Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition

Excellent book on how to talk to any child, not just a strong willed child. Very helpful for therapists, teachers and parents. I’m not a big fan of timeouts but this guide is super helpful in working with children.

This book is a huge help! Our 3 1/2 year old strong willed son has been acting even more strong willed since our daughter arrived 4 months ago. This book really helped us reign in his acting out behavior. A must buy - seriously!Pros: great section on how to properly do time out (I’ve been doing it all wrong!), easy to follow program that seems almost too easy at times but really works, includes helpful sections on how to handle specific issues (grocery store, bed time, etc.)Cons: lots of repetition (but I just skipped over those parts)

CHANGED OUR LIVES!This changed our lives! I only gave it 4 stars, because right now, we are on the 3rd week. I don't agree with what the third week is, but the 4th and 5th week may be OK. You know your child. Our 3 year old was getting into trouble every day! I hated coming home, disciplining her and having it happen all over again. She's our second child. Our first child a a saint for the most part. She just needed different parenting styles.I also amended this. Like I said, no child is "cookie cutter." With the first two weeks, I followed it and added "choices" with her. We spelled out each time she made a good choice and if she was not making a good choice, we explained, "bad things happen with bad choices and I will take your Barbie away." It was like a switch. After making some better choices, we gave her the Barbie back.Ask me questions if you want. This book has saved me from my breaking point.

I'd been having some problems with my mostly well-behaved 4 year old daughter, and I felt as if things were suddenly getting out of my control. I tried time-outs, I tried all sorts of things. Sometimes they worked, but I still felt that our relationship was not as fun and close as it had been, and I worried that she was starting to be too sassy and rude (typical 4 year old behavior, really). After a bit of research I bought this book. And I have to tell you, it has worked wonders. Once I read the opening chapter, I realized that my daughter is far from what they describe as "strong willed." I worried at first that this would mean the book wasn't for us. But no need to worry - this way of dealing with a young child seems to work with any kid. And *almost* immediately! My husband was out of town during the first week, and he came back and was very impressed. He went away again a few weeks later, and came back to me raving about how much I love this book and how much I needed him to read at least a few chapters of it. And he admitted that the difference in her behavior was impressive. Now, I don't want anyone thinking I have a perfect daughter (she's wonderful, smart and funny, but she still has her moments) but the difference this book has made is well worth the price. And I enjoy being around her a heck of a lot more than I had been, and I think she feels the same way. If you're having issues, feeling like nothing is working, give this a shot. The chapters on rewarding and ignoring were the most important for us, but again, I don't think she was especially strong willed so YMMV.

This book is amazingly effective. My daughter can be very strong willed and using the techniques in the book has caused an immediate change. The results, at least for us, were even more pronounced than what the book said. For example, I don't follow their weekly plans perfectly and I don't implement the 5 steps as often as the book recommends but my daughter immediately improved. She listened more, was more willing to do things she didn't really want to do. I think these are good techniques for all children. Near the end the authors explore cultural problems that might make things more difficult for children--like in increase in screen time, people being increasingly isolated from community and family, and children being less involved in daily tasks of survival. I think "strong-will" is often a child expressing very legitimate anger over family tensions or other stresses in his or her life. They need love and validation first, then you enforce discipline.

Very basic. The advice is fine, but if you're a decent parent you're probably already doing it all instinctively already. Very repetitious layout, got tedious. Was surprised this book was the favorite of a local kid therapist! Best was I think chapter 12, about tuning in to your family & turning off tv, that sort of thing. Gave that chapter to my (then) husband!

My husband and I have really only read and implemented one chapter and we already see a huge difference in our little strong-willed child. I like that the book explains things well and gives easy strategies to implement. As a reader of child-rearing books, (anyone with a strong-willed child will know that you are looking for advice everywhere) this has been the most helpful. It is the easiest to understand and implement. Other books can be vague, but this book is THAT best advice I've been looking for since my willful little nugget started testing my parenting skills so many years ago.

Excellently written book on keeping one step ahead of your very smart kiddo. As with any self help book, not everything is aplicable. But if you are willing to step out of your comfort zone, this is an excellent book with solid, easy to follow steps to keep a good parent/child relationship. Well worth the money to add more tools in your parenting tool box.

I cannot tell you how applicable this book was to our family. The book helped validate how I feel as a parent of a strong willed child. The techniques have been extremely effective and make sense. I am so glad I found this book!

SE parece mucho al modelo de Barkley. Nada original. Propone técnicas conductistas antiguas y que mal aplicadas pueden dañar a los niños (ignorar por ejemplo).NO me gustó.

A child psychologist friend recommended this book. I don’t find most parenting books that helpful but we found the step by step 5 week programme in this one very helpful

Great book for children who have leadership qualities in them ....

Book received in good condition.