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  • You Can't Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), Revised and Updated Edition

  • Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Strong-Willed Child
  • By: Cynthia Tobias
  • Narrated by: Cynthia Tobias
  • Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

Turn conflict into cooperation....

Many parents suspect their strong-willed child is deliberately trying to drive them crazy. Difficult to discipline and seemingly impossible to motivate, these children present unique, exhausting, and often-frustrating challenges to the those who love them.

But strong will is not a negative trait. These same children have firm convictions, high spirits, a sense of adventure - all the makings of a great adult. In this book you'll discover how to channel that passion and determination in positive ways as you build a healthy relationship. Through insights gained from strong-willed people of all ages, you'll...

  • Better understand how their minds really work.
  • Discover positive ways to motivate your strong-willed child.
  • Learn how to share control without compromising parental authority.
  • Apply key tactics to survive a meltdown.
  • Get practical tips for parents who disagree, blended families, and single parents.

Packed with immediately useful strategies to drastically reduce the level of tension in the home (or in the classroom), You Can't Make Me shows how you can start today to build a stronger, more positive relationship with your strong-willed child.

Includes...

  • Top Ten Tips for Bringing Out the Best in a Strong-Willed Child of Any Age
  • A Strong-Willed Child Emergency Kit
©2012 Cynthia Tobias (P)2012 Random House Audio
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"I love the practical strategies and valuable insights from the hearts and lives of strong-willed kids—including Cynthia herself! You'll definitely want to make this book part of your parenting library." (Dr. Kevin Leman, New York Times best-selling author of Have a New Kid by Friday)
"In You Can't Make Me, Cynthia Tobias provides help and hope for all of us with a strong-willed child of any age. Her extremely practical and time-tested tips will show you how to provide the strong-willed child love balanced with limits, relationship balanced with rules, coaching balanced with cheerleading, and discipleship balanced with discipline. This book will be worth its weight in gold to you and your strong-willed child." (Walt Larimore, MD, best-selling author of God's Design for the Highly Healthy Teen and Why A.D.H.D. Doesn't Mean Disaster)
"Parenting was never designed to be easy, and parenting a strong-willed child can be daunting. Cynthia Tobias has written a book designed to encourage parents to celebrate their children - yes, even if they are strong willed! I love how she has provided tried and true strategies that will bring out the best in our children. Her inclusion of stories from parents who are "in the trenches" serves to remind us that successful parenting is possible for all of us. I love Cynthia's wisdom, but her heart for children made me love this book!" (Janet Parshall, nationally syndicated talk-show host)

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Just what I needed!

l loved it. I have an extremely strong willed child and struggle to understand him.
thanks this has made it a little easier.
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I really loved this book, filled with helpful info

I really loved this book, filled with very helpful information, highly recommend it to everyone.

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helpful and enlightening

helpful, enlightening, made so many pieces of the puzzle fall into place. gave me understanding I didn't have before. excited about moving forward with my child and these techniques.

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An ok overview

This was an ok overview of tips for strong willed kids from toddlers to a daily hood. It lacked a lot of depth and had a lot of preying and bible verse in it which wasn’t too bad but may be frustrating for others.

A good intro to strong willed children and overview of ways to work with them.

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