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The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition

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Perfect for expecting parents who want to prepare themselves for the challenging toddler years (which starts around eight months of age), this essential guide, a national bestseller by respected pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, not only helps reduce tantrums but makes happy kids even happier by boosting patience, cooperation, and self- confidence. This streamlined revision of the breakthrough bestseller by renowned child-development expert Dr. Harvey Karp will do even more to help busy parents survive the “terrible twos” and beyond.... In one of the most revolutionary advances in parenting of the past twenty-five years, Dr. Karp revealed that toddlers often act like uncivilized little cavemen, with a primitive way of thinking and communicating that is all their own. In this revised edition of his parenting classic, Dr. Karp has made his innovative approach easier to learn—and put into action—than ever before. Combining his trademark tools of Toddler-ese and the Fast-Food Rule with a highly effective new green light/yellow light/red light method for molding toddler behavior, Dr. Karp provides fast solutions for today’s busy and stressed parents. As you discover ways to boost your child’s good (green light) behavior, curb his annoying (yellow light) behavior, and immediately stop his unacceptable (red light) behavior you will learn how to soothe his stormy outbursts with amazing success—and better yet, prevent these outbursts before they begin! And the new thirty-item glossary of Dr. Karp’s parenting techniques will save you valuable time when you need to instantly calm an out-of-control child. The result: fewer tantrums, less yelling, and more happy, loving time for you and your child. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam; Revised, Updated ed. edition (August 26, 2008)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 20


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.45 x 0.86 x 8.2 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #6,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Parenting Boys #17 in Parenting Girls #44 in Baby & Toddler Parenting


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It actually does help to read a parenting book. My child is four, and I’ve read five parenting books over the past six months to try to find out what I can do different to correct the behavior that got him kicked out of pre-school. I was actually starting to get discouraged about children’s books in general, because while they did offer one or two things that were helpful for me to try, they still didn’t seem worth their while. But this book is really different. The first thing I liked about this book is that it’s written by a guy who actually knows kids, and by that I mean every single type of kid. He was the first one to “hit the nail on the head” so to speak, because he literally has seen it all. Secondly, he doesn’t make you feel bad about yourself or your kid. That may be a weird thing to point out, but I’ve read parenting books that took me weeks to get through because they either made me feel bad, or made me feel like something was wrong with me kid (and that I should feel sorry for him.) But this book doesn’t do that. Thirdly, the author is straight to the point. He does give scenarios of what happened with children he knows, but he doesn’t go into so much detail that you can’t figure out what he’s saying quickly. It feels like some authors only have a few good things to say so they harp on those few things several times or they stretch it out so that their book can be called a “book”. But this book was very concise and straight to the point. I never felt like I was wasting my time reading this book, because every time I sat down to read more than fifteen minutes of it, I learned at least two very helpful things to try with my child to improve his behavior. And fourth, this book actually works. It really does teach you to be “that parent” that is so good with kids that even other people’s kids will be drawn to you at places like the zoo or the park. And after you’ve tried these methods for a short time, it will seem that this “parent greatness” that you have just comes to you naturally. I think it’s because somewhere inside of us we have an instinct of how we should be teaching our kids but we get so caught up on what TV says we should do, what we see our friends with kids do, or what our parents did to us, that we find ourselves forgetting or ignoring the most natural way to parent. And this book brings it back out again. I know I said a lot just to say this: I recommend this book to parents of every child type and of any age. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018 by Lisa Reynolds
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Out of all the books I've read on coping with toddler tantrums this has definitely been the most helpful. The beauty of this book is how the author helps you to understand your toddler's way of thinking and how to acknowledge their frustrations and emotions in a healthy way. I had no idea prior to reading this book that when toddlers are upset the portion of their brain that controls language and logic shuts down and the portion that houses emotions takes over. Now I understand why talking in a soothing and calm manner to my son when he was throwing tantrums didn't help. It has been beautiful to know how to mirror my son's feelings and to see him find relief that I understand his anger and frustration. Its pretty cute too, to see him know how to express his own feelings verbally instead of crying/screaming. He can now (at 20 months) run around and yell, "MAD, MAD, MAD"! when he's upset and then slowly calm down as I agree with him. A lot of times now after venting and having me acknowledge his anger, he will wind down and eventually start to giggle, like Mommy really gets it! This book also helped me learn why you shouldn't try to use distraction all of the time to end tantrums. For instance, how would you feel if you had a horrible day at work and your boss did something dreadful to you and when you got home, your spouse, instead of letting you vent and telling you something like, "I'm sorry that happened to you, that's really horrible, I would be mad too!" and instead gave you a cookie or your laptop, ignored your anger and talked to you very slowly and calmly, yep, that would really stink! True, maybe the author shouldn't practically guarantee your success with this book but it has helped me profoundly not only with helping my son to calm down and to express himself but for me, personally not to lose my own cool when he flips out. Before reading this book, I was often so frustrated when he threw a tantrum, thinking things to myself like "you are so spoiled", "why are you doing this to me"?? "You treat Mommy like crap!" etc. but now I understand what's going on in his little head and that he literally has no emotional control at this age. I have to teach him over time and as his brain develops to have that control. Taking a crayon from him when he doesn't want to let it go is the equivalent of someone stealing your car or your bank account as an adult. Don't be turned off by the length of the book either, there's an illustration and patient quotes on almost every other page, if you're in a hurry you can skip all that and the actual text ends up being pretty fast to read. I also recommend Elizabeth Pantleys, No cry Discipline Solution. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2011 by A. Jarva

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