How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen

Cracking the Parenting Code: 6 Clues to Solving the Mystery of Meeting Your Child's Needs H. Norman Wright has a simplistic way of helping instill truth into parents hearts and minds. Enjoyed the book, was very simple yet valuable.

I have appreciated Wright's book on Communication in Marriage, and thought this one could be helpful to get parents thinking about parenting and talking to children. And I have found it to be as good as it looks. Wright stresses letting your children be themselves and not trying to change their basic personalities. But he also gives ideas about helping your child to learn how to deal with their own special personalities. For example, if you have a child who takes a long time to think and respond, don't ask them to change, but give them extra time to think things through. I think every parent would benefit by thinking through what he has to say. I also recommend Tim Kimmel's Grace-based Parenting stimulating.