Product Description

This book – a classic worldwide bestseller – aims to let parents be themselves and children grow up happy, full of self-esteem and feeling loved.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119406 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

The Express
Parenting books too often make one fell inadequate, but Biddulph’s left me refreshed and optimistic.

Synopsis
In this text the author lets you into the mind of your child to show how the positive ways you relate to a child will have a strong effect on growing self esteem, responsibility, stable emotions and present and future happiness. He shows how negative language will affect children and explains why children may rebel and how you should deal with any discipline problem that should occur. You will find out how kids experience emotions such as anger, fear and apathy. Other issues are discussed such as fathering, ages and stages, stopping tantrums before they start, and curing shyness. The book contains scenarios, familiar dialogues and case histories with cartoons.

From the Publisher
Steve Biddulph – who the Independent on Sunday called ‘The child with the man in his eyes’ – is one of the world’s most popular parenting authors. His first book has sold over a million copies worldwide

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Book
I found this a really useful book when trying to raise my children. It's full of helpful advice & fitted with my own views of childhood & parenting. Chapters include:- What children really want, Curing by listening, Kids & emotions, the Assertive parent, Families, and Ages & stages. A great book.

Meeting unmet needs!
I really liked this book. Of course I was spoiled for choice given Steve Biddulph's many excellent titles.

But then I would, wouldn't I, as he goes over similar ground to the Coaching Parent! Having said that, there is much more to gain from Steve's coverage of how we inadvertently hypnotise kids into being unhappy and having low self-esteem. It is full of useful tips, and I especially found the chapters on what kids want, ages and stages and family shape informative. Yes, you can't stress the application of love, touch and listening too often; insights into why kids behave differently at different ages may help you recover your sanity. Contemporary families have moved on massively since 2.4 kids, and Steve puts forward wise advice.

He uses a variety of rock-solid references apart from `applied common sense' [which isn't that common], such as NLP [Neuro-Linguistic Programming] and TA [Transactional Analysis].

It is very easy to see why his books are such good sellers.

Please
I really am sorry folks but just because a book isn't written by an academic it doesn't mean its any good. This book is totally cringeworthy and you get the impression that he does not like children or mothers for that matter. Training children isn't everyone's cup of tea and his funny little (true) stories make my toes curl. I can just see him in his money making seminars now - like a down at heal version of Tom Cruise in Magnolia.