It Worked for Me: From Thumb Sucking to Schoolyard Fights, Parents Reveal Their Secrets to Solving the Everyday Problems of Raising Kids [Hardcover]

Editors of Parents Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999

You are not alone!

What do you do when...
-Your child gives herself an impromptu haircut?
-Your toddler goes berserk because the meatloaf touches the green beans on his plate?
-Your little one is terrified of getting sucked down the bathtub drain?
-A bug crawls in your child's ear?
-Your youngster insists on sleeping in your bed?
-Your son keeps missing when he's standing at the potty?
-Your two-year-old still clings to bottle feeding?
-Your daughter insists on wearing her gaudiest clothes--all at once?
-Your child's bedroom is overrun with nighttime "monsters"?

Parents magazine's It Worked for Me! clears up these and thousands of other quandaries. And the solutions come from people who have been through it all: parents just like you. With busy schedules, we often don't find the time to share our parenting advice or commiserate about daily hassles. Now, parents can again take comfort in the reassurance that others not only have similar experiences but also have found inventive solutions that stem from their own wisdom and compassion.

Based on Parents magazine's most popular column, this comprehensive collection of surefire tips and techniques covers the entire gamut of child rearing--bathing, feeding, dressing, discipline, bedtime, playtime, school, television, and much, much more. From divorce and separation anxiety to making the decision to go back to work and helping children adjust to a new child care provider, parents will find creative and practical solutions for nearly any situation.

Written in a clear style and arranged in subject-specific chapters, here is tried-and-true advice for virtually every aspect of a child's physical and emotional development. In addition to the over twenty-five hundred tips from parents, It Worked for Me! also incorporates expert advice from leading physicians, child psychologists, and other authorities. Informative sidebars, such as "Fun Facts," "Parents' Bookshelf," "Parents' Checklist," "Ask the Experts," "Parents' Alert," and "Pediatricks," offer parents additional resources in every chapter.

So breathe a sigh of relief. Won't it be good to have a voice of experience on the bookshelf?

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Imagine being part of a parents' group with hundreds of other moms and dads, a group of parents with children of all ages and temperaments that offer their advice directly to you--in their own words--and a group that spans the United States, yet is as near as your bookshelf. That's exactly what you'll find in It Worked for Me!, the eminently useful collection of parenting secrets from the editors of Parents Magazine.

Based on the magazine's popular column, this book connects you to a vast network of mothers and fathers who are out there every day solving parenting quandaries with flair. With 437 pages packed with creative ideas and helpful hints on everything from feeding schedules and making boo-boos better to avoiding bedtime battles and cures for "school-itis," you're sure to find answers to any child-care conundrum. Here's a sampling of what you'll find:

• "At the end of each school year, the kids and I decide which 10 drawings to save. We use the rest for wrapping paper." --Anna Weintraub, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  
• "Whenever my daughter starts to whine, I say 'There must be a squeaky mouse here somewhere,' and I ask her to help me find it. She usually starts laughing..." --Rita Johnson, Elmira, New York
  
• "My daughter discovered the best place to learn to ride (a bike)--on a flat grassy area near our home." --Marilee Stodhouser, Hannibal, Missouri
  

All these tried-and-true ideas are organized logically by subject for easy reference when you're in a child-rearing bind. And there's expert advice mixed throughout, so It Worked for Me! can be your one-stop solution to parenting with wisdom and compassion. --Kelley Smith

Product Details

• Hardcover: 462 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books Pub Co (Adult) (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582380155
• ISBN-13: 978-1582380155
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,728,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Compilation of Great Advice for ALL Parents., March 28, 2000

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Vivian Garcia (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Worked for Me: From Thumb Sucking to Schoolyard Fights, Parents Reveal Their Secrets to Solving the Everyday Problems of Raising Kids (Hardcover)

Being an avid Parents magazine subscriber, I turn through their pages every month searching for advice from parents across the country. It's almost like sitting in a room, sharing your best ideas with hundreds of other parents. Although Parents magazine features this every month, it's amazing that they've created an entire BOOK about this useful information. At least one in five of these tips could work for you. Creativity from around the nation combines into these pages to provide you with unforgettable hints and tips to make parenting a LITTLE easier and more fun for the kids. I've learned a lot in the past two years from just other parents' advice and strategies. It also helps you stimulate alternative ways of disciplining your children. I recommend this book to all parents willing to learn a little more about themselves and their children. Instead of arguing and cleaning up, you'll spend more quality time with the little people you love.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm buying a second copy!, March 26, 2002

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William DeWitt (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Worked for Me! From Thumb Sucking to Schoolyard Fights, Parents Reveal Their Secrets to Solving the Everyday Problems of Raising Kids (Hardcover)

A wonderful, practical collection of very useful tips that I wish I could have referred to when my wife and I were raising children.