Book Review - Your Children Are Listening

About the Book

Childhood is a precious window when conscious parenting can make a world of difference. YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING: Nine Messages They Need to Hear from You (The Experiment/dist. by Workman/June 2011/$13.95) offers a fresh way for parents to evaluate and practice what is best for their children. Dr. Taylor explains in practical terms how you can communicate essential positive messages to your children.

Dr. Taylor illustrates the value of parenting “on message” and reveals nine positive messages—on love, competence, security, compassion, gratitude, Earth, respect, responsibility, and emotion—that are essential for helping children develop into mature, thoughtful, and value-driven people.

Parents (even often unwittingly) send messages to their children many different ways—and Dr. Taylor explains the ways children can misinterpret them. Parents will learn why the messages they send to their children are so important; the different “conduits” through which parents send messages to their children; “message blockers” that prevent their messages from getting through; and, how to communicate healthy messages consciously and clearly.

Dr. Taylor provides parents with kid-friendly catchphrases, activities, and games that will teach children to think about and ingrain positive messages. And he explains how to incorporate them in daily rituals that are not only more effective than lecturing or scolding, but actually fun for the entire family.

The nine positive messages that Dr. Taylor shares in the book will smooth the sometimes-rocky journey through childhood and set children on the path to a happy and well-adjusted adulthood.

About the Author

JIM TAYLOR, PHD, has worked with young people, parents, and educators for more than 25 years. He is the author of 11 previous books including Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child. He appears frequently on national and local TV, is regularly quoted by major print media, and blogs on parenting for psychologytoday.com, huffingtonpost.com, and other prominent web sites. He lives with his family north of San Francisco. To learn more about Dr. Taylor, visit www.drjimtaylor.com.
My Take on the Book


Dr. Taylor takes many of the important messages that as parents we are trying to instill in front of his readers in an easy to understand way that all will appreciate. Too often the messages that we are trying to convey gets lost. Whether this is due to our own miscommunications, or if there is outside interference, we have continual issues in trying to convey these messages so that they both listen and hear the message itself.

This book helps parents to relate to their children and hopefully our children to better relate to us in the end.Not only does the book share personal examples of people, but it brings in strong research to support his claims as well.

The author takes a compassionate tone that makes the book easy to read and it is easy to see that he is on a mission to help parents and children to grow mutually together.

Overall this book was great, and if you are looking for a book that will make you re-evaluate your own techniques and how you are coming across to your own kids, this book is an amazing one to have in your collection!

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