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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Synopsis from back cover The Secret of Happy Children helps you with parent-child communication from babyhood to teens. It has received widespread praise around the world as a book which gives you heart to be more yourself as a parent, stronger, more loving, more definite, more relaxed. Steve Biddulph reveals what is really happening inside children's minds and what to do about it. You'll find yourself letting go of old, negative approaches, and freeing up more energy to enjoy your children and your life.... Some of the... more info
An Excellent Book I found this a really useful book when trying to raise my children. It's full of helpful advice & fitted with my own views of childhood & parenting. Chapters include:- What children really want, Curing by listening, Kids & emotions, the Assertive parent, Families, and Ages & stages. A great book.
Meeting unmet needs! I really liked this book. Of course I was spoiled for choice given Steve Biddulph's many excellent titles. But then I would, wouldn't I, as he goes over similar ground to the Coaching Parent! Having said that, there is much more to gain from Steve's coverage of how we inadvertently hypnotise kids into being unhappy and having low self-esteem. It is full of useful tips, and I especially found the chapters on what kids want, ages and stages and family shape informative. Yes, you can't stress the... more info
Please I really am sorry folks but just because a book isn't written by an academic it doesn't mean its any good. This book is totally cringeworthy and you get the impression that he does not like children or mothers for that matter. Training children isn't everyone's cup of tea and his funny little (true) stories make my toes curl. I can just see him in his money making seminars now - like a down at heal version of Tom Cruise in Magnolia.
