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The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Suzette Haden Elgin

Based on her proven techniques, Elgin gives parents, teachers, youth workers, law enforcement personnel, and anyone who needs to talk effectively with kids of all ages a revolutionary system of language behavior to make life easier. Easy-to-use instructions are clearly laid out for dealing with day-to-day issues.


From the rear cover

Do you ever feel as if you and your child speak different languages?

Does your teenager fly into a rage when you ask a simple question?

Does your toddler wage the Battle of Bedtime each night?

Here's help from bestselling communications expert Suzette Haden Elgin. As the mother of five and grandmother of nine, Dr. Elgin has spent a lifetime talking with kids both personally and professionally. In this refreshingly direct and down-to-earth book, she shows you how to talk to your child about anything and everything--positively, productively, and above all, peacefully. Her personal approach employs realistic parent/child scenarios and dialogues to illustrate how it is possible to have communication without confrontation.

Her techniques will help you:

  • Be a better listener
  • Speak firmly, yet compassionately
  • Spot early warning signs such as anger, sulking, and moodiness
  • Handle a wide variety of problems, from bedtime and bathtime encounters to more serious issues such as self-esteem, teen pregnancy, and drug abuse
  • Give special attention to the needs of a technically savvy "cyberchild"

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  • Title The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids
  • Author Suzette Haden Elgin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-02-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780471039969 / 0471039969
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 5.87 x 0.51 in (23.42 x 14.91 x 1.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Parent and child, Communication in the family
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96203552
  • Dewey Decimal Code 646.78

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/1996, Page 902

About the author

SUZETTE HADEN ELGIN, Ph.D., is the founder of the Ozark Center for Language Studies. Her bestselling Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense books include Genderspeak and You Can't Say That to Me!, both from Wiley. She and her family live near Huntsville, Arkansas.
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