Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline

31 reviews for Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline

1. Rebel Girl

   Rated 4 out of 5

   March 8, 2022

   Wonderful Ideology and Examples

   I love this book and recommend it often! The only reason I give it a 4 is that chapter 11, which is supposed to show you how to apply the principals t...More

   I love this book and recommend it often! The only reason I give it a 4 is that chapter 11, which is supposed to show you how to apply the principals taught in the rest of the book, falls very very short in my opinion. It confused me. I feel that she contradicts herself. This chapter just does not fit with the rest of the book for me. That said, the majority of this book presents a lot of really great ideas that make total sense! The examples she gives throughout the book are also excellent and prove that there is practical application for these ideas even if the chapter dedicated to that purpose does not exemplify this fact.

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   Coco

   Rated 4 out of 5

   March 8, 2022

   Wish I had this when my 5yr old was 3!

   I found myself mad at my 5 year old all the time, and very short tempered around him. It felt like I was always saying 'no' or 'stop that'. It got to ...More

   I found myself mad at my 5 year old all the time, and very short tempered around him. It felt like I was always saying 'no' or 'stop that'. It got to the point where I didn't even want to take him anywhere because I didn't want to have to correct him the whole time we were there. In short, I was not having fun being a mom. This book was recommended to me and I started reading it thinking, 'oh my gosh, I do that, is that wrong? Is that why he acts this way? Is that why I act that way?' The book showed me where I had made some poor parenting choices and how re-phrasing things or giving my son real choices he was in charge of could make a big difference. I started changing the way I disciplined him immediately and it has made an immense difference! I've even got my husband to read it because he can see the change in both my son and me. I'm not angry all the time, my son isn't in time-out all the time. We're not fighting about getting dressed and getting in the car, and all the other things that are daily life chores that were once difficult. My style of parenting wasn't working and something had to change. This book made that change happen and has made our house and happier place. Don't get me wrong, there are still hiccups- but it doesn't turn ugly anymore. I only wish that I had known about this book when my son was 3.5 instead of 5, a lot of things could have been avoided!

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