101 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special [Hardcover]

Vicki Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1991

Make Your Child Feel Special!

• Help your child write a story, then bind it into a permanent book with stiff covers.
• Buy a tree, bush, or perennial and plant it to celebrate a special occasion.
• Take a trip to the library to register for a personal library card as soon as your child can write his or her own name.
• Relax with your child in a hammock--now there's nice quality time.

Vicki Lansky's bestselling books include 101 Ways to Tell Your Child "I Love You"; Feed Me, I'm Yours; The Taming of the C.A.N.D.Y. Monster; and the Practical Parenting series, which together have sold more than 3 million copies.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809239973
• ISBN-13: 978-0809239979
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Feed Me I'm Yours, my first book, began as a local fund raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author. I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then for a while, I thought that each new book would be my last. Was I wrong!

Along the way I also became a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very fast as we learned the publishing business. After our divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the books I wrote for others went out of print, I established my own imprint, Book Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30 titles...including (naturally) Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents.

When you write parenting books, everyone glances critically at your children. Thank goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky me!

I think my mother would be astonished to know that I give out cleaning and household advice to millions of people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After all, she 'not I' had made a career of homemaking. In 1988, when Family Circle asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help" column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum from children's hair!

Writing about household hints has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work so interesting. My books on Baking Soda tips and Vinegar tips have sold in the hundreds of thousands copies. Amazing. How lucky I am to be able to share so many helpful ideas...and it is good, clean FUN too.

I'm not sure of my next projects as I've decided to cut back a bit on my book life and work a little more on just my life. But I'm never far from my computer and I know there are idea gremlins scrambling around my brain waiting to escape. Stay tuned.....

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suggestions that really will make your child feel special, August 15, 2000

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Kristin Aileen Motlagh (Westerville, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special (Hardcover)

If you try the suggestions in this book, not only will your child feel special, but you will too. When doing the activities in the book, you will build a closer relationship with your child. These activities remind you of how important it is to spend time with your child and how important it is to recognize your child's individuality. These activities also bring out the creativity and fun in your child.

Most of the activities are hands-on...like making things together. Some are about doing things outside, and others are about communicating together. All of them are really great.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great inspiration for little affectionate acts., November 15, 2001

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Sir Bowen (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 101 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special (Hardcover)

As parents, we often hear that it's important to bolster a child's self-esteem. But how? And how is "self-esteem" different from "self-confidence" (or, in the extemes, "arrogance")?

The best way I've seen it described is: "A child gains self-esteem when they feel valued by the important people in their lives." And I think the best way to make a child feel valued is to let them know that you're constantly thinking of them in an affectionate way.

And that's what this book is about. It's full of ideas - each one of them small and easy to implement - that show them just that. I was very impressed by the variety of the ideas and how on-target they are. And once you've done enough of them you really develop your own instict for how to generate new ideas.