![]() ![]() ![]() That is, don’t fix the issue, facilitate the child to learn and carry it over. As they say, “There’s just no good shortcut for getting a cooperative kid.” They stress the importance of an approach that uses a lot of up-front energy for long-term solutions. They recognize that there’s no script that alleviates the frustration on you or “fixes” an issue. They plant a theme (help kids problem-solve) and then apply it to all different realms (cleaning up, interactions with other kids, eating) with many, many (too many?) examples.įor parents looking for a book to turn kids into disciplined robots, this isn’t it (psst: neither is the next book). Given the experience of the authors, they provide lots of recommendations coupled with a ton of FAQ that they’ve heard throughout the years teaching parents how to implement their recommendations. They use a foundation of language and communication skills to help manage the array of age-appropriate emotions kids are challenged with as their brain struggles to figure out the world. ![]() You’d be annoyed too if your partner asked you, “Why did you yell at me when I told you not to?”). The authors, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, make this evident throughout the book by lending the adult perspective (e.g. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk focuses on kids ages 2-7 but the language-based concepts can be extrapolated to all kids. ![]()
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