Review
‘Biddulph… has a built-in feel good factor. Parenting books too often make one fell inadequate, but Biddulph’s left me refreshed and optimistic.’
Serena Alloh, The Express
Product Description
This book – a classic worldwide bestseller – aims to let parents be themselves and children grow up happy, full of self-esteem and feeling loved.
Steve Biddulph lets you into the mind of your child to show how the positive ways in which you relate to a child will have a strong effect on growing self esteem, responsibility, stable emotions and present and future happiness.
He shows how negative language will affect children and explains why children may rebel and how you should deal with any discipline problem that should occur.
You will find out how kids experience emotions such as anger, fear, apathy. Other issues are discussed such as fathering, ages and stages, stopping tantrums before they start, and curing shyness.
The book is full of scenarios, familiar dialogues and case histories with cartoons.
From the Publisher
From the Back Cover
'The Secret of Happy Children' helps you with parent child communication from babyhood to teens. It has received widespread praise around the world as a book which gives you heart to be more yourself as a parent – stronger, more loving, more definite, more relaxed.
Steve Biddulph, who has worked as a family therapist for over twenty years, here reveals what is happening inside childrens’ minds and what to do about it. You’ll find yourself letting go of old, negative approaches, and freeing up more energy to enjoy your children and your life.
Steve Biddulph answers all of the questions he is most often asked:
• Stopping tantrums before they start
• Curing shyness in your children
• The skills of fathering
• How to cure whinging kids
• Being a single parent – how to make it easier
• Kids and TV
• Food and behaviour – it makes a huge difference
• The ten minutes that can save your marriage
HUMOROUS, EASY TO READ, SENSIBLE AND PRACTICAL – THIS BOOK HELPS TO MAKE CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAPPIER!
About the Author
Steve Biddulph has worked as a family therapist since the 1970s. He is also the author of More Secrets of Happy Children ( Thorsons pub date April 1999) and Raising Boys (Thorsons pub date Sept 98). He is an internationally respected child psychologist with an ever-increasing following.
