Noted clinical psychologist and bestselling author Anthony E. Wolf, PhD, digs into the mysteries of raising children aged three to preteen in this insightful and humorous audiobook. The book focuses on parenting's most difficult challenges: setting limits and making demands. Filled with witty anecdotes and slices of life that entertain as well as teach, this book explores the causes and cures for various childhood behaviors.
Dr. Wolf gently explains the solutions to problems ranging from annoying nuisances like whining to the potentially life-shattering consequences of early childhood trauma. Positive, loving, and above all effective, this guide offers parents what they want most: ways to become better at the most important job they will ever have.
Whether you already have a house full of children, or are contemplating your first, this book's gentle wisdom and astute insights will help improve your parenting skills.
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“Anthony Wolf addresses discipline and behavior problems, from the serious to the ridiculous, with a smart, sophisticated, and refreshing approach. His anecdotes ring so true that you are sure to hear your own voice—not to mention the voices of your children—in these pages.”
— Pamela Abrams, executive editor, Parents
“This guide to ‘the tougher parts of parenting’ addresses and helps solve classic problems of raising younger children—who’s in charge, sibling fights, bedtime, tantrums, even divorce.”
— Barnes & Noble, editorial review“By far the best advice book for parents of young children that I have ever read.”
— Louise Bates Ames, associate director, Gesell Institute of Human Development“Dr. Wolf presents a system of discipline and ways of dealing with complex parenting problems (complete with many useful anecdotes) that allow for consistency without demanding unrealistic rigidity of parents and children.”
— Bruce Raskin, managing editor, Parenting" Liked it, esp. the parts about 'business parent.' "
— Laura, 12/1/2010" Recommended by our pediatrician, this parenting book describes how to deal with the "baby self". If the baby self is not allowed to feed off the parent, the "mature self" can be nurtured, according to the book. Lots of good tips and insights. "
— Stephanie, 8/2/2010Anthony E. Wolf received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York. For the past twenty-five years he has been in private practice seeing children and adolescents in the Springfield, Massachusetts area. Married, Dr. Wolf is the father of two grown children. He has written five books on parenting and numerous articles, which have appeared in such magazines as Child Magazine, Parents, and Family Circle. He has also written a monthly column for Child Magazine.
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.