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How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager
- GenresParenting
283 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 18, 2013
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Brian Tracy
1,390 books5,151 followersBrian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.
He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.
Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.
He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.
He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.
Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.
He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
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October 13, 2014
An Excellent Parenting Tool
There are so many goodies in this book. Inspiration and motivation, psychology and research, and techniques that made me think, "Of course that will work...why didn't I think of this?!" It drove home so many wonderful ideas, such as quality time springs from quantity time. I wish I could download this book into my brain!!!
However, I wish it had more insight of what to do about minor but persistent misbehavior at school, as that is one of my biggest problems. I'm definitely going to check out the support system.
There are so many goodies in this book. Inspiration and motivation, psychology and research, and techniques that made me think, "Of course that will work...why didn't I think of this?!" It drove home so many wonderful ideas, such as quality time springs from quantity time. I wish I could download this book into my brain!!!
However, I wish it had more insight of what to do about minor but persistent misbehavior at school, as that is one of my biggest problems. I'm definitely going to check out the support system.
May 7, 2020
Worth reading
I recommend this to any parent. It has a lot of good tips and real advice for things we all deal with as parents. I gave it 4 stars because of 2 things: it has a lot of proofreading errors; and it sort of attacks parents who are doing what they say is the wrong thing. I've read other books that handle this better. Obviously if you're reading any book about raising kids, you're looking for some help and your probably doing something you need to change. I'm not saying it's so bad you shouldn't read it, it's just a little demeaning in some places of the book. But still definitely worth reading and I am implementing a lot of what I've learned from it. It's just not very well written.
I recommend this to any parent. It has a lot of good tips and real advice for things we all deal with as parents. I gave it 4 stars because of 2 things: it has a lot of proofreading errors; and it sort of attacks parents who are doing what they say is the wrong thing. I've read other books that handle this better. Obviously if you're reading any book about raising kids, you're looking for some help and your probably doing something you need to change. I'm not saying it's so bad you shouldn't read it, it's just a little demeaning in some places of the book. But still definitely worth reading and I am implementing a lot of what I've learned from it. It's just not very well written.
March 8, 2020
Parenting is a Verb
I hold a masters in early childhood education. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother and teacher; currently a foster parent. I’ve extensively read about parenting and education over the course of four decades. I found this book to be informative and appreciate the action steps. I agree that parenting is the most difficult and rewarding experience of my life and has been the impetuous for my personal character and spiritual growth as well. I highly recommend this book for all who care about raising the next generation of self-confident, competent high achievers.
I hold a masters in early childhood education. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother and teacher; currently a foster parent. I’ve extensively read about parenting and education over the course of four decades. I found this book to be informative and appreciate the action steps. I agree that parenting is the most difficult and rewarding experience of my life and has been the impetuous for my personal character and spiritual growth as well. I highly recommend this book for all who care about raising the next generation of self-confident, competent high achievers.
March 22, 2018
How to Build Up Your Child
This is the one book that I wished that I had a long time ago when I was raising my child but now I can use this book to help with my grandkids. This is the book to get and put into practice.
This is the one book that I wished that I had a long time ago when I was raising my child but now I can use this book to help with my grandkids. This is the book to get and put into practice.
July 2, 2019
A holistic approach full of valuable advice
I wish this marvel is available in Romanian language for all my friends and relatives to read. I would put all my effort into making this happen!
I wish this marvel is available in Romanian language for all my friends and relatives to read. I would put all my effort into making this happen!
January 18, 2018
Great!
Even though my kids are grown, I can see what great ideas were presented here. Too bad there are no "Do overs!" Good job!
Even though my kids are grown, I can see what great ideas were presented here. Too bad there are no "Do overs!" Good job!
February 24, 2024
Jesus this is like a book to read if you were raised by a toxic parent, lots of common sense and some suggestions are still toxic. dont waste your time
October 3, 2018
One of the best books for guiding parents I’ve ever read
I love reading this book. It touches many points that is vital for raising a child. It explains the logic, what to do as well as what not to do and its effects on child.
This book can be read time to time to remember the important points, or you can take notes as I do.
I love reading this book. It touches many points that is vital for raising a child. It explains the logic, what to do as well as what not to do and its effects on child.
This book can be read time to time to remember the important points, or you can take notes as I do.
March 9, 2016
Amazing content, poor presentation.
