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Parentspeak : what's wrong with how we talk to our children--and what to say instead
- Title
- Parentspeak : what's wrong with how we talk to our children--and what to say instead / Jennifer Lehr.
- Author
- Lehr, Jennifer, 1969-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Workman Publishing Co., Inc., 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 18-4800 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 276 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing more harm than good, offering meaningless approval instead of actually engaging with your child? Or that insisting "Can you say thank you?" is exactly the wrong way to go about teaching manners? Jennifer Lehr is a smart, funny, fearless writer who takes on "parentspeak" and, in the process, offers a conscious, compassionate approach to parenting"--
- "Good job!" "Behave yourself!" "Do you want a spanking?" That's "parentspeak" -- seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Lehr believes that a lot of current "parentspeak" is doing more harm than good: it's actually manipulative, micromanaging, and invalidating. Here she offers a more conscious approach to parenting based on respect and love for the child as an individual. -- adapted from back cover
- Alternative Title
- Parent speak : what's wrong with how we talk to our children--and what to say instead
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-270).
- Contents
- "Good job!" -- "Who's a big boy?" -- "You're so cute!" -- "Give grandma a kiss!" -- "Be careful!" -- "Can you say thank you?" -- "Share!" -- "Say sorry!" -- "Tickle, tickle, tickle!!" -- "You're okay!" -- "Behave yourself!" -- "I said, right now!" -- "Do you want a time out?" -- "Do you want a spanking?"
- Call Number
- JFD 18-4800
- ISBN
- 9780761181514
- 0761181512
- LCCN
- 2016041890
- OCLC
- 964931081
- Author
- Lehr, Jennifer, 1969- author.
- Title
- Parentspeak : what's wrong with how we talk to our children--and what to say instead / Jennifer Lehr.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Workman Publishing Co., Inc., 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-270).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-4800