The Pocket Parent by Gail Reichlin, Caroline Winkler Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Pocket Parent
Book Review: Many Alternative to Yelling, Bribing, Threatening, Criticizing & Punishing
Summary: 5 Stars
This A-Z quick read guidebook, focusing solely on toddler/preschooler behavior, is a unique collection of doable toddler strategies. THE POCKET PARENT gives moms and dads hundreds of choices to choose from as to how to handle whining, biting, hitting, tantrums, disrespectful attitude, meal and bedtime refusals, bad words, morning crazies, potty training, sibling fights, parent deafness, interrupting, not picking up the toys and much more. I love the fact that the subjects are in an A-Z arrangement and that each chapter stands alone... Actually each bulleted suggestion stands alone. You do not have to read the entire book to get a tip and some humor to make your day a little less stressful. The short anecdotes are fun to read and very familiar! They help me know for sure that I am not alone in the challanges I face daily.
Although there are a variety of A-Z behavior compendiums for sale, this is the ONLY one that has 400 pages written just for this age group on every annoying behavior you can think of.
Detailed, upbeat, comforting and loaded with suggestions that really work...at least once!
Book Review: Most Supportive Book on the Market Regarding 2-5 year olds
Summary: 5 Stars
Pocket Parent is our favorite toddler/preschool troubleshooting handbook for all those challenging behaviors that test your sanity... like power struggles, desrespectful attitude, quibbling siblings, bad words, potty training, lying, biting, the gimmmes, not listening, tantrums, whining and many others.
I love the easy to use A-Z format of this pocket guide written in hundreds of concise bullets of helpful suggestions and short anecdotes illustrating the point.
Written exclusively for the parents of 2-5 year olds, Pocket Parent is the very best book on the market today for practical tips, compassion and humor for both moms AND dads at a very reasonable price. My husband appreciated the oh-so-true dad stories (as many books are geared more to the moms).
Pocket Parent has lessened the yelling and punsihing in our house and we strongly recommend it to every family to consult as they need it. This book does not have to be read cover to cover. Each chapter stands alone and you can pick up some ideas to try in less than one minute. Also available in Spanish called "Manual para Padres."
PS...I noticed that many of the same communication techniques work very well on my 40 year old husband, too!
Book Review: OK for Quick Reference
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a fine book for a quick reference and/or a spouse or caregiver who does not have time or interest to read a lot on a particular subject.Book Review: OUR SUPPORTIVE #1 CHOICE OF PARENTING GUIDES
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I continue to find this refernce book to be the most helpful guide we own for suggestions in dealing with the challenging behavior of our 2 and 3 year old sons for 6 reasons:
1. We love the overall tone of the book and sense of humor throughout from the authors who are also parents themselves. We feel comforted that we are not alone in the daily challenges we face with our toddlers.
2. Pocket Parent clearly taught us (formerly very permissive parents) how to become STRICT disciplinarians who no longer allow our children to "rule the roost" and get their whining demands met all the time.
3. Pocket Parent offers hundreds of POSITIVE sensible strategies of how a parent can remain in COMPLETE CHARGE of the misbehaving child WITHOUT resorting to the more "automatic negative parenting pilot" reponses of yelling, nagging, bribing, threatening, ...(which were not working most of the time for us anyway!).
4. Pocket Parent suggestions (called sanity savers) are very practical and parent friendly...the book is not clinical nor condescending with "shoulds" and "donts" from "holier than thou experts."
5. Pocket Parent covers every behavior you can think of in an easy alphabetical, quick read bulleted format. We keep our copy in the bathroom to QUICKLY refer to again and again in our few moments of peace.
6. Pocket Parent is fun to read and priced very reasonably...this year's stocking stuffer for all our friends with 2-6 year olds.
Book Review: Ok - but not practical for any common cause
Summary: 2 Stars
It is a good book but is not practical for any blended family needs nor even for single family issues. These type of children are totally different than what a preschool teacher, Gail Reichlin, has pitched in her book. Even so, it would make a good gift for regular families for everyday craziness. I prefer other books when dealing with blended family issues...