Customer Reviews

The Words Hurt: Helping Children Cope with Verbal Abuse (Let's Talk)

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This book does a good job of expressing how children experience verbal abuse. However, the quickness with which the father decides to stop the abuse suggests that it may be better suited to convincing abusers to seek help rather than helping children cope with abuse. It does not address tactics that children can use to sheild themselves from ongoing verbal abuse. All resolution was extrinsic to the child's rhelm of influence.

I am an elemetary school teacher, and this book has been helpful in classroom discussions on self esteem. I've been suprised how many children relate to the situation described, and think this is an excellent learning tool. The illustrations are Matisse like- children enjoy the playful colors. I recommend this work.

This has been a helpful book to use in my clinical work with children. Verbal and emotional abuse can be difficult to label with young children, but this book offers a great story with opportunities to ask questions and explore a child's experiences and feelings.

It is equally important that a book like this can appeal to the child it is meant for. So far this has been a thought and conversation provoking book so it is serving its intended purpose well.