This should be a five star review, the content is great. The concepts and ideas are matter of fact and unencumbered by unrealistic idealism. It's not a touchy-feely "don't harm the poor beautiful butterfly that is this child's spirit" junk, it's a real book about getting your crap together and being a good parent.
The author covers proper discipline, balancing boundaries and freedoms, modeling healthy behavior for your child to emulate, and much more that is practical and common sense, though we often don't think of it on our own.
The problems in this book though start on the first page and carry all the way through. The author over uses emphasis, and fails to use it consistently, there are underlined sentences, italicized passages, and bolded statements scattered haphazardly over almost every page, sometimes in combination with one another; and they are not used consistently, a sentence that would be underlined on the previous page is bolded and italicized on the next. I find myself having to stop reading and step away because the formatting was so distracting.
There were also an unfortunate number of misspellings and misused words. This leads me to believe that there was no real editing process.
The author does seem to use a plethora of outside resources, unfortunately there is no bibliography, or even a bare list of source websites. Instead he loosely quotes some sources in text, and casually refers to others as "studies" without even referencing the institution that performed the study. The chapter on nutrition especially needed some kind of source material, since there are claims of scientific authority.
As I said, I would love to give this book five stars, but the formatting, a lack of editorial effort, and no list of source material dropped it to three.
This should be a five star review, the content is great. The concepts and ideas are matter of fact and unencumbered by unrealistic idealism. It's not a touchy-feely "don't harm the poor beautiful butterfly that is this child's spirit" junk, it's a real book about getting your crap together and being a good parent.
The author covers proper discipline, balancing boundaries and freedoms, modeling healthy behavior for your child to emulate, and much more that is practical and common sense, though we often don't think of it on our own.
The problems in this book though start on the first page and carry all the way through. The author over uses emphasis, and fails to use it consistently, there are underlined sentences, italicized passages, and bolded statements scattered haphazardly over almost every page, sometimes in combination with one another; and they are not used consistently, a sentence that would be underlined on the previous page is bolded and italicized on the next. I find myself having to stop reading and step away because the formatting was so distracting.
There were also an unfortunate number of misspellings and misused words. This leads me to believe that there was no real editing process.
The author does seem to use a plethora of outside resources, unfortunately there is no bibliography, or even a bare list of source websites. Instead he loosely quotes some sources in text, and casually refers to others as "studies" without even referencing the institution that performed the study. The chapter on nutrition especially needed some kind of source material, since there are claims of scientific authority.
As I said, I would love to give this book five stars, but the formatting, a lack of editorial effort, and no list of source material dropped it to three.
October 30, 2013
An excellent guide for new parents.
I am glad that I started reading this book before my son was two. The advice is useful from before your child can speak, right up to them being a teenager.
The central advice is around spending quality time with your child and letting them know you are always there for them.
Some good advice is to help your children develop the attitude that whatever problem they face, they can find a solution. This is a great way for any child or adult to think and sometimes parents can be far too overprotective of their children.
Other good advice is about helping your child learn about responsibility by giving them chores and having consequences if those chores are not completed. This also goes against what a lot of parents believe, about letting children enjoy their childhood. Whilst they should enjoy their time, learning about responsibility and the value of hard work will have positive lifelong consequences.
The advice about taking an interest in their schooling, helping with their homework, praising them for doing well academically or with sport is obvious to most people, but still useful to hear such advice in black and white so you can judge whether you are really doing those things well enough.
I am glad that I started reading this book before my son was two. The advice is useful from before your child can speak, right up to them being a teenager.
The central advice is around spending quality time with your child and letting them know you are always there for them.
Some good advice is to help your children develop the attitude that whatever problem they face, they can find a solution. This is a great way for any child or adult to think and sometimes parents can be far too overprotective of their children.
Other good advice is about helping your child learn about responsibility by giving them chores and having consequences if those chores are not completed. This also goes against what a lot of parents believe, about letting children enjoy their childhood. Whilst they should enjoy their time, learning about responsibility and the value of hard work will have positive lifelong consequences.
The advice about taking an interest in their schooling, helping with their homework, praising them for doing well academically or with sport is obvious to most people, but still useful to hear such advice in black and white so you can judge whether you are really doing those things well enough.
November 23, 2013
In the book one minute mother we learn three simply techniques to become a better parent.
This book really focuses one one area in ore depth. Easy to read and understand, and I look forward to making some changes to the way I parent
This book really focuses one one area in ore depth. Easy to read and understand, and I look forward to making some changes to the way I parent
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