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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

By: Laura Markham
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Based on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham's approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: Fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connection, you don't need to threaten, nag, plead, bribe - or even punish.

This remarkable guide will help parents better understand their own emotions - and get them in check - so they can parent with healthy limits, empathy, and clear communication to raise a self-disciplined child. Step-by-step examples give solutions and kid-tested phrasing for parents of toddlers right through the elementary years.

If you're tired of power struggles, tantrums, and searching for the right "consequence", look no further. You're about to discover the practical tools you need to transform your parenting in a positive, proven way.

©2012 Laura Markham, Ph.D. (P)2013 Tantor Conflict Resolution Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Inspiring

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As a child psychologist, it would take me over 30 hours to cover with parents what has been covered in this book. And I would not have done it as well...

A must read for all parents

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A great parenting book. It's ideal challenges me to be a better person and a better parent. The simple reminder to truly connect is important. Has helped decrease power struggles with my 3yo greatly!

Great!

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This is a very important book for parents, as well as for anyone with children in their lives. I am sure to read this book a second time, just to be sure I have gleaned all I can from it.

Wish Every Parent Would Read It

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I would recommend this book to any parent who feels like they are continually yelling, threatening, and nagging your toddlers/preschoolers.

Feeling convicted and conflicted after disciplining?

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I've read this book twice - and have now listened to it once - along with Dr. Laura Markham's Peaceful Parent Happy Kids 12 week course. This book reminds me of how I was raised - how my parents treated me and how I want to be with my kids. I've bought this book for multiple friends and will continue to buy it for more!

Repeat Reader!

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I learned a lot from this book. It's a good resource and I liked the connection philosophy behind it.

Great

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Enjoyed listening to this book. I wish I had read it years earlier since my oldest child is now 12. Maybe I'll be able to better parent her younger siblings with these methods. It does seem unrealistic to be able to act on this book 100% of the time. But it's a good guideline to strive for on a daily basis.

Good book and narration

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I struggled to finish because it was drawn out and would make me tired.

long slow, bed time story ... peaceful

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I enjoyed this book and the methods it introduced for Peaceful Parenting. I look forward to implementing these ideas!

Great ideas!

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There are several books on this topic and I'm not sure if this is the best, but it's the best one I've found so far. I am a social worker and part of my job is helping parents with their discipline methods. This book explains the topic clearly and the narration is excellent. The message is to change your own behavior to teach your child to behave. I completely agree with the author that the parent's emotional intelligence is extremely important. If you want to predict what kind of adult your child will be you only need to look inside yourself. He/She will most likely have all of your strengths and weaknesses. If you are prone to adult temper tantrums, then your child will copy you. If you are in control of your emotions and remain calm, your child will begin to copy that as well. It won't happen overnight mainly because the parent is going to mess it up and won't be able to maintain calm. The child will increase their testing behavior when the old methods stop working, but if the parent can truly change then the child will follow.

An excellent book on parenting.

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