 Excellent book! Look no further if you want to learn how to remain calm with your children. |
| Review Date: September 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Brigette, Los Angeles, CA |
| I've been waiting for this book to come out for a while now, and I was so excited to receive it in the mail. I've only read the first chapter (that's what happens when you have 4 young kids at home), but I swear this author must have been a fly on the wall in my living room when she wrote this book. She describes my interactions with my 5-year-old to a tee: she does something that I don't like, I get angry, she pushes my buttons, my anger elevates, and I start yelling and making empty threats. . . You get the idea. Although I haven't read much of the book yet, I have already found many things that resonate well with me, and I have noticed a marked increase in my ability to remain calm when interacting with my kids. Susan's approach is insightful and practical, and I truly believe that it is going to make our household a much calmer, happier place. I'm sure I will have more to say when I am done with this book, but right now I can say that this is probably the only parenting book that I will ever read cover to cover. |
Susan Stiffleman, the zen-like approach to raising joyful children
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| Review Date: October 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Laureen Sills, Malibu, CA USA |
I have had the pleasure of knowing Susan's work for over 8 years. Susan has always been the "go-to-person" for families who were dealing with all kinds of different problems with their children. Susan has particularly strong expertise in AD/HD and with this book, she brings her calming voice to all of us who struggle with our children. This book reflects Susan's gift...making all of us feel like everything will be okay and our families will survive to wallow rather happily in this over-whelming world.
Laureen Sills, co-founder Malibu Special Education Foundation/Governor's Appointee Advisory Commission for Special Education/Parent of two teens with AD//HD and a middle school child with Autism. |
The simple and effective way to parent easily!
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| Review Date: September 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jacqui G. Spiros, Los Angeles |
Being both the mother of four as well as a Parent Coach for over 10 years, I have found Susan's book and insight the most effective and easy way for parents to produce the most independent, self-sufficient and happy children. Her clear view of creating a connection with your children that instinctively encourages them to follow your rules and behave in a way that creates harmony in a family.
Once you begin to follow Susan's lesson's it becomes easy to continue to promote a sense of ease in your parenting. Your children will be happier and your home will work like a well oiled machine.
I wish this book was handed out in each and every delivery room across the world. Read it and follow the wisdom... you will be very happy that you did and so will your children! |
Susan's book is simply the best book on parenting that I have read..
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| Review Date: October 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dana J. Bove, |
Susan Stiffelman's book and wisdom has changed my life and has helped me engender a relationship with my daughter that I had always dreamed of. My advice would be to sit down with this very user friendly book and see parenting from the eyes of someone that knows the very heart of this territory. When I follow Susan's advice and come along side my daughter first, just listening during what she calls ACT I, I always find the perfect opening to then take on my role of captain of the ship--as she calls it--during the the following ACT II, if even necessary.
Susan's stories and examples are compelling, heartwarming, and just downright friendly. One of my favorites and one that has actually helped me a lot is her discussion of "Little Fear Guy" in the chapter about depression and anxiety. I remember how I laughed when she described her Little Fear Guy to be Barney Fife from Andy Griffith, who always got the town folk stirred up about some imagined threat or danger. I realized from this example that by encouraging a child to objectify the source of their worry generator, and recognize it as well intentioned but not always accurate in it's depiction of what's going on, they can then feel empowered to update Little Fear Guy with new information that tells them that their survival is truly not at risk.
This is by far transcends all other parenting books that I have read, it truly is inspired and brilliant. |
What a fantastic book on parenting!
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| Review Date: October 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Catherine, Paris, France |
| It is fascinating to find practical, kind, REAL "techniques" that really work - for a change. This is a book that should be mandatory for every parent. It is so unique and incredibly insightful that I think it will become the bible of parenting. Buying this book is money well spent. The advice is priceless as it will change the lives of many families. |
Finally, a parenting book that rises above the others!
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| Review Date: October 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Anna Anawalt, |
I've just read Susan Stiffelman's book, Parenting Without Power Struggles, and the title alone is enough to make a weary parent sigh. Finally, a book that resonates with my parenting instincts and offers concrete, do-able suggestions for accomplishing what sometimes seems to be the impossible: maintaining authority or as the author so lovingly calls it, being the 'captain of the ship,' while encouraging and deepening a loving bond between parent and child. How often have you walked away after yelling at your child out of sheer frustration and felt crummy, thinking 'this isn't right.' She addresses so many of our common areas of power struggle, like HOMEWORK. She also encourages us to 'celebrate our children' but not in a false manner that leaves them dependent and ill-equipped for the world. For busy parents, aren't we all, the book is laid out in short, easily readable chapters. A great place to start that will surely pique your interest are the Check Lists in the very back of the book, Checklist #1 and Checklist #2. Check it out!!!
Anna Anawalt, Los Angeles, Caliornia |
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