How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen
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How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen
An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children.
For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, “the parenting Bible,” for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work, Adele’s daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, coauthored the bestselling book, How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen. Now, Faber and King have tailored How To Talk’s tried and trusted communication strategies to some of the most challenging childhood moments.
From tantrums to technology to talking to kids about tough topics, How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen offers concrete strategies for these and many more difficult situations.
Part One introduces readers to the How To Talk “toolbox,” with whimsical cartoons demonstrating the basic communication skills that will transform readers’ relationships with children in their lives. In Part Two, Joanna and Julie answer specific questions and share relatable stories, offering practical tools for addressing issues such as homework hassles, sibling battles, digital dilemmas, problems with punishment, and more. Readers can turn directly to any topic of interest and find the help they need, with handy “reminder pages.”
Through the combination of lively stories from real parents and teachers, humorous illustrations, and entertaining exercises, How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen offers real solutions to struggles familiar to every parent, grandparent, teacher, and anyone else who lives or works with children.
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Reviews
“I am grateful to the authors for the opportunity to review this book in advance of its publication.
HTTWKWL was HILARIOUS. I never thought a parenting book could be simultaneously laugh-out-loud funny and deeply insightful. Julie and Joanna’s writing is lively, crisp, and delightful to read. The authors present straightforward tools for improving relationships with children, but frankly I found these tools helpful in my adult relationships too. Perhaps most impressive, the book offers research-backed strategies but doesn’t dwell on the theory. Instead, it offers concrete examples of the concepts via stories from real-life parents. This book is a must read for anyone who lives or works with children — and really anyone looking for a good laugh. “
~ 5 star Goodreads review
Parents, you need this book!! I have read a few parenting books in the past but this is now my favorite by far. I found it to be very relatable, user-friendly, and easy to follow. Being a parent is so challenging and I feel like we all need all the help we can get. In this book, there are a lot of everyday examples and there is practice at the end of chapters which I found to be super helpful! The practices gave me a chance to come up with what to say before implementing the scenarios with my own kids. While I read this over the past few days, I started to put in place some of the strategies in this book and they are working! I am seeing changes already in my kids when I speak to them differently and react to them following the techniques in this book. I am already ready to re-read this book so I have the strategies fully ingrained in my mom brain. This is a book I know I will be coming back to often for reference. I will be recommending this book to all my mom friends. This book is good for those with toddlers all the way to teenagers.
~ 5 star NetGalley review
Make room on your bookshelf or kitchen table! This is the book you’ll turn to when you’re wondering “What do I say now?” It will have you laughing and learning, and it will help change your family dynamics from conflict to cooperation.
~ Adele Faber, Coauthor of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Joanna Faber and Julie King are experts in respectful communication with little kids. How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen is a master class for parents to help kids through their difficult feelings and get kids to listen. I will be recommending this book for anyone who wants less conflict and more snuggles.
~ Hunter Clarke-Fields, author of Raising Good Humans
Joanna Faber and Julie King have hit another one out of the park. With their trademark humor, wisdom, empathy and down-to-earth techniques, they address the everyday struggles that take the joy out of family life, such as power struggles and outbursts of emotion (our children’s outbursts and our own).
Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, author of Playful Parenting and The Opposite of Worry
I know, you wish your child would just be reasonable. Sounds like you’re having a rough day! Would some smart, actionable strategies help? Because HERE THEY ARE.
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| UK | English | Bonnier |
| Romanian | Curtea Veche |
Translations of our book:
| Region | LANGUAGE | PUBLISHER |
| Greek | Patakis | |
| Polish | Media Rodzina | |
| Taiwan | Complex Chinese | Azoth |
| Mainland China | Simple Chinese | CITIC |
| Bulgarian | Iztok Zapad | |
| Vietnamese | Phuong Nam | |
| Latvian | Apgads Zvaigzne | |
| French | Aux Editions du Phare | |
| Slovak | Albatros Media Slovakia | |
| Czech | Albatros Media | |
| Turkish | Beyaz | |
| Lithuanian | UAB | |
| Spain | Spanish | Ediciones Omega |
| US/Latin America | Spanish | Editorial Oceano de Mexico |
| UK | English | Bonnier |
| Romanian | Curtea Veche |