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Mary kurchinka's book is a breath of fresh air for parents of spirited children. She explains each trait and how to deal with it in a positive way. She also shares her tips on raising aspirited children.
The book helps parents understand their child better and gives techniques to try and help handle the outbursts and energetic behavior. It takes the words right out of my mouth regarding our daily experiences and guides us as to how handle the situatio... Read More
This book is what all parenting books aspire to be. It was a guiding principle for me. I have a very spirited 3-year-old.
A veritable toolbox of things to do, things to say, and insight into the hows and whys of the behavior. It’s a total game changer. And join the fb group too.
Cons
The author has some good points on spirited children, but falls into the trap of accepting the full load of diagnosis that exists to label and marginalise these same spirited children.
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I also identify with the chapter on schools.
You changed our lives for the better!
His first grade teacher suggested that we work on that because as his education advanced, it would be harder to find teachers w... Read More
Still not done with the read, but the first page had me and i'm well past that now.
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I have 2 beautiful, spirited irish twin boys (ages 5 & 6) that are at constant odds and competition with each other.
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- This product had a total of 1,157 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 18 2023.
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Schools are not bad by nature but they must give preference to the majority
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When one is high the other is low and vis versa
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My communication as a single mom was severely broken and i was loosing confidence that i could handle them
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Not only that but with 5050 custody it was difficult to establish routine bc no sooner would it be established then they would return to their dad
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I discovered there are more of you out there with beautiful vibrant spirited children
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First week was tough——they still had meltdowns
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If you are even considering reading something to be a better parent that displays leaps and bounds of at you want for your children
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We were experiencing about an hour of tantrumsmeltdowns a day and now that’s down to about an hour a week
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