2007-11-29 09:01:47 · 9 answers · asked by azure 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
(Sorry for the typo- development)
2007-11-29 09:02:33 · update #1
I love "How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen and Listen So Your Kids Will Talk" by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. I also like "Parenting With Love and Logic", which was originally recommended to me by a school teacher who used the concepts in her classroom.
2007-11-29 09:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by Dawn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have four children; all productive members of society no one in jail and no one on drugs. I have three times that many grand-kids and while some are too young to be productive none are on drugs or in jail. I never read any of those books and am probably more qualified to write them than the childless authors.
Honestly I find the normal level of the books on parenting to be far too low in parental involvement. Way too much emphasis placed on not damaging the child. It is almost better, according to those books, to allow the child to play on the freeway than to hurt his or her feelings by yelling at them.
I can tell you with absolute certainty if I yelled at my oldest to stop, her action would be immediate. She would STOP. Then check to see why. Not continue while making inquiries of me about why I wanted her to stop. BTW, she is an adult, a wife, a mother of two and still a daughter.
Incidentally, I have a female sibling with two children. She subscribes to the book philosophies and a both of her kids are OUT of control. In fact one would have been hit by a car if it hadn't been for me. While she was talking low and saying PLEASE her daughter was headed merrily into the street and the associated traffic.
2007-11-29 17:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Love and Logic series by Jim Fay (especially the CDs)
The series by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
2007-11-29 18:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Level 7 is Best 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible. It has a lot of principles and focuses a lot on character and following God. A lot of times parents try to improve child behavior but don't relize it's them that needs to be setting the example and the Bible is very good and telling you the example you should be setting. Also, reading the bible to kids will help them understand behavior that is right.
2007-11-29 17:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the Sears parenting books, Attachment Parenting (Granju), and The Continuum Concept (Liedloff).
2007-11-29 18:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by daa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have many favorites. I take a bit of each and meld (is that even a word?) them to fit our family and my individual parenting preferences. A few that I couldn't (ha-ha and my children wouldn't) have lived without:
The Sears Parenting Library
The What to Expect Series
ANYTHING by the American Academy of Pediatrics
"Becoming the Parent you Want to be" by Laura Davis
As a Christian parent I appreciate:
"Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp
"Dare to Discipline" by Dr. James Dobson.
2007-11-29 17:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've used the "What to Expect" books. Loved the "When Expecting" and then used "the 1st Year" and "the Toddler Years". Very informative and broken down nicely for easy reference.
2007-11-29 17:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by PK211 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Parenting with Love and Logic
2007-11-29 17:10:08 · answer #8 · answered by Maureen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
my own mind, there is no book written that is better than your own intuition
2007-11-29 17:04:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ktloop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