How to talk so little kids will listen : a survival guide to life with children ages 2-7

Author

• Faber, Joanna

Additional Author(s)

• King, Julie

Publisher

London: Piccadily Press, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781848126145

Series

Subject(s)

• INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• PARENTING
• PARENT AND CHILD

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 389-393. Index: p. 395-409

Abstract

From the widely acclaimed HOW TO TALK series, discover tried and tested communication strategies to survive - and thrive - with kids ages 2-7

The all-new content in this book deals with struggles familiar to every parent, relative, teacher and childminder. How do you respond to the toddler who won't brush his teeth? The preschooler who pinches the baby? The child who throws everything she can reach?

It's hard to be a little kid. It's hard to be an adult responsible for that little kid. And it's really hard to think about effective communication when the toast is burning, the baby is crying and you're exhausted.

This book will help readers do just that. Organized according to everyday challenges and conflicts, and including real-life examples and the series' trademark cartoons, this book is a survival manual of communication tools, including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing or autism spectrum disorders.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xxii, 409 p.

Dimension

20 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foreword / Adele Faber --
Part I: The essential toolbox. Tools for handling emotions : what's all the fuss about feelings? : when kids don't feel right, they can't behave right --
Tools for engaging cooperation : feelings schmeelings, she has to brush her teeth : getting kids to do what they have to do --
Tools for resolving conflict : avoiding combat on the home front : replacing punishment with more peaceful, effective solutions --
Tools for praise and appreciation : not all odes are equal : ways to praise that will help, not hinder --
Tools for kids who are differently wired : will this work with my kid? : modifications for kids with autism and sensory issues --
The basics : you can't talk your way out of these : conditions under which the tools won't work --
Part II: The tools in action. Food fights : the battle at the kitchen table --
Morning madness : escaping the intense gravitational pull of your home --
Sibling rivalry : give the baby back! --
Shopping with children : mayhem at the market --
Lies : kids and the creative interpretation of reality --
Parents have feelings, too --
Tattling : snitches and whistle-blowers --
Cleanup : the dirtiest word --
Doctor's orders : medicine, shots, blood draws, and other horrors --
Shy kids : fear of friendly folks --
Little runaways : kids who take off in the parking lot and other public places --
Hitting, pinching, poking, punching, pushing : I barely touched him! --
Sleep : the holy grail --
When parents get angry! --
Troubleshooting : when the tools don't work.

Exemplar(s)

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