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Parenting Without Power Struggles

Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm, and Connected

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Parenting Without Power Struggles

By: Susan Stiffelman
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Do you ever find yourself asking...

  • How can you get your children to do their homework without meltdowns, threats, or bribes?
  • How can you have a drama-free morning where the kids actually get out the door in time for school?
  • How can you better manage your kids' screen time without making them want to hide what they're doing from you?

Family therapist Susan Stiffelman is here to help. While most parenting programs are designed to coerce kids to change, Parenting Without Power Struggles does something innovative, showing you how to help your children awaken their natural instincts to cooperate, rather than employing threats or bribes, which inevitably fuels their resistance. By staying calm and being the confident "captain of the ship" your child needs, you will learn how to parent from a place of strong, durable connection, and you'll be better able to help your kids navigate the challenging moments of growing up.

Drawing upon her successful practice and packed with real-life stories, Parenting Without Power Struggles is an extraordinary guidebook for transforming the day-to-day lives of busy parents - and the children they love.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2010 Susan Stiffelman (P)2013 Tantor Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships School-Age Children Single Parents Single Parent

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"Stiffelman's engaging work gives parents tools to navigate confidently in both calm and stormy family seas." ( Publishers Weekly)
Practical Parenting Advice • Relationship Building Techniques • Calming Parental Approach • Transformative Parenting Methods
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Very helpful for building a relationship with your kids, which then turns into an easier time parenting. I just bought her next book and I'm so excited to see what new things I can learn.

Great book!

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The voice of the author is so calming and the content goes beyond the surface into the heart of the issues and doesn't just offer support for the crazy moments but offers strategies to have a lifetime of connection and love with your children!

Truly helped

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One of the best parenting book I have read recently and highly recommended! Thank you Susan!

Must read for all parents

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listening to this on my commute to and from work was like a daily pep talk. I would actually be prepared when I got home for whatever chaos greeted me and handled myself well... now that I'm done with the book I'm passing the info on to my bf so we can be better parents together. my sister has started reading this now

perfect book at the perfect moment of need

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This was a great book. It suggests a very caring and appealing parenting approach and the author's logic is hard to disagree with.

I have already strengthened the relationship I have with my son using this author's advice and that to me is a priceless reward for buying "Parenting Without Power Struggles". My only quibble is that while the advice in this book will probably work with less compliant, stronger-willed children like my daughter, it seemed to me that it would take a long time to have the effect I needed to happen ASAP.

I found "Setting Limits With Your Strong-Willed Child" worked quickly and effectively for my hard-case daughter, who was starting to drive me crazy. But, if I also follow the "Parenting Without Power Struggles" approach, I am sure that will deepen my relationship with her over the long-term. So, I'd recommend both books and both approaches, despite this author's distaste for time-outs and consequences.

Highly recommended.

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Loved this book from beginning to end! Susan breaks this concept down so simply, and in a way that makes your heart swell with love and joy for the parenting experience!

Amazing!

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This book truly gave me insight into how I can be a better mom. Very happy I found this book.

A truly informative and eye opening book.

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This was a wonderful book. I would not only recommend this book, I plan on listening a few more times. Great advice and truly a great book!

excellent book

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Susan Stiffelmans voice is perfect to the reading of her book. She is calm, soothing and reassuring as you absorb her advice on Parenting without Power Struggles. Be the captian of your ship. Show your children that you can guide them through the rough and calm patches of day-to-day life, the ins and outs, and the operation of your home. Imagine how amazing it would feel to not get sucked into a back-and-forth verbal struggle with your kids about little things. And remember, you are the parent!

Be the Captain of your ship.

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I felt that the content was good but the thing that drove me a little crazy at the beginning was that the narrator was reading extremely slow. I had to turn the speed up to 1.5 to get it to the pace that I normally listen to books.

Good but...

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