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How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! (Unabridged Audio) Reviews
books for preschoolers : How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! (Unabridged Audio) Reviews
| 67 of 70 people found the following review helpful  Opened my eyes to what I needed to change, By A Customer This review is from: How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! (Hardcover) I was resorting to yelling louder, criticising more frequently, and searching for stricter punishments...trying rather desperately to get my 4 and 7 year old sons to behave better. It simply wasn't working. I asked myself one day...when I was still half sane...Why in the world was I continuing to do what isn't working? And, I was intrigued by this title that implied I had to change first...so I bought the book. With the help of Severe's advice, I finally realized that I was going to have to change my approach in the manner I was chosing to speak to my children, before they were going to change their behavior. This book along with another practical book called "The Pocket Parent" helped us get more cooperation from our kids as well as change the entire atmosphere of our home...now much less yelling defiance and negative "attitude". Both books suggest the exact words to try in challenging situations that a normal preschooler often presents his parents with. I also appreciate that... Read more 58 of 60 people found the following review helpful  Great Discipline Guide for the Little Guys, By Cathytg "cathytg" (California) - See all my reviews This review is from: How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! (Hardcover) So many discipline and child-rearing books fall into one of two camps: either squishy "Don't say no! Never thwart the little darlings!" guides to ineffective parenting (I found the Positive Discipline series to exemplify this -- yeah, I'll have a "family discussion" with my preschooler so she can come up with ideas on how to go to bed on time) or "children are your enemies and if you don't stomp them hard they'll grow up to be serial killers" reactionary tomes (John Rosemond is one of the MILDER advocates of this school). "How to Behave," on the other hand, is just right -- neither too hard nor too soft. Severe (love that name!) acknowledges that children sometimes need to be punished so that they can learn the boundaries of acceptable behavior; but he's eager to help you become your child's ally and tutor in learning right from wrong, not a fierce taskmaster or bully.This book is packed with useful and specific advice -- what techniques work well for very young children,... Read more 69 of 74 people found the following review helpful DIsciplining your Preschooler, By This review is from: How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! (Hardcover) 'Discipline without Shouting or Spanking', 'How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and 'Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are three different books with almost identical messages. All believe that shouting and spanking are counterproductive and that successful discipline requires a parent or caregiver to calmly teach and reinforce the rules of good behavior.'How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and 'Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are both 300 plus page books and are arranged similarly. They begin by explaining what is typical preschooler behavior and what developmental factors are at play during this stage. This information encourages parents to make a paradigm shift and see "bad" behavior as developmentally appropriate behavior that needs the gentle hand of an adult to help channel it. They then follow with in depth discussions of good discipline strategies and how they differ from our natural knee-jerk responses. Both books end with practical... Read more |
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