By Carl E. Pickhardt The Everything Parent's Guide To The Strong-Willed Child: An Authoritative Guide to Raising a Respec

by Carl Pickhardt

All children need guidance, yet some are definitely more resistant to parental direction and advice than others. Parenting a child whose personality may be described as "difficult" or "controlling" can leave you conflicted and frustrated. How do you nurture your child, get him to listen, and know who's in charge? It can be done. The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child helps you work around stubborn and argumentative behavior. You'll learn how to encourage your child to compromise and communicate with you, rather than make unreasonable demands and/or shut down altogether. By learning what makes your child strong-willed, the effects of such behavior, and how to manage it, you can help your child achieve a more tempered disposition and teach him the lifelong rewards of a positive attitude. Psychologist Carl E. Pickhardt shows you how Regain control of your family Reap the benefits of healthy communication Discipline to teach, not to punish Resolve conflict between you and your child effectively Overcome willfulness in older children The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child is your all-inclusive guide to regaining, and maintaining, a healthy and happy family.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Carl Pickhardt also writes as C.E. Pickhardt.

Reviews

[Mom2jngncna~ Stephannie · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a read as you need it...

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had interesting tips on how to handle very strong-willed children. I got a few take-aways from the book but I see it as geared more towards older children although some of the advice seemed a bit far fetched when talking to children. I truly hope our little ones don't turn out to be as strong-willed as the book implies or we will have our hands full.

[Stephanie Neal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Its not really what I thought it would be. I want straight forward answers. The book is so far telling me things I already know.

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

for those who know my youngest child would have thought I would have read this way before now but, I think her tantrums need help to stop, and I feel pretty helpless in that department.

[Sally Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of a pick up and read when you need it type book but also I just didn't find that it helped me as much as I hoped. It was a lot of things I already knew.

[Julia DelSignore Peoples · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find it very useful. It told me a lot of things I already knew.