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Title: Try and Make Me!: Simple Strategies That Turn Off the Tantrums and Create Cooperation by Ray, Phd Levy, Bill O'Hanlon, Tyler Norris Goode ISBN: 0-451-20645-2 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Simple strategies that turn off the tantrums!!!!!!!
Comment: I am one of those frustrated parent who have an extremely hard head 2 yrs old son who like having a tantrum several times a day at least! We felt so ineffective in disciplining him.
In this book, Child therapists Ray Levy, Ph.D. and Bill O'Hanlon offer a revolutionary approach on how to parent your difficult child's behavior. It was written in a simple conversational style that make it easy to understand and apply. This is a truely helpful manual for parents with kids from 2 to 12. It teaches you how to take loving but firm charge of the difficult child while keeping your cool!!!!!
Rating: 2
Summary: Okay except one thing
Comment: I find the book quite useful in outlining strategies on dealing with non-compliant children. However, one thing I can't get past is the recommended 'hold down' approach. The authors justified that method with their experience, but I can't imagine what this teaches the child - 'I can hold you down because I'm stronger than you'. You can only do this for so long, and it advocates violence, no matter how they defend it. They said children actually become more loving as a result. Maybe those children just become more accepting of things because they deem their parents as unpredictable and willing to resort to 'violence'?
Rating: 1
Summary: Horrible . . . Don't waste your money or your time
Comment: My main complaint about this book is its patronizing, dehumanizing portrayal of both children and parents. The children are referred to as "terrors" and are readily assigned labels which make it easy for the writers to pigeonhole their negative behaviors. They are dehumanized as monsters who exist solely to cause their parents emotional pain and social embarrassment. Parents are similarly portrayed as charicatures by being unusually docile, lacking in confidence and feeble in their discipline attempts. These do not seem to be real world, average folk.
There's a great deal of parental controlling recommended, and virtually no consideration of treating the child like a human with unique feelings and emotions. Having parents respect the child is not at all important.
I want to raise smart, socially savvy children who respect the rights and talents of others. This book does not support my goals and has become one of the very few books I have tossed in the trash. If you want more balanced guidance on handling disciplinary problems, please try a different book.
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