How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Adele Faber (Author, Reader), Elaine Mazlish (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

Hundreds of thousand of parents have attended Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish's patenting workshops; now, this unique audiobook will allow every parent to bring that experience home with them. Hear the inspiring real-life stories of parents who have put these ideas into action, and you'll soon realize that you can do it too.

By listening to this groundbreaking audiobook, you'll learn how to:

* Deal with you children's strong emotions.
* Set firm limits and still maintain good will.
* Express your angry feelings without being hurtful.
* Engage your children's cooperation.
* Resolve family conflicts.

With How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be, Faber & Mazlish bring their invaluable patenting expertise to anyone striving to be the best parent they can be.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish are internationally acclaimed, award-winning experts on parent-child communication. Their books have sold over three million copies and have been printed in over twenty languages. Their lectures and workshops draw thousands, and their audio and video group workshop programs have been used worldwide. Both authors have three grown children and live in Long Island, New York.

From AudioFile

The authors have written and recorded before about parenting, and it's hard not to respond to their optimism and energy as they talk about how to handle difficult children. The focus is on difficulty, not pathology, so what they talk about are things like excessive arguing, entitlement, maintaining order, and keeping one's own emotional balance when in battle. The authors act out many parent-child dialogues and, for many ears, these scenes will be too lengthy and annoying to serve their purpose. But the central ideas about parenting challenges make the program worthwhile, as long as one doesn't expect a detailed guide or anything beyond the handling of a normally difficult child. T.W. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Abridged edition (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671045822
• ISBN-13: 978-0671045821
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,492,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #68 in Books > Books on Cassette > Parenting & Families > General
  • #76 in Books > Books on Cassette > Parenting & Families > Parenting

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY, August 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be (Audio Cassette)

This was recommended to me by my therapist when I went to her and said, "I think I'm a bad parent". I don't have very many positive role models to learn from and was just trying to do it by myself. But I was surprised to hear from the authors of this book that many parents experience what I have. I loved the examples they gave to handle every day power-control issues, temper tantrums and arguments. When finding myself in a difficult situation with my son I turn inwardly to information I heard from this cassette and it helps to keep me from doing or saying something I may regret later. Most importantly, it has helped me to learn to communicate with my child and to listen to what he is saying which has helped us grow closer.