1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan

I re-read this book this week after a small parenting crisis. Both of my children have been quite rude and difficult to deal with in the last few weeks. The methods in this book do really work and it is a very easy read. The basic principle is that you decide on behaviour you don’t [...]

Third Culture Kids – David C Pollack an Ruth E Van Reken

 Oh I am in shock. Avid reader that I am, I somehow missed the fact that there is a bundle of books that deal with my exact life situation – moving frequently with kids in tow. I don’t know how I missed it but I now have a whole slew of books to get through. [...]

The Explosive Child – Ross W Greene

 The subtitle to this book is “ Understanding and Helping Easily Frustrated, “Chronically Inflexible” Children “. Yep, thats my child. Chronically Inflexible is an excellent description. He’s definitely easily frustrated too. The book is very easy to read and quite straightforward. If anything, its a bit repetitive. It has very clear methodologies for dealing with such [...]

The No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley

  This book was recommended to me as my 3.5 year old still has some sleep issues. It did have some good ideas in it, and was easy to read. Its definitely worth a look as a refresher on sleep issues, which you tend to forget as soon as your kids are sleeping through the night, [...]

Kid Stress by Georgia Witken

This book is very short and simple but touches on the main issues of stress facing children. I really liked the section where it talked about responses to a survey of children, asking them what scares them, makes them sad, angers them and what they don’t like to do. It gave me some good ideas [...]

Taming the Dragon in Your Child by Meg Eastman

This parenting book works on the notion of all of us having an inner dragon who rages and is angry. It has some very sensible advice about anger patterns and ways parents behave as well as highlighting what we see in our children. It has one of those sections where you can classify your child [...]

Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Jim Fay and Charles Fay

I was introduced to the Love and Logic series recently by a friend. They have a website : http://www.loveandlogic.com/ and several books. This one was available at the library straight away and relevant to my kids ages.
I like the concept – a parenting style that is loving and caring but has logical consequences for misbehaviour. I [...]