How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk became an instant classic when it was published in 1980 and has sold millions of copies since. Show it to a bookseller and they might sigh audibly or say “Oh yeah”. In any case, believe the long-running hype. Every time readers think about How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk they get a rush of tender feelings toward it, feelings that quickly shift into contending with their own urge to be re-parented, preferably by the book’s co-authors, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
The two have six children between them but for purposes of simplicity, they write in the first person and have little composite children. The resulting voice is charming and funny, full of humility and compassion, like if Anne Lamott were leading a parents’ support group but without the Jesus stuff. This book really is framed by a weekly support group, with each chapter covering a week of the authors’ real-life parenting workshop. If that sounds too corny for you, well, oh god, consider the genre.
Link to buy: www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/1451663889
