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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

By: Joanna Faber, Julie King
Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms, Michele Pawk, Candace Thaxton, January LaVoy, Rebekkah Ross, Gibson Frazier, Molly Pope
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A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of the international best-seller The Boston Globe dubbed "The Parenting Bible".

For over 35 years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk's powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven.

Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents and a broad variety of professionals. With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and fly-on-the-wall discussions from their workshops, they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the young kids in your life.

What do you do with a little kid who...won't brush her teeth...screams in his car seat...pinches the baby...refuses to eat vegetables...runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized according to common challenges and conflicts, this book is an essential emergency first-aid manual of communication strategies, including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders.

This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers to forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old. And, it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents, teachers, siblings, and peers.

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©2017 Joanna Faber and Julie King. All rights reserved. (P)2017 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Had great ideas on how to talk to kids. I am finding my days aren't filled with yelling.

great book

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This book is full of great tips to talk with little children. It is a wonderful parenting book.

loved it

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Tools that every parent should know to raise kids and connect with them easy way

The bible for parents

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Has given me some really good tools to deal with my toddler, book was easy to listen to and really helpful.

Great tools

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This book provides great information on how to communicate efficiently with children. It also helped me see things from my sons point of view.

Life saver!!

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easy to read and understand. a lot of useful information that I can use day to day

fantastic book

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I enjoyed listening to the stories and suggested strategies in this book. I’ve already started applying some of them to situations with my own kids, and my students at school. Always love getting new ideas I can put in my toolkit!

Thank you!

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The strategies were realistic and i could relate to all the scenarios. Highly recommend! It was definitely helpful and i came out a better parent!

I could relate

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I found the voices reading VERY American, in tone and accent, which was a bit hard to slog through. And some of the comments seem snarky or sarcastic, to me.

However, persevering with the book was very worth it. I am now on my third reading of it, and am using as many of the "tools" offered as I can. I am genuinely seeing a difference in my emotional, stubborn, tantrum-y little 3 y/o boy. It is hard to remember in the heat of the moment, but I can feel it starting to become our "natural" way of parenting, and the more we practice the better we are becoming. I wish you luck with your parenting journey, and I hope this will help!

Worth persevering with!

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Even after the first chapter I felt I already gained massive value. The tools and stories work as I immediately tested them on my 5 year old son and he cooperated rather than cried. A must read for parents.

Great tools to use!

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