Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging, and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate

by Elizabeth Pantley

Would you like to know how to get your children to willingly cooperate? Would you like to eliminate many of your daily battles and end the yelling, nagging, and pleading? Would you like to handle discipline issues with knowledge and authority? During this process, would you like to learn how to boost your children’s self-esteem, feel better about yourself as a person, and even improve your marriage? This book is filled with real ideas for real families—practical, purposeful things you can do to improve family life. With the tools and skills presented in Kid Cooperation you can achieve the goal of raising happy, confident, self-disciplined children, and enjoy the process!

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Elizabeth Pantley is a bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction books. She writes two well-loved cozy mystery series: The Magical Mystery Book Club, and the Destiny Falls Mystery and Magic series. She has also written the international bestselling No-Cry Solution parenting book series that is available in over twenty languages.

Elizabeth lives in the majestic Pacific Northwest and spends winters in the sunny desert of Arizona. While neither location is home to any paranormal beings (that she knows of) the vastly different yet equally lovely locations are the inspiration for the settings in many of her books.

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Reviews

[Jules · Rating 4 out of 5]

best thing I learned from this book: the bargaining method. Around 3, my son really started to develop his need for his own choices and this can be encouraged by using the bargaining method. I need him to brush his teeth, he wants to read books so:

We can read 4 books after you brush your teeth.

Its all about finding out what they want from you, to get what you want from them. Then kids feel like they are getting what they want and you feel like you're getting what you want. Win-win and encourages independent thinking and making decisions/compromises. I love that!

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is small, simple and easy to read. It's full of discipline techniques that help you manage kids without losing your mind. There are brief summaries at the end of each chapter that can easily be photocopied as reminders or helpful tips for parents, baby-sitters, grandparents or others who may need a whole list of things to try besides the automatic responses of yelling or hitting. A great basic little book about positive discipline techniques that work.

[Kristen MacGregor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is full of great advice- and is going to make me break my rule of reading once & then selling. I'm going to keep this book around- because I'm going to need to re-read it over and over as the kids get older and reach new stages and I forget all the treasures in here. Obviously, like any self-help book, it's hard to apply the things you read about- habits are hard to break. But a few of the things I've gleaned from this book are already helping us. She's straight-forward and even has a Q&A section in the back!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a love-hate relationship with parenting books, but appreciated the straight-forward, level-headed advice in this one. I found it easy-to-read and well-organized. I especially liked the last chapter which was presented in a question and answer format and offered "ideas, not answers" to common parenting questions. I can see going back to it again and again when specific issues arise.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just re-read this because I needed a refresher and I can feel things going better already. This book is REALLY good. Not only does it have tons of examples on how you can handle different situations but there's a whole chapter about how to handle when you get angry (because we all do!) :-)

[Shana · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I first read this book I loved it. However, as I learned more I now feel uncomfortable with pretty much all the suggestions in this book. HA. go figure - the ever evolving mindset of a committed parent.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

offers some good nuggets

[Regina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The difference these ideas made in my kids was night and day. Similar to "Kids are Worth it" by Barbara Coloroso which I like better.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one that I just browsed through to see if I could find anything to help with my kids to stop fighting. She did have some good tips and I hope that I can make them work?

[Vtlmdl · Rating 5 out of 5]

A ton! Reading for the 2nd time.

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good easy suggestions to getting your kid to cooperate without to much fussing. The squeaky voice puppet trick really works! Amazing, no hassle technique that can work in a pinch.

[Tammy Schafer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Self-righteous crap. Hated it. All of it. Two stars because it was easy to read so it didn't waste a lot of my time.

[Daniel Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not think that a parenting self help book could have anything good to offer, but boy was I wrong. This book is packed with good advice and maybe a little bad advice but overall I will be putting a lot of her advice into practice.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Needed this book for sure. I hope that I can try some of these methods.

[Daniela · Rating 4 out of 5]

too good to learn the tools you need !!