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Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool

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Author: Hal Edward Runkel
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7

ISBN: 0767927435
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780767927437
ASIN: 0767927435

Publication Date: August 19, 2008
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pYou Can Start a Revolution in Your Family . . . TonightbrbriScreamFree Parenting/i is not just about lowering your voice. It#8217;s about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids#8217; behavior . . . for their benefit. Our biggest enemy as parents is not the TV, the Internet, or even drugs. Our biggest enemy is our own iemotional reactivity/i. When we say we #8220;lost it#8221; with our kids, the #8220;it#8221; in that sentence is our own iadulthood/i. And then we wonder why our kids have so little respect for us, why our kids seem to have all the power in the family.brbrIt#8217;s time to do it differently. And you can. You can start to create and enjoy the types of calm, mutually respectful, and loving relationships with your kids that you#8217;ve always craved. You can begin to revolutionize your family, starting tonight./ppbParenting is not about kids, it#8217;s about parents.brIf you#8217;re not in control, then you cannot be in charge.brWhat every kid really needs are parents who are able to keep their cool no matter what. brbr/bEasier said than done? Not anymore, thanks to ScreamFree Parenting, the principle-based approach that#8217;s inspiring parents everywhere to truly revolutionize their family dynamics. Moving beyond the child-centered, technique-based approaches that ultimately fail, the ScreamFree way compels you to:brbrfocus on yourselfbrcalm yourself down, andbr grow yourself upbrbrBy staying calm iand /iconnected with your kids, you begin to operate less out of your deepest fears and more out of your highest principles, revolutionizing your relationships in the process.bribrScreamFree Parenting/i is not just another parenting book. It#8217;s the ibfirst /b/iparentingbrbook that maintains#8212;from beginning to end#8212;that bparenting is NOT about kids . . . it#8217;s about parents/b. As parents pay more attention to controlling their iown/i behavior instead of their kids#8217; behavior, the result is stronger, more rewarding, and more fulfilling family relationships.brbrFor those of you reading who iare /iparents, iknow /iparents, or have ihad /iparents, the notion that the greatest thing you can do for your children is to learn to focus on yourself may sound strange, even heretical. It#8217;s not. Here#8217;s why: iwe /iare the only ones we can control. We cannot control our kids#8212;we cannot control the behavior of any other human being. And yet, so many #8220;experts#8221; keep giving us more tools (#8220;techniques#8221;) to help us try to do just that. And, of course, the more we try to control, the more out of control our children become.brbr#8220;Don#8217;t make me come up there.#8221; #8220;Don#8217;t make me pull this car over.#8221; #8220;How many times do I have to tell you?#8221; Even our language suggests that our kids have control over us.brIt#8217;s no wonder that we end up screaming. Or shutting down. Or simply giving up. And the charts, refrigerator magnets, family meetings, and other techniques in most typical parenting books just don#8217;t work. They end up making us feel more frustrated and more powerless in this whole parenting thing.brbrThis practical, effective guide for parents of all ages with kids of all ages introduces proven principles for overcoming the anxieties and stresses of parenting and setting new patterns of connection and cooperation. Well-written in an engaging, conversational tone, the book is sensible, straightforward, and based on the experiences of hundreds of actual families. It will help all parents become calming authorities in their homes, bring peace to their families today, and give kids what they need to grow into caring, self-directed adults tomorrow./p

Customer Reviews: Read 83 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great Parenting Handbook for Parents of children of all ages December 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is really such a big help and gives such practical advice. I have a strong willed 11-year old and my husband and I both have a tendency to get too anxious with her. This book gives great direction on how to remain calm and be in control of yourself in order to better relate with your children (of any age) in so many levels as well as teaching them to remain calm. It shows you how to gain and give respect while teaching your children to be responsible and respectful people as they grow into adults. It helps you help your child make wise decisions for themselves and want to. I'm re-reading it and find it so easy to read and even my husband who almost never reads is reading it.

4 out of 5 stars

Very good book! November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I am about half way through this book and really enjoy it. I have read a number of parenting books but this one explains why we want to parent differently and then says a bit about how to do it. It makes a lot of sense.

5 out of 5 stars

Cool Parents Raise Powerful Children November 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I don't think this is revolutionary but at the same time I'm glad this book is out here for parents because it points out beautifully that we cannot raise self- controlled, empowered children when we are out of control as parents.We are our children's role models- they do what we do not what we scream. What are we teaching them when we scream? Most of the time to shut down and not listen an be a victim. A must-read for any parent who feels screaming or spanking is a way to raise children. The parenting key always has and will continue to be: calm and loving parents who gently set and enforce boundaries raise happy and successful children.

1 out of 5 stars

Not Impressed November 17, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

OK, I bought and read ScreamFree Parenting and have to say I was unimpressed. He really does not give you any "action oriented" parenting advice and I could probably boil the book down to a few bullet points:br /br /1. Work on keeping yourself calm in the face of children melting down.br /2. Give them latitude to be themselves, learn privacy, and make better choices (read very much like free-spirit parenting of the 60's, including suggestions that you allow your teenage daughter to have boys in her room with the door closed, because you trust her and respect her privacy -- yeah, right).br /3. Force children to suffer consequences for their decisions, even if it's difficult for you, as the parent, to follow through with those consequences.br /br /I can't say I would recommend this to anyone -- even getting a library copy would be a stretch, as there are much better parenting books available.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Advise November 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This was very helpfull. I read this book and then shared it with my daughter. My children are grown and I help with my grandchildren, I think this is a very helpful book. I really enjoyed reading it.

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