The most important book I've ever read

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	• The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ... Ross W. Greene Harper Paperbacks, 2005 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 152 reviews view larger image
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Concerned Grandma

My daughter has been concerned about her 2 yr. old's meltdowns. This book gave all of some ideas on how to handle the situations. Thank you.

You've said it all...

This book and the previous reviews speak for themselves. Buy it. Use it. Get the DVD's. If you're a practitioner, get the Treating Explosive Children (2006) version.

Dennis I. Saller, MS
School Psychologist

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best for older children

I'd heard about this book from a friend who is a child psychologist and it seemed like the first step for us on the road to helping our son. However, he's only three years old and the book seems intended for the 8-12 year old set. I still found some of it useful however.

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The most important book I've ever read

If I had to choose the most important book I've ever read, the one that most influenced my life, the one book I could not afford to have missed, it would be this book.

We read it about seven years ago. My marginalia sprawled from the pages to the back covers, replete with emphatic circles, arrows and double underlines.

I'm sure I'd benefit from re-reading it, but, frankly, I've been living it for a long time. It's kind of burned into my brain.

There are some quibbles I have. Time outs, for example, work well if they're used as calming interventions that last from seconds to a minute (even though we call them "punishments" since that's what our son prefers, they are only to allow him time to calm himself).

The fundamentals, however, are as sound as can be. I most appreciate the modesty I remember. Greene is frank that not every child has a happy ending -- no matter the interventions. We're talking a serious struggle here.

There can be some funny side-effects when these methods are used for many years. We have three children, and for the sake of fairness all are raised with a similar approach (this is probably not the optimal approach for a neurotypical child, but it's not bad).

After seven years of teaching negotiation, they are somewhat mercenary, and they are very effective negotiators. Sometimes they'll settle for a penny or a vague promise, but they do see every request as an opportunity for negotiating something in return.

Well, there are worse outcomes.

Even if you have a merely difficult child, or straightforward ADHD, or mere high IQ autism, or simple Asperger's, you should read this book.

If you have an explosive child, you must read this book.

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