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Helping Young Children Flourish

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Reading Helping Young Children Flourish was so eye-opening for me! Aletha Solter's understanding of children and childhood made such sense to me, gave words to things I have experienced when spending time with children. I especially love how respectful she is of children and how she helps adults trust in kids and their natural development. I'm a teacher, and recommended this book to the parents of the children in my classroom.

This book is an excellent source of information and guidance for anyone caring for children between the ages of two and eight years of age. It gives a well-researched picture of the emotional world of such young children, offering the reader a deep and rich understanding of the child's world within the context of the home, family, school and wider world. In my opinion, this is one of the most informed books about children available today. Along with Dr Solter's two other books (The Aware baby and Tears and Tantrums) it has been a constant source of information for me, and I have consistently referred to it during my years as a mother.

This book is well written and researched, and offers the reader a sound understanding of the child. It has helped me to move from a situation where I was `coping' and `managing' as a parent, to being a confident mother who understands her child's needs and, importantly, knows how to go about meeting those needs. The information has been invaluable to me, and my children are healthy, relaxed and happy examples of the wisdom I have gleaned from Dr Solter's work. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to parents and caretakers of young children.

Solter explains WHY children behave the way they do. Once you understand that, it becomes pretty obvious why you need not shout at them or physically discipline them. She goes further and suggests ways around common problems and issues.

I found some of the suggestions did not work for me, but the background reasoning was sufficient for me to first understand WHY and then come up with my own solution.

Format is question and answer, all q&as being logically grouped together. Makes it very saey to just dip into and zoom into a particular issue.

I just finished reading this, from the Library, and will most likely buy it. After reading Naomi Aldort's book, Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, I was intrigued with this style of parenting, but left with a lot of questions as to how to really make it 'work.' This book answered all of those questions! After reading, Helping Young Children Flourish, I feel confident as a parent that I can help my children deal with their strong emotions, and problems- at the root of the problem.

The information in this book made so much sense to me. I feel that I understand my 4 year old son better, and the information I gleaned from the book has helped me to be more patient with him. We had already been following attachment parenting guidelines, but the information in this book filled in some gaps in my knowledge. I recommend it to anyone with young children (or even older children).

I was looking for a book to give me some fresh insight on the issues our family is now dealing with. Our children are approaching ages 2 and 3, so my husband and I found ourselves questioning our natural instincts on managing behaviors or answering questions (such as expression of feelings, "Why?" and explaining death.)
This book does a remarkable job at explaining behaviors, needs and actions such as tears, fears and learning. Truly outstanding book! Highly recommended. The author has some amazing ideas on parenting that just make sense! Our family has already benefitted tremendously from Solter's ideas and strategies. Read this book, you will be so happy you did!

A good addition to the attachment parent's library. It is a relief to understand that temper tantrums are not so much about children "controlling" parents as trying to get what they need. Attention is a legitimate need.