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Amazon.com How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The “Reminder” pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Los Angeles Times “Designed to bring adults to the level of children, and children to the level of adults, so that this happy meeting ground can truly make for harmony in the home.” Washington Post “An excellent book that’s applicable to any relationship.” Boston Globe “The parenting bible.” Fort Worth Star Telegram “An exceptional work, not simply just another ‘how to’ bookAll parents can use these methods to improve the everyday quality of their relationships with their children.” Parent Magazine “Faber and Mazlish are doing for parenting today what Dr. Spock did for our generation.” Family Journal “Practical, sensible, lucid approaches Faber and Mazlish lay out are so logical you wonder why you read them with such a burst of discovery.” Christian Science Monitor “Will bring about more cooperation from children than all the yelling and pleading in the world.” Book Description You Can Stop Fighting With Your Chidren! Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be more effective with your children and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Their methods of communication, illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, offer innovative ways to solve common problems. From the Publisher, Simon & Schuster Get your kids’ cooperation…without arguing. Morning hassles and bedtime battles disappear when you apply the communication techniques these experts have been teaching parents nationwide. Even if you’ve felt you had no other alternative than to lecture or criticize, you’ll be able to reduce the wear and tear on yourself and your family with this practical program. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish — once frustrated mothers themselves — use real-life situations to show how you can respect and respond to your child’s feelings and satisfy your own needs. You’ll learn to: Avoid turning simple conversations into arguments Instruct rather than criticize when correcting your child Choose effective alternatives to punishment Show your child how to make amends Allow him to experience the direct consequences of his actions See immediate changes in your relationship with your children — changes that will mean the difference between bad feelings and good ones; between fighting and loving. –This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. About the Author Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish are internationally acclaimed, award-winning experts on adult-child communication. Both lecture nationwide, and their group workshop programs are used by thousands of groups throughout the world to improve communication between children and adults.