99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane [Paperback]

Brita St. Clair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1999

This little book is full of wild ideas and hysterical humor to bring the laughter back into a home with an emotionally disturbed child. Need a good laugh? This book will do it! It includes lots of "one liners" and silly, fun ways to help parents avoid anger around tough topics. Written by a very experienced and loving Therapeutic Mom with years of success helping tough kids heal.

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"...I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face. I see more smiles around my home now!..." -- Nancy L. Thomas - CO

"I love the great ideas in this little book. It is small but mighty..." -- Helen B., Parent- CO

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Families by Design (December 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0970352514
• ISBN-13: 978-0970352514
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #444,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT for Mentally Healthy Children - For Reactive Attachment Disorder!, October 5, 2008

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Kendra M. Tessman "busy mama" (Great Falls, MT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane (Paperback)

I think it's very important to know that this type of parenting is for children with RAD. Children with RAD are their own little islands; they have NO emotional investment in anyone or anything! They do not respond to "proper" parenting techniques. In fact, they get worse! They are so full of rage and hurt that they CANNOT think like normal children. You have to mess with their heads in order to get them to "snap out of it" for brief moments - long enough for them to feel a little love. The more you play head games that invade their rage-filled worlds, the more they feel the love that is leading the invasion. This can help them gradually feel enough love and emotional attachment for "real" parenting to work, while these "breaking in" techniques can be left to the wayside.

Of course it seems absolutely insane! It is! But, when you have an insane child, it can be necessary to play Devil's Advocate in order to help him/her. I would have burned this book before I got my RAD child, but now I understand. If your child loves you and expresses it, has empathy, remorse for wrongs done, and never purposely injures others, you probably don't need this book and won't like it. However, if your child (especially adopted or step-child!) lacks empathy, remorse, loving actions, or conscience, go to www.attachment.org and get some help! Including this book!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for parents of "regular" kids", September 8, 2004

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Susan M. Ward "Older_Child_Adoption" (Arden, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane (Paperback)

I tell all parents and all one-on-one workers with challenging children to get a copy of this book. While these approaches were written for parents of children with RAD (reactive attachment disorder), many of them are applicable to children diagnosed with ODD (oppositional defiant disorder), Bipolar, or other emotional and behavioral issues. Parents who have "regular" children are unfamiliar with how different it is to parent a challenging child. These pointers help keep kids thinking and wondering...just what's needed to help them heal.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane, July 11, 2006

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R. D. Bruns "Constant Shopper" (Northeastern Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane (Paperback)

This is an AMAZING book. It is written for kids who have RAD but I know that some of these ideas work with my none RAD children as well as my RAD child. A MUST HAVE for any parent! It makes you look at life in a whole new light. Everyone MUST check this book out!