Time-Out for Parents: A Compassionate Approach to Parenting

I love this book and go back to it often when I find myself having a lot of conflict with my son. The message is simple enough that it's easy to remember and implement- if you find yourself struggling with your kids, take a look inside yourself and see what could be contributing to it on your end. Fix that, and most of the time the problem melts away. It's not the solution for every problem, but I can definitely say that whenever I find myself really getting into it with my son, if I take I step back I can see I'm tired, hungry, or burnt out. A must read for anyone who's interested in compassionate, gentle parenting. I took off one star for the goofy font. Makes it harder to read. I don't think anyone over the age of 12 should publish things in handwriting-style fonts.

My husband is interested in Zen and he bought this book for us to read. I feel like if I could actually implement its wisdom, I would be a very good parent. In the meantime, I keep it by my bedside and re-read it from time to time to help me remember the important things, especially when I'm losing it with my kids. Huber suggests when we're at the end of our ropes to remember how much we wanted our child before he or she was born, how innocent she was, and how much we love them. So when my son hurled a spatula across the kitchen at dinner tonight, I thought of that. It didn't stop me from wanting to scream with frustration (this was the 23rd time he'd freaked out in about 5 minutes) but it helped.

This was a great little book! I really enjoyed reading it, and will definately implement the suggestions in it.

This book made so much sense and although I think I have been fairly sane and loving mother to my 3 year old, using what I learnt in this book has just made both our lives so much easier. It works!