The Pocket Parent by Gail Reichlin, Caroline Winkler Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Pocket Parent
Book Review: Ok-not exactly the HG of parenting books
Summary: 2 Stars
Just an ok book-I like that you can look up what you need very easily except for having to read an entire book to find what your looking for-and they do have some useful tips but I think its just very very basic tips. Nothing groundbreaking. Im dealing with a toddler and various toddler-type issues and though they address them in the book, I still feel like I need more as the tips are just basic practical run of the mill.Book Review: Parenting, not problem solving
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a book of parenting advice, not problem solving advice. I was looking for creative ideas for how to keep my toddler from screaming when I wash his hair, or, as another reviewer noted, how to get him to quit picking his nose. I think most people who would be interested in this book are beyond the diaper bag stage, and I don't know in whose pocket it would fit. The book does contain good advice about setting limits, respecting the child, and modeling appropriate behavior - pretty standard stuff for 21st century parents. I will use it as a reference book, but you won't see me whipping it out in the middle of Wal-Mart.Book Review: Parents - Not the best book on discipline or behaviour
Summary: 1 Stars
This book has some practical tips, but mostly it's very shallow and I don't think it addresses the real problems that come up with raising families and children.Book Review: Perfect Parenting Companion
Summary: 5 Stars
I find this book to be immensely helpful with the everyday struggles I face as a parent. The authors give multiple strategies so I can find the ones that will suit my situation. Aside from the appropriate and helpful advice, the book's greatest selling point is how easy it is to use. It literally provides parenting problems with excellent solutions in accessible alphabetical order (in a convenient size to carry in your bag).Book Review: Pocket Parent Helps a Grandma
Summary: 5 Stars
Pocket Parent offers a wide variety of specific tips to try in different situations in order to get more cooperation from my 4-year-old granddaughter. I also have used some of the communication strategies on Grandpa and even he seems to cooperate more--the first time I ask! I realize that when I am short of time and patience, it's easy to resort to the things that don't often work like yelling, nagging, threatening and criticizing. This quick read reference book clearly gives hundreds of wise alternatives with great "word for word" examples to follow. Although some of the tips take practice, many suggestions have already worked for me. I also appreciate the humor...we all need to know we are not the only ones that ocassionally feel we are just about at our wits' end! Raising children today is definitely not easy, but it's the most wonderful job in the world...especially the second time around with the grandchildren!
The Pocket Parent is a fun, easy to use, "grandparent-friendly" guide that I highly recommend to my generation as well.
Also recommended: BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD, by Haim Ginott..."the guru" of my generation...which is the philosophy The Pocket Parent is based on. I noticed that Alice Ginott recently helped revise her late husband's highly respected parenting classic.