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In a message dated 7/22/2004 3:53:36 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I wonder if anyone knows of a book out there that may be helpful to
the both of us in this situation. There has to be a positive way to
react to such situations that are beneficial to everyone, dc
included.
I have similar issues that I'm trying to understand w/my 5 year old DD, too.
I get the feeling that while she seems pretty advanced in a lot of ways
(verbally, intellectually) she may be developmentally delayed? in the area of
social skills?? She can be so sweet and loving, but then become cranky/explosive
when things don't go exactly her way. She's also very bossy w/her Dad & I and
especially when playing with a friend. She's an only child so this behavior is
not getting her any close friends and it makes me worry about her : ( I'm
hoping that modeling good behavior and pointing out these behaviors (on TV or
when we see them other places) will help it 'click' for her at some point!

I did discover a really good book (that I'm listening to as an audio
cassette) called The Explosive Child. The Dr. who wrote it (Greene?) is not into
labels but rather gives you an inside of why kids who react like this may feel
like they do and offers ways to help them ...mainly has to do with the way the
parent react to the behavior. It is helping me so much. I got this copy at my
local library.

Warmly,
D

Warmly,
D


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Susan Harrison

Hi, I haven't read this book but I know friends who have found it extremely useful. It is called Difficult Children: There are no such thing.

http://awsna.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=307

from the description:

This book serves as a guide to both parents and teachers for dealing with children. It comes to us at a time when there is great uneasiness from the increasing numbers of children demonstrating so-called behavioral disorders who are being classified as �educationally difficult.� K�hler protests against the present societal labeling that makes life unbearable for children. He challenges these accepted patterns of thought and outlines a spiritually deepened concept of education and upbringing that is truly refreshing. Every parent and teacher will benefit from this book. �

susan
we3deeves@... wrote:
In a message dated 7/22/2004 3:53:36 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I wonder if anyone knows of a book out there that may be helpful to
the both of us in this situation. There has to be a positive way to
react to such situations that are beneficial to everyone, dc
included.
I have similar issues that I'm trying to understand w/my 5 year old DD, too.
I get the feeling that while she seems pretty advanced in a lot of ways
(verbally, intellectually) she may be developmentally delayed? in the area of
social skills?? She can be so sweet and loving, but then become cranky/explosive
when things don't go exactly her way. She's also very bossy w/her Dad & I and
especially when playing with a friend. She's an only child so this behavior is
not getting her any close friends and it makes me worry about her : ( I'm
hoping that modeling good behavior and pointing out these behaviors (on TV or
when we see them other places) will help it 'click' for her at some point!

I did discover a really good book (that I'm listening to as an audio
cassette) called The Explosive Child. The Dr. who wrote it (Greene?) is not into
labels but rather gives you an inside of why kids who react like this may feel
like they do and offers ways to help them ...mainly has to do with the way the
parent react to the behavior. It is helping me so much. I got this copy at my
local library.

Warmly,
D

Warmly,
D


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pam sorooshian

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting
Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene

This is the book I recommend most highly for those parents who feel
like they're living with especially temperamental kids. Probably my
most-often recommended parenting book. Cool that you're listening to it
- I like to listen to books, these days, slows me down and I think more
about what I'm hearing than I do when I read.

My other two favorite parenting books:

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele
Faber, Elaine Mazlish
and
Parent-Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach by Mira Kirshenbaum,

-pam
On Jul 22, 2004, at 7:16 PM, we3deeves@... wrote:

>
> I did discover a really good book (that I'm listening to as an audio
> cassette) called The Explosive Child. The Dr. who wrote it (Greene?)
> is not into
> labels but rather gives you an inside of why kids who react like this
> may feel
> like they do and offers ways to help them ...mainly has to do with the
> way the
> parent react to the behavior. It is helping me so much. I got this
> copy at my
> local library.

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