Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0997459301 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 399 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book has changed my life and my son's. This book has changed my life and my son's. I recieved this book a few weeks ago and started applying some of the concepts in my parenting approach and they have helped shift our dynamics, understand the impact on my emotional life due to the way I was raised and has given me the framework to create a listening partnership with another parent (this is happening for the first time tomorrow).I now can provide the space for my son (2yrs 9mo) to process his. "One of the best books for parents I've ever read--and with four boys" according to Jan Saxton. One of the best books for parents I've ever read--and with four boys, I've read a LOT. I highly recommend it.. High praise for listen. As a marriage and family High praise for listen. As a marriage and family therapist and Motherhood Clarity Mentor I have used these tools in my practice for 25 years. This book is a must have for all parents. It will help you immediately feel not a lone in your struggles. Even though this book is written for parents it can be used in a number of ways. I use it in my private practice to help adults heal their childhood wounds whether they are a parent or not. I use it to help wo
- Safe play during which your kid becomes the boss can reveal his hidden feelings-- and heal them too. The book delivers detailed information accompanied by more than one hundred real-life stories from parents who've used this approach to address the root causes of their child's difficult behaviors. - Your willingness to just listen to crying or tantrums often is enough to heal a child's fears and hurts. - Parents who regularly listen to one another's struggles, without judging or advising, often clear so much toxic emotion that their children benefit greatly.. Five surprising things parents will learn: - You don't have to reward or punish willful children to get them to cooperate. These tools will help parents strengthen their connection with their child and help build their child's intelligence, cooperation, and ability to learn as they grow. - Aggressive kids are frightened kids, and there are simple tools to ease their fear so they don't need to lash out. Listen introduces parents to five simple, practical skills even the most harried parent can use
Patty Wipfler's articles have been published on Huffington Post, Mothering Magazine, Nurture Magazine, the Bulletin of Zero to Three, Child Welfare News, and in many local newsletters for parents. . Schore is co-author, with Patty Wipfler, of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges, a blogger on HuffPos
This is the book I've been waiting for! "Listen" captures the heart and soul of Patty Wipfler's groundbreaking work with parents and families. I'm even more thrilled for those of you who are discovering these tools for the first time. "Wow. Cohen author of Playful Parenting . I am thrilled about "Listen" for the thousands of people who--like me--have had a taste of these ideas already and have been itching for this book. This remarkable book describes the tools of Parenting by Connection with clarity, and then applies them with thoughtfulness and compassion to the real struggles of parents. You are in for an incredibly rewarding adventure." Lawrence J