Little Angels

by Tanya Byron, Sacha Baveystock

The essential guide to transforming your family life and having more fun with your children.

Genres: Parenting

Paperback

First published April 14, 2005

About the author

TANYA BYRON is a British clinical psychologist, writer, media personality, and a frequent public speaker who has presented countless British TV and radio programs. She writes a weekly column for The Times (UK) and a monthly column for Good Housekeeping (UK). She advises on international policy relating to young people, mental health, and education, and is currently working in China to develop services for children and their families.

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's nothing special about this little book: set limits, be consistent, make a sticker chart, etc. But what was amazing was the BBC TV series that it's based on. I've never come across anything better for illustrating basic parenting skills. As opposed to the many nanny shows or the Dog Whisperer, where some outside expert comes in and controls the situation, they had child psychologists talking into the ears of the parents while remotely watching the real-life family behaviors. You hear the expert tell the parents to turn around and face the child for example and the parents say they are, except you're watching and you can see they are not. Eventually, with the real-time feedback, people can change their bad parenting habits and the little monsters magically turn out to be little angels. It would be great to see this somehow scaled up, because so many families are struggling with this stuff.

[Stefani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, succinct, quick, easy read. Contains lots of good advice on child behavior management techniques including sleeping, eating, and general parenting tips. Very helpful book

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book, by the creators of the BBC show "Little Angels," is basically a summary of the situations that came up on the show and a guide for parents struggling with discipline techniques or particular problem areas. The book was short -- a must for nearly all books dealing with parenting -- but useful and well-written.

One of the book's strengths was how over and over again it encouraged parents to examine their own behavior. So much of what parents struggle with when parenting, they don't realize is really due to their own actions. With slight behavior modifications or examining oneself, children's misbehavior can often be curbed. I recommend it! I'm still working on the behavior modification myself.... :-)

[Jasmine Box · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Informative. Great help when you have a bit of difficulty with the kids.