughout the world. Now, the authors' wisdom and advice are collected in this concise new edition of How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be-an essential workbook and audio guide to their widely embraced and empowering methods of parenting-uniquely designed for busy parents on the go. Faber and Mazlish address the struggles parents face every day. By listening to this recording and doing the workbook exercises, you'll learn how to:

¿Deal with your children's strong emotions

¿Set firm limits and still maintain goodwill

¿Express your angry feelings without being hurtful

¿Engage your children's cooperation

¿Resolve family conflicts peacefully

Loaded with real-life stories, delightful cartoons, and answers to commonly asked questions, this new multimedia edition demonstrates simple, proven skills that can make relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

Editorial Reviews

DEC/JAN 01 - AudioFile

The authors have written and recorded before about parenting, and it’s hard not to respond to their optimism and energy as they talk about how to handle difficult children. The focus is on difficulty, not pathology, so what they talk about are things like excessive arguing, entitlement, maintaining order, and keeping one’s own emotional balance when in battle. The authors act out many parent-child dialogues and, for many ears, these scenes will be too lengthy and annoying to serve their purpose. But the central ideas about parenting challenges make the program worthwhile, as long as one doesn’t expect a detailed guide or anything beyond the handling of a normally difficult child. T.W. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

DEC/JAN 01 - AudioFile

The authors have written and recorded before about parenting, and it’s hard not to respond to their optimism and energy as they talk about how to handle difficult children. The focus is on difficulty, not pathology, so what they talk about are things like excessive arguing, entitlement, maintaining order, and keeping one’s own emotional balance when in battle. The authors act out many parent-child dialogues and, for many ears, these scenes will be too lengthy and annoying to serve their purpose. But the central ideas about parenting challenges make the program worthwhile, as long as one doesn’t expect a detailed guide or anything beyond the handling of a normally difficult child. T.W. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170739363
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	09/01/1999
Edition description:	Abridged

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