Parenting Your Powerful Child: Bringing an End to the Everyday Battles
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Parenting Your Powerful Child: Bringing an End to the Everyday Battles

Hardcover – September 1, 2013

Price
$19.98
Format
Hardcover
Pages
272
Publisher
Revell
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0800720209
Dimensions
5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

Description

From the Inside Flap Every family has a powerful child . . . or two. Some are easy to pick out--you can hear them from way down the block. Others you may not recognize as powerful, but they're master manipulators. But you, smart parent that you are, can learn how to transform your child's power surges into a powerful force for good that will benefit everyone in your family (and a whole lot of other grateful people in your child's world too).I guarantee it.|An internationally known psychologist and humorist, Dr. Kevin Leman has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. The New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Have a New Kid by Friday , Have a New Husband by Friday , Sheet Music , and The Birth Order Book has made thousands of house calls through radio and television programs, including Fox & Friends , The View , Fox's The Morning Show , Today , Dr. Bill Bennett's Morning in America, The 700 Club , CBS's The Early Show , James Robison's LIFE Today , CNN's American Morning , and Focus on the Family . He has also served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America .Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Arizona and have five children and two grandchildren. Find out more at www.birthorderguy.com. Don't let those cherublike faces fool you.Your smart kids have an agenda--and they're workin' ya. Powerful kids don't just happen. They're created, and their power comes in different packages. Whether loud and temperamental, quiet and sensitive, or stubborn and manipulative, powerful children can make living with them a challenge. But it doesn't have to be that way.In Parenting Your Powerful Child , New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical action plan to redirect your child's power surges into positive traits that will prepare your child for a successful, happy, and productive adult life. With these simple but effective techniques, you can transform your home from a daily battle zone to a safe and peaceful place. All it takes is a little determination--and some small changes on your part--to make a huge difference in your family life.Ready for the power struggle to end? Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, and speaker who has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. He has made house calls through hundreds of radio and television programs, such as Fox & Friends , Fox's The Morning Show , Today , The 700 Club , CBS's The Early Show , James Robison's Life Today , In the Market with Janet Parshall , CNN's American Morning , and Focus on the Family , and has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America . A bestselling and award-winning author, Dr. Leman has written more than fifty books about marriage and family issues, including The Birth Order Book , Making Children Mind without Losing Yours , and Have a New Kid by Friday . Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and two grandchildren. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • Powerful kids don't just happen. They're created. Whether loud and temperamental, quiet and sensitive, or stubborn and manipulative, powerful children can make living with them a challenge. But it doesn't have to be that way. All children need to face the realities of life, and the best place for them to do so is in the safe place of their home.For all the parents out there at their wits' end,
  • New York Times
  • bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers a fail-safe action plan for redirecting power surges into positive traits that will prepare the powerful child for a successful, happy, productive adult life. Parents will learn how powerful children are created, what makes them tick, what makes them explode, and what they can do to change the power plays . . . for the good of the entire family. All it takes is determination, persistence, willpower, and advice that works--guaranteed.

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Best work!

This is his best work. It works. It makes perfect sense! I have raised my three children and I wish I had know some of this. Now it is up to my children ( I gave them a copy) to take this information and apply it to their "little ankle biters".
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A must have for parents

As soon as I saw this new title from Dr. Leman, I knew that it would be good. I will admit that when it comes to parenting Dr. Leman is one of my favourite author, alongside with Dr. James Dobson and Dr. Tim Kimmel. So I didn't hesitate one second to request this book last month. I knew it was just a book that I needed to read. I have seen power struggles while I shopped and I will admit that even in this household we do deal with powerful kids. I have one that is very strong will and he can just know how to make your react. Though this book is not about dealing with strong-willed children but instead it will give you guidance in how to identify the powerful child in your family and how to deal with it.

As I read this book, I could easily identify how a child can become powerful in a family. Dr. Leman says that it doesn't just happens. Believe it or not, powerful children are created and that power comes in different packages. You think that your child is too shy - it's a form a power. You think that your child is just plain stubborn - power again. Somehow the child has developed this power by discovering he/she can get it his/her way if she acted a certain way. The book will teach you how to channel these power surges into positive actions/traits that will help your child to become successful, happy and a productive adult later in life.

In all, you will find sixteen chapters in this book. All of these are well written and you will easily understand what the author is saying as he doesn't use complicated terms.

