The Loving Push, 2nd Edition

By: Temple Grandin, Debra Moore

Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Preparing Kids for the Real World and Their Best Selves

The greatest gifts we can give a child are those that help them grow into their best self. Parents and professionals alike strive to guide youngsters in developing a sense of self-worth and functioning in line with their highest capabilities. No matter what specific challenges a child may face, success is reaching the level of independence and engagement in the world they are realistically capable of achieving.

Since the 1st edition of our book, the prevalence rate of children diagnosed as autistic has continued to rise. Greater numbers of kids are transitioning into adulthood with a spectrum label than ever before. Researchers around the world churn out studies, many aimed at learning more about the factors that help autistic children learn and gain skills. Community awareness of autism has risen, and companies and colleges are taking notice.

©2022 Debra Moore and Temple Grandin (P)2022 Future Horizons, Inc.

a MUST READ for ASD parents!

I am grateful for everything in this book. My 12 year old son was misdiagnosed years ago. We just received his ASD diagnosis and I'm scrambling to find out how to help him. There's SO MUCH practical and easy to follow advice that will prepare your child, regardless of current age, for life during and after schooling. How to not only survive the real world, but thrive!
Oh, and we just watched the movie, Temple Grandin. It was so well done and showed us the world through ASD eyes. I'm on to Temple's next book.....

Essential advice for parents with kids on the spectrum 

I found this book to be highly helpful providing specifics ways to help my child learn to become independent in life skills. I did not realize that I was doing too much for my child in my efforts to protect her. This book helped me realize that I must teach my child to do things for herself at an early age and give her responsibility.

Useful advice, horrid narration

This is worth reading for the practical wisdom and useful advice. The section on gaming is immensely overblown - it needed to be about 1/3 the length. The points were very important but it was unnecessary to continue making them over and over for literally hours on end. I would advise parents to read this book rather than listening to it. The narrator was truly unskilled. She had a strange dialect that was perhaps a result of not speaking English as a first language, but I would have far preferred to hear whatever foreign accent she may have been attempting to conceal than the odd dialect quirks that remained. Also: SO. MANY. MISPRONUNCIATIONS. I truly can’t fathom how all those errors made it past an editor. In summary, read don’t listen.