Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition

A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Including real-life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning best seller - voted one of the top 20 parenting books - provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children.

Do you ever wonder why your child acts the way he or she does? Are you at a loss regarding your child's emotional intelligence and how to prevent meltdowns? Do you find yourself getting frustrated and feeling like you're at the end of your rope?

You are not alone! Many parents are dealing with the same challenges.

In Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition, parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, EdD, offers all parents a glimpse into what makes their children behave the way they do. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, this invaluable guide offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling the toughest times.

Dr. Kurcinka has devised a plan for success with a simple, four-step program that will help you discover the power of positive - rather than negative - labels; understand your child's and your own temperamental traits; cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur; and develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school, and many other situations.

In this third revised edition, you will find:

• More practical strategies to help you manage your own intensity (keep your cool)
• Effective discipline tips - including how to win cooperation and establish clear expectations and limits
• New strategies for managing the meltdowns - including how to prevent them in the future
• Revised tips for helping your spirited child fall asleep and stay asleep
• Revised tips for finding the school that fits your child
• Ideas for working with your child when he or she does not want to talk about emotions
• Steps to teaching your child how to be a problem solver, work well with others, and be more flexible
• And more!

Including quick tips for today's time-challenged parents, this newly updated edition of Raising Your Spirited Child will help you foster a supportive, encouraging, and loving environment for your children.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2015 Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, EdD (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

Helpful info, not the best narrator

I’m not going to bash this woman’s voice the way other reviewers have, but I will say that I found it hard to listen to after awhile. The voice shifts she makes for men and children became sort of grating or jarring after awhile, and it doesn’t help that some of the way it’s written at times — the dialogue — honestly doesn’t seem very realistic either. We’ve gleaned some very helpful info from the book but I wish the dialogue and narrator had been a bit different.

Good

Maybe just me, but I could not stand the voices used for children. It became like nails on a chalkboard. I wish she could have just read it in her own voice. The book itself was helpful, but sometimes seems like a little too over the top. Looking forward to reading others and putting it all together.

Insightful read!

very useful insight!! grateful for its recommendation from a child psychologist, I will be re reading.

Word-for-word description of my daughter

This book was an answer to prayer. it covers EVERYTHING! I am going to be reading and reading this book to implement all the principles taught.

slow start but so worth the listen

I had to speed it up a little, because she talks really slow. but after I did that the information she gives is invaluable. I've learned so many tricks and tips. it makes you appreciate your kid in another level. once you understand their point of view it's much easier to adapt and live with them

Truly exceptional book, very informative.

Very easy to listen to audio book. Narrator did a great job. This audio book is must read for anyone dealing with a spirited child. The author provides explanations for different behaviors you might be experiencing with your child and she provides various solutions and tips to help.

loved it

very thorough and spot on in so many aspects and so much to learn from. I absolutely appreciate all that has been given for advice in this book. already have improvements from implementation of the ways of avoiding future issues by seeing them before they occur.
planning ahead!

Worth the read but somewhat boring.

Worth the read but somewhat boring. The 1st 2 hours drag but you start to see where you can implement advice with your kiddos from there.

Narration needs work

This book has been amazing for our family- it has had an impact on my spirited kiddo and our parenting. However, the narrator is awful. Her voices for the different characters are grating and she can sometimes sound seductive, which is totally the wrong tone for this book. It took a lot of work to get through this audiobook without distraction.

Helpful book for parents and care providers

This book has been incredibly helpful for me as the parent of a spirited child. I think daycare providers and teachers will also benefit greatly from the information and tools presented in this book. Anyone responsible in anyway for the success of children will be immensely more successful in their endeavor as a result of reading this book. Many