Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 528 pages
- Published by: Ballantine Books December 12, 1990
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0345365976
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0345365972
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Reader Reviews
I've read a lot of parenting books and this is one of the best. Each topic is covered in depth from several angles: --what is known from research on the topic --suggested strategies and reasons for using these strategies --variations and additional suggestions made by parents I appreciate the nuanced, balanced, kind, sane world view as well. I have a lot of respect for what is in this book, in part based on what is NOT in it. For example, disciplinary strategies are neither the overly touchy feely stuff presented in books like "Becoming The Parent You Want To Be" or a hard authoritarian line that neglects to teach kids WHY treating others with respect and doing the right thing is important. There don't seem to be any crazy sidelines (ie. the wacky diet suggestions of the "What to Expect" series). Outdated notions of gender stereotyping are also refreshingly absent. This book is truly geared toward parents who need advice in a very neutral way, rather than assuming that mommy is running the show as so many books do. If I could only keep one of the greater than one dozen parenting books I have, this would probably be it. I return to it again and again and find solid, workable and to-the-point advice on a host of issues.
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