Chapter 1: The anatomy of a Powerful Child - understanding where power comes from.
Chapter 2: Power Comes in Different Packages.
Chapter 3: The Loud, Aggressive, Temperamental, Curveball Manipulator
Chapter 4: The Quiet, Shy, Sensitive, Walk-on-Eggshells Manipulator
Chapter 5: The Stubborn, Procrastinating Manipulator
Chapter 6: What Do Genes Have to Do with It? - discover how personalities in the nursery can predict how your child will be in 5, 10, 15 years.
Chapter 7: What Does Environment Have to Do with It?
Chapter 8: Raising Attila the Hun - in this chapter you will discover how parent unwittingly create powerful children...
Chapter 9: Why Kids Misbehave - Discover that deep down they have a goal.
Chapter 10: The Attention-Getting Kid
Chapter 11: Power-Driven or Determined? - how to determine the different and what can be done to use the power surges for your advantage
Chapter 12: You're the Adult, They're the Children - your background and your views of parenting
Chapter 13: What Kind of Kid Do You Want? - win-win suggestions to help
Chapter 14: Grace-Based Parenting - have a prodigal? This chapter is for you!
Chapter 15: Rewiring Your Home - what you used to say and what you will say now
Chapter 16: Redirecting the Power Surge - how to encourage positive goals and help your child to use their drive for good purpose
You can glean beneficial information through the pages of this book. Each chapter contains personal examples from the Leman family as well as testimonies from people who have applied the techniques of Dr. Leman in their relationship with their kids. I find it beneficial to have these testimonies and discover how other people have dealt with some issues. Also at the end of each chapter you will find a quick Power Point section that summarize the essential things that you need to remember. As I read this book, I could easily identify some of the power that my own kids have used in the past. Even if my oldest is twelve years old and my youngest is five, I think I still have much to learn about parenting (should I mentioned that I am an only child?). Our four kids are quite different from each others in personality, how they learn and how they deal with things. Every day brings new challenges but I love these kids to pieces and want them to be accomplished adults later in life. That's why I am always trying to improve my parenting skills and having books like this one help me to attain this goal.

Thank you Dr. Leman for writing this book and encouraging me to persevere. You are an inspiration for us as parents. I am learning so much when I am reading one of your books. I am looking forward to your next title. *grin* Until then I will apply the techniques I have learned through the pages of Parenting Your Powerful Child.
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Looks like good concepts!

I have not completed this book but in its initial reading of sections it looks very promising. My aim is not as a parent but as a grandparent. Living a ways off, we want to enjoy those few extended visits that are our privilege once or twice a year. Keeping up with their high energy we want them to enjoy themselves but sometimes ask ourselves where to draw the line or how best to move them along to another activity. Successful direction is not always intuitive. We both feel this may assist in developing successful relationships with grandchildren while assuring we enjoy the visits as much as they do. On completion I will comment further but so far I find it a very interesting and thoughtful book.
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Wow book!

This book contains the essential tools to rework your parenting skills. Parenting is the hardest job you'll ever have but by far, it's the most rewarding. I want to be the best mom to my son and not engage in power struggles that take away from our time together. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a more harmonious home life and its message is appropriate for kids of all ages.
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Best of Leman- so helpful!

This latest book from Dr. Leman is, in my opinion one of his very best. He infuses humor and teaching effortlessly. More than this, he offers a step-by-step path out of the maze of a power struggle with your child. Are you dealing with a powerful child in your life? This book will help YOU be the change you need in this situation. Thanks Dr. Leman for another great tool!
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Helpful Book!!!

I am 3/4 way through reading this book. My 4 yr old son was acting out (anger) in his PreK class. We had tried taking away things he enjoyed & even spankings, but nothing was consistently working! So far, I have tried the techniques Dr Leman suggest in this book & I have seen a difference on a consistent basis! His approach is realistic & uses common sense. He made me see & approach situations different to get better results! And my eyes were opened to some of the manipulating ways of my son!
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Parenting Your Powerful Child

This book is loaded with helpful advice, & case histories to help raise a child in the way that he/she should go. Being reliable & consistent is one of them.
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Must have

Perfect book just what my daughter needed to help raise her 3 year old triplets.
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Change your child

This is a very applicable book. It has humor and made me feel better and much more confident about parenting my difficult 3-year-old.
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Five Stars

No problems arrived on time