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Title: Loving without Spoiling : And 100 Other Timeless Tips for Raising Terrific Kids by Nancy Samalin, Catherine Whitney ISBN: 0-07-142492-X Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The ultimate parent-friendly how-to guide - FINALLY!
Comment: I have read all of the Samalin books and would rate them as all extremely helpful, easy to read and understand. Samalin's books, although intended to assist parent/child communication, are actually useful for ALL aspects of human communication.
This one however is in a class of its own. One can use it like a dictionary or "chinese menu;" a quick reference for any problem a parent may need a quick solution for. The explanations are simple, straightforward but not simplistic. The examples are universal and ANY parent can relate!
The book gives a wonderful understanding of how kids view the world versus how we parents view things, allowing us to feel more empathic towards otherwise infuriating behavior. It reminds us that our struggles with and sometimes ambivalent feelings towards our kids do not make us bad parents but simply human ones.
Samalin is right that parenting is not a job for which we are trained. This book can teach us how to do it firmly and lovingly. Not being born parents who cope with our kids as well as we would like is not our fault. Not becoming an effective parents by neglecting to read this book would make us irresponsible ones. This book is my new "Dr. Spock of Good Parenting."
I am a mental health professional and have come away with many new tips for my professional as well as personal life as a mother. Thank you Nancy Samalin for giving me the tools to enjoy my kids and be a better mom too, who can now practise what she preaches!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the BEST books for parenting!!!
Comment: I have 4 children and have read many books on parenting. This one is my favorite (along with "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk." I highly recommend "Loving Without Spoiling" for ALL parents. I like the way each chapter is only 1-2 pages, easy for busy parents to read. You can read the chapters in order, or skip to the section that suits your needs at the moment. This book is about effective discipline without hitting your child, and true to it's title it is not about spoiling. Most of the problems parents have with discipine are due to not being "connected" emotionally to their child (due to being too busy, etc.) This book is effective for ages 2yrs to teen years and I have found it to be very practical in real life parenting (not silly like some parenting books). Read it, you won't be disappointed!
Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly what the title says...and it works!
Comment: I read this book a few months ago and immediately took it to heart. It absolutely changed the way I think about discipline. The most interesting thing is that recently, I picked it up to browse through again, and was amazed at all the thoughts from the book that I have adopted as my own. So many tips I've used...so many anecdotes I've repeated to friends...so much GOOD STUFF that I've internalized since I read it the first time.
My husband read the book, too. He has for the past 4 years been a believer in the style of discipline promoted by John Rosemond: very authoritarian and a strict disciplinarian of the old school, "just like your grandmother." This style has become very popular lately, as American children seem to be more insolent, violent and disrespectful than ever before. A reversion to that old-time discipline seems, at first blush, to be the answer.
Although we certainly want our children to be well-behaved and respectful, we also want them to be happy and well-adjusted, not sneaky and defiant. After reading Samalin's thoughtful book, my husband and I have decided that we agree with Rosemond's goals, but not his methods. Samalin will give you options, and ways to be an authoritative parent, instead of an authoritarian one. THAT INSIGHT ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK, and there are many more.
I've never found one parenting book that has all the answers. In fact, the longer I'm a parent, the more convinced I am that there are no clear-cut instructions on discipline that are right for every child. But this book -- with its wonderful anecdotes, sample dialogues and calm, pragmatic suggestions -- is the one book I recommend above all others. I certainly wish my parents had read it.
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Title: Loving Your Child Is Not Enough: Positive Discipline That Works by Nancy Samalin, Martha Moraghan Jablow ISBN: 0140270531 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma by Nancy Samalin, Catherine Whitney ISBN: 0140129928 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Loving Each One Best : A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings by Catherine Whitney, Nancy Samalin ISBN: 0553378341 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk : 20th Anniversary Edition by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish ISBN: 0380811960 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Pocket Parent by Gail Reichlin, Caroline Winkler, Burton L. White ISBN: 076112182X Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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