It Works!!

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	• The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and ... Harvey Karp, Paula Spencer Bantam, 2005 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 112 reviews view larger image
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Good

The book is good, fun in some ways, but I do not agree with everything he says... I still rather Tracy Hoggs. But the book is a good complement for Tracy's, it has a few points she doesn't cover.

It Works!!

Yes, speaking toddler-ese to our one year old son works to calm tantrums. It worked the first time I tried it and then didn't seem to be working, so I quit because it's kind of embarrassing to do, especially in front of other adults. I started again, at home, because I had to do something. Gradually, it started to work more and more. I am now a convert. He quiets down now much faster. He looks me in the eye and looks at me like I understand. I am so happy!! Thank you Dr. Karp.

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It works

After using the suggestions in this book, my 18 month old goes quietly to bed. Before, he would yell and scream until we were a bag of nerves.
It is like a miracle!

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Toddlers can drive you bonkers?so adorable and fun one minute?so stubborn and demanding the next! Yet, as unbelievable as it sounds, there is a way to turn the daily stream of ?nos? and ?don?ts? into ?yeses? and hugs?if you know how to speak your toddler?s language. In one of the most useful advances in parenting techniques of the past twenty-five years, Dr. Karp reveals that toddlers, with their immature brains and stormy outbursts, should be thought of not as pint-size people but as pintsize?cavemen.

Having noticed that the usual techniques often failed to calm crying toddlers, Dr. Karp discovered that the key to effective communication was to speak to them in their own primitive language. When he did, suddenly he was able to soothe their outbursts almost every time! This amazing success led him to the realization that children between the ages of one and four go through four stages of ?evolutionary? growth, each linked to the development of the brain, and each echoing a step in prehistoric humankind?s journey to civilization:

? The ?Charming Chimp-Child? (12 to 18 months): Wobbles around on two legs, grabs everything in reach, plays a nonstop game of ?monkey see monkey do.?
? The ?Knee-High Neanderthal? (18 to 24 months): Strong-willed, fun-loving, messy, with a vocabulary of about thirty words, the favorites being ?no? and ?mine.?
? The ?Clever Caveman? (24 to 36 months):
Just beginning to learn how to share, make friends, take turns, and use the potty.
? The ?Versatile Villager? (36 to 48 months): Loves to tell stories, sing songs and dance, while trying hard to behave.

To speak to these children, Dr. Karp has developed two extraordinarily effective techniques:
1) The ?fast food? rule?restating what your child has said to make sure you got it right;
2) The four-step rule?using gesture, repetition, simplicity, and tone to help your
irate Stone-Ager be happy again.

Once you?ve mastered ?toddler-ese,? you will be ready to apply behavioral techniques specific to each stage of your child?s development, such as teaching patience and calm, doing time-outs (and time-ins), praise through ?gossiping,? and many other strategies. Then all the major challenges of the toddler years?including separation anxiety, sibling rivalry, toilet training, night fears, sleep problems, picky eating, biting and hitting, medicine taking ? can be handled in a way that will make your toddler feel understood. The result: fewer tantrums, less yelling, and, best of all, more happy, loving time for you and your child.

From the Hardcover edition.

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