Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles audiobook

I really enjoyed this parenting book. I have read quite a few parenting books and I find that many sound great and have great concepts, but you are left with no way to know how to apply them. They often sound too good to be true. This book has a lot of specific examples and things to do or say in certain situations. I loved how she broke situations down by each type of temperament so you could understand how your child communicates and handles different situations. It is a very practical book. I actually listened to it as an aduiobook but I would definitely suggest a hard copy instead because I feel like you will be doing a lot of highlighting. I took a ton of notes.

Easily one of the best parenting books I have read. Many of the examples (although not all) actually seem like events/conversations that truly happen, including some I have experienced. I love the idea of parenting with the end in mind. It is too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day with young children and lose sight of the relationships we are fostering for 10, 20, 30, etc. years down the road.

This book was full of practical insight. One I most likely will return to again and again.Highly recommended.

As usual, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka seems to be the only parenting-advice author who actually understands the kids I have, instead of the kids your neighbor has -- you know, the one putting pics of her kids eating raw cucumbers on Facebook and making lunches from Pinterest.There is a particular kind of kid, the kind Kurcinka calls "spirited," that cannot be parented with the "normal" advice, and this is where she steps in and tries to lay out a path for those of us with the edge-case kids. It is a LOT OF WORK. But the alternative is that you constantly feel like a failure and your kid is constantly erupting! So, y'know. Needs must.This is a perfect companion to Raising Your Spirited Child, though I think the advice in this book is even helpful for "normal" kids.

This is the second book by this author that I have read. She attacks parenting very much in the style I want to parent in, being an emotional coach. I searched specifically for this author when I was looking for the next step on parenting my now 6 and 8 year old kids who emotions seem to get bigger and more intense by the year. I read Spirited Child many times and passed it on to another parent in need; Spirited Child no longer applied to these school aged kids I found myself with. I hope to apply the strategies over the years to help create a family that communicates better and thinks before acting. There is plenty of room for us all to grow and I am looking forward to the process. Much like Spirited Child I will likely reference this book many times over the years as a reminder to myself.

Great book with lots of scenarios from her sessions with parents. An encouraging author, Mary gave me some “tools”, really truths about how kids think and why they do the things they do. I’m a lot happier and my son seems to be too and there’s more love.

Express emotions and teach your children to do the same. A lot of great tools in this book.

Good insights and valuable advice that I was able to apply.

Very enlightening and complete in its coverage. I only wish there was an Spanish edition so I can share it with my wife.