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As soon as you become a parent everyone (relatives, friends, baby product companies) becomes a soothsayer warning you of the terrible twos in much the same way as Caesar was told about the ides of March. There are a hundred and one guides on what to do, and if your child was a badly performing computer program they might be helpful. No one prepares you for what the day-to-day reality of living with a toddler will actually be like. The Emperor's Diaries is the journal of a mother and baby sharing that journey from the second to the third birthday. Anyone about to cross into this dangerous area of parenthood will not only empathise with the humour and realism of this book, but also find a series of essential tips and reassurance for surviving the experience of the terrible twos.
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Caroline Dunford has previously worked as a psychotherapist, a counsellor, a supervisor, a writer and a tutor - sometimes concurrently. Even working three jobs at once did not, in any way, prepare her for the onset of motherhood. Today, she is mother and, when her son allows, a freelance writer. She also writes fiction, and a long, long time ago she worked as a newspaper journalist, but is quite recovered now.
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This book is a diary of my experiences of living and learning with my son as he progressed from two years old to three years old or, as this is better known, through the Terrible Twos. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This book is a diary of my experiences of living and learning with my son as he progressed from two years old to three years old or, as this is better known, through the Terrible Twos. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Two year olds don't come with a manual (unfortunately) but if they did, this would be it. I've read countless books written by so called child behaviour 'experts' and child psychologists (many of whom don't even appear to have children themselves) and none of them have been anywhere near as appealing as this book by Caroline Dunford.
I don't want somebody giving me 'theoretical' advice of the should do's and shouldn't do's of bringing up a two year old. I want good, honest, practical advice written by someone who's been up to their neck in it and knows first hand what they're talking about. Caroline Dunford is just such a person.
I cried when I read this book. At last I feel like I'm being offered guidance by someone who understands me and who has experienced what I've gone through.
Parenthood isn't a spectator sport. If you want the best advice for playing the game, get it from someone who's been out on the field, not watching it through binoculars.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Having lived through the "terrible twos" myself, I wish I'd had this book to hand when I did. All to many books give you the opinions of experts, the "correct thing" to do, while all the time making you feel inadequate that your own toddler refuses to comply with the advice given from on-high.
Caroline Dunford's book isn't like this - she tells you the story of her year with her toddler, the self-proclaimed Emperor, as it happens. It gives you a sense of perspective that all toddlers are different, that the expert advice doesn't always work, and that - in the end - it doesn't matter, parents find a way to make it work.
It does contain advice, of course, but this is kept to side-bars, and you're left with the impression these were added to highlight problems the author had, and some approaches to solving them - rather than The One True Way of Toddler Raising.
If I had to buy only one book about dealing with a toddler, this would be the one. If I needed more advice to back it up, Christopher Green's "Toddler Taming" would take second place on my shelf.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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An incredibly warm, honest and funny account of one woman's ride on the high-speed, big-drop, corkscrew rollercoaster that is raising a two year old. Readers with little Emperors of their own will nod in recognition, smile in sympathy and be enormously reassured by the sensible, practical and child-positive advice for coping with the more challenging aspects of parenthood to which many are afraid or embarrassed to admit. Every hair-tearing, wall-chewing besieged diary entry is drenched with love and humour.
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A witty & reassuring read for any Mum or Dad with toddlers!
I bought this book on recommendation from another Mummy friend of mine whose son is a day younger than my 2+ year old daughter. Read more
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I have a two year old and was searching for help during this difficult time. I came across this book by accident, and I'm so glad I did! This book was fantastic! Read more
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The book wasn't that much help, as I realize my child is actually really well behaved compared to the child in this book. Read more
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Useful for parents and carers alike
I have no children myself but work as a freelance educator now and was a professional childcarer previously. Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2005 by J. Dawson
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"There are so many books about parenting on the country's bookshelves already, but How To Survive the Terrible Twos is a welcome addition. It doesn't preach. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2005
Both funny and practical
How to Survive the Terrible Twos charts a year in the life of the writer and her young son, the Emperor. Read more
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