by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | Book Reviews
Book Reviews Three Books Every Parent Of A Challenging Child Should Read If you have a challenging child and are looking for helpful parenting books to read, I would highly recommend starting with the following three books: The Explosive Child is a fantastic...
by admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Book Reviews
Book Reviews The Best Parenting Book: A Review of “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen. In my roles as a parent and as a psychologist, I have read many books on parenting. My favorite by far (I’ve read it 4 or 5 times) is Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | Book Reviews
Book Review Does 1-2-3 Magic Work? A Review of 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan 1-2-3 Magic, by Thomas Phelan, describes an approach to child discipline that has the advantage of being very simple to learn and follow. When a child misbehaves he or she gets two warnings...
by admin | Apr 8, 2010 | Book Reviews
In 1-2-3 Magic, Thomas Phelan outlines his deceptively simple approach to discipline. Any time that a child is engaged in a disapproved of activity, the parent gives two warnings followed by a time out. The first warning is indicated by the parent saying “that’s one.”...
by admin | Oct 26, 2009 | Book Reviews
Book Review Review of The Explosive Child, by Ross Greene Ross Greene’s book, The Explosive Child, is one of my three all time favorite parenting books (click this link to see my three must read parenting books). In this book, Dr. Greene argues that conventional...
by admin | Oct 2, 2009 | Book Reviews
These are my absolute favorite books on parenting of all time. Each one is well worth the read (and the first one doesn’t even require reading because it’s an audiobook!). Before I begin, I want to add a plug for my new book: Challenging Boys: A Proven Plan for...