Parent Effectiveness Training [Paperback]

Thomas Gordon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1975

Parent Effectiveness Training is a proven method to bring parents and their children together and to show parents how to help their children become mature, healthy, happy, and loving individuals. Hundreds of thousands of parents have completed Dr. Thomas Gordon's P.E.T. training course with tangible results. The system is designed to work with children of all ages, from the very young up through the rebellious adolescent years. In P.E.T. , Gordon gives examples of families who have succeeded and explains all the steps necessary for less fighting, fewer tantrums, and closer and more trusting relationships.

"The 'no-lose' method that has become a national movement." --The New York Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Plume (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452264618
• ISBN-13: 978-0452264618
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY one needs to know!, May 18, 2000

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This review is from: Parent Effectiveness Training (Paperback)

Every person alive can benefit from reading this book. I've just finished it & already see improvement between me and my 3 teens(and feel more forgiving toward my own parents, teachers). Parent Effectiveness Training translates into ALL relationships and makes them BETTER! Thank you a MILLION times.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly effective., June 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Parent Effectiveness Training (Paperback)

This "how-to" text will teach you how to transform the relationship with your children. Into the trash bin go punishment, rewards, parental authority and childhood/adolescent rebellion. Instead, you elicit cooperation from your children by telling them how their behavior affects you. You help your children to solve their own problems by becoming a good listener. It may sound Utopian or even air-headed, but it's been around for a long time and has worked for thousands of parents. It's working for me, ending years of banging my head against the wall. Avoid the risk of getting fired as parent by your kids. Read this book and try its techniques

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, September 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Parent Effectiveness Training (Paperback)

I read this book in a communications class in junior college. I do not have kids, but it is the foundation of the way I relate to people and to my students. So many people do not know how to talk with others without blaming. This book shows you how to own your power and let others have theirs, too.