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New Toddler Taming: A Parents' Guide to the First Four Years by Green, Christopher(November 1, 2006) Paperback
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155 books4 followersDr. Christopher Green has helped parents with his advice on babies, toddlers and young children. He is a paediatrician and honorary consultant to the Children's Hospital, Westmead, in Sydney.
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August 2, 2025
"New Toddler Taming—A parent's guide to the first four years," published in 2006, deserves a lot of stars, as the title may mislead you.
It's not a book that only parents can benefit from; it is a real gem for those who work with children.
Dr. Christopher Green is an Australian paediatrician with decades of experience. He is also a parent, and his unfiltered, realistic, and funny way of simplifying and explaining things helps you understand the points of both toddlers and parents but I believe some of the parts of the book need updates due to the studies from 2006 onwards.
On a personal note, I found this book at the Bibliotheca Alexandria in Egypt as part of a book fair event. I just picked it up from a pile of books and because of spotting the word "toddler." Then when I returned to the hotel, I realised that it was written by an Australian pediatrician—it's a special bonus for me to read it in Australian English. It did cover many questions about raising a child and every day challenges that care- givers may face.
I wish the communication with parents and educators in childcare centres would also be included in a more comprehensive way as so more children and almost a full day attend childcare centres in Australia and in the other parts of the world these days..
To finish it, reading a book is always timeless and independent of where you are and always full of surprises and support when needed.
It's not a book that only parents can benefit from; it is a real gem for those who work with children.
Dr. Christopher Green is an Australian paediatrician with decades of experience. He is also a parent, and his unfiltered, realistic, and funny way of simplifying and explaining things helps you understand the points of both toddlers and parents but I believe some of the parts of the book need updates due to the studies from 2006 onwards.
On a personal note, I found this book at the Bibliotheca Alexandria in Egypt as part of a book fair event. I just picked it up from a pile of books and because of spotting the word "toddler." Then when I returned to the hotel, I realised that it was written by an Australian pediatrician—it's a special bonus for me to read it in Australian English. It did cover many questions about raising a child and every day challenges that care- givers may face.
I wish the communication with parents and educators in childcare centres would also be included in a more comprehensive way as so more children and almost a full day attend childcare centres in Australia and in the other parts of the world these days..
To finish it, reading a book is always timeless and independent of where you are and always full of surprises and support when needed.
August 7, 2024
Read the first 137 pages. And to be fair, I learned a really important lesson: toddlers are the centre of their own world, and you just have to entertain that and go with it (otherwise you’ll rile yourself and the toddler up). As someone who’s spent no time with toddlers I needed to learn that, or I’d have felt a fool and not known how to conduct myself (again: just humour them).
But then I met the toddler and felt like I didn’t need the rest of the book because experience is the best teacher (and they’re all different, so going into specifics feels pointless).
It was easy enough to read but not that funny (even though it sometimes tries). It also didn’t feel that helpfully divided into sections… you couldn’t just quickly look one thing up because he expands on previous points with the expectation that you remember them.
Also refers to toddler as “he”, “for ease of writing”. Hm.
But then I met the toddler and felt like I didn’t need the rest of the book because experience is the best teacher (and they’re all different, so going into specifics feels pointless).
It was easy enough to read but not that funny (even though it sometimes tries). It also didn’t feel that helpfully divided into sections… you couldn’t just quickly look one thing up because he expands on previous points with the expectation that you remember them.
Also refers to toddler as “he”, “for ease of writing”. Hm.
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