Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic
The spirited child--often called "difficult" or "strong-willed"--
can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate.Spirited kids are, in fact, simply "more"--by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling their spirited child. Raising Your Spirited Child will help you:
- Understand your child's--and your own--temperamental traits
- Plan for success with a simple four-step program
- Discover the power of positive--rather than negative--labels
- Cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur
- Develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school and many other situations
Filled with personal insight and authorative advice, Raising Your Spirited Child can help make parenting the joy it should be, rather than the trial it can be.
raising your spirited child
Written with first hand experience as encouragment. Offers ways to gain insight into the wonderful assets a spirited child can offer with guidance, patience, and understanding.
Fine
Was a bit surprised when the old cover arrived, but it was the same book and in decent condition. So that was fine.. Arrived quickly.
Lifesaver
This book was so wonderful to read. If you have a "spirited child", you really should read this. It'll open your eyes and help you understand your child better. It also helped me realize I was not alone. I'm so thankful someone referred me to this book. Plus, you can grab one really cheap!
"Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic"
That title really sums it up nicely. If your child has spunk and ambition beyond explanation, and you need to get a grasp on how to handle this strong-willed, sensitive kid, just read it. It brought tears to my eyes to read what others had been thru...I was no longer the only one going thru this. I had gone to a counselor with my daughter when she was 3 and they said perhaps she was bipolar. I just knew that was inaccurate...it didn't really make sense as I researched that disease. When I read this book, it was my ah-ha moment. Then, I learned how to handle her. I learned not to 'love-her' thru moments, but be strict. I'm like a drill sergeant with her...very strict and firm. I don't have to be that way with my other kids. It works. Find what works and use it.
So, there were 3 big things for me that changed our relationship.
1) reading this book
2) using 1-2-3 Magic.
3) being firm and strict with her
Good luck!
Item was in great Shape and Good read!
The book came within the time frame provided and in better shape than expected. I have been reading this book to help me understand my son a little better and though most of it is what I have already been doing, I have learned new ideas.
Thank you for providing a great book at a great cost in such excellent shape!
A Great Resource Book
This book is great in that it describes our grandson accurately and will be greatly used and appreciated when he is at least 2 years. I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks they have a spirited child because when you read it you will "know" you have a spirited child. The suggestions to be used and the personal examples used by other parents of spirited children make you realize it's nothing you did or need to feel guilty about, it is just your child's makeup.
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Recently, temperament traits have come to the forefront of child development theory. In Raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's first contribution is to redefine the "difficult child" as the "spirited" child, a child that is, as she says, MORE. Many people are leery about books that are too quick to "type" kids, but Kurcinka, a parent of a spirited child herself and a parent educator for 20 years, doesn't fall into that trap. Instead, she provides tools to understanding your own temperament as well as your child's. When you understand your temperamental matches--and your mismatches--you can better understand, work, live, socialize, and enjoy spirit in your child. By reframing challenging temperamental qualities in a positive way, and by giving readers specific tools to work with these qualities, Kurcinka has provided a book that will help all parents, especially the parents of spirited children, understand and better parent their children.
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The spirited child--often called "difficult" or "strong-willed"--
can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate.Spirited kids are, in fact, simply "more"--by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling their spirited child. Raising Your Spirited Child will help you:
- Understand your child's--and your own--temperamental traits
- Plan for success with a simple four-step program
- Discover the power of positive--rather than negative--labels
- Cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur
- Develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school and many other situations
Filled with personal insight and authorative advice, Raising Your Spirited Child can help make parenting the joy it should be, rather than the trial it can be.
Number Of Pages: 320
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