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How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be

By: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Narrated by: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
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Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's down-to-earth, respectful approach to parenting has improved the lives of countless families throughout the world. Now, the authors' wisdom and advice are collected in this concise new edition of How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be - an essential workbook and audio guide to their widely embraced and empowering methods of parenting - uniquely designed for busy parents on the go.

Faber and Mazlish address the struggles parents face every day. By listening to this recording and doing the workbook exercises, you'll learn how to:

  • Deal with your children's strong emotions
  • Set firm limits and still maintain goodwill
  • Express your angry feelings without being hurtful
  • Engage your children's cooperation
  • Resolve family conflicts peacefully

Loaded with real-life stories and answers to commonly asked questions, this new multimedia edition demonstrates simple, proven skills that can make relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

©2013 Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (P)2013 Simon & Schuster
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For parents of toddlers

This is a good read for parents of toddlers and pre-teens. Not recommended for parents of teens.

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very short version

I was surprised to find this book so short. I seems to be a condensed version of a longer book, that I wish I had bought instead.

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Great condensed content and cases, it seemed my own story!

Don't think this book is incomplete because it lasts only one hour! The theory is easily explained as a case studio. I used the techniques the very same day I heard it. Now I am listening a second time, and my wife is too.

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Better ways of parenting

This book amazed me with more better ways of wording everything better I already do most of the stuff they said in the book with my 2 yr old daughter and it works so much better this book taught me more ways of expressing my feelings towards how my daughter acts and explaining why it makes me feel the way I feel at that moment 10/10 recommend

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Good insight bad narration

The child's voice in the narration made me cringe and made it hard to listen too:)

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Useful

I am not sure it’s thorough, however, it was useful. I liked the simplicity and role play.

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MUY útil

Excelente guía para comunicarse con otros, no solo niños. Me gustaría tener más libros de las autorías disponibles.
An excellent guide to communicate with people, not just with children. I would like to have more materials of these authors available in this platform.

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For practical applications

This book is by far the best parenting book I have read. Many parenting books talk about why children behave and talk in certain ways without recommendations on what to do. This book is full of practical applications. I put ticket only liked various demonstrations of how things typically go versus what we could do differently. I would recommend this book to anyone who are struggling as to how to talk to their kids.

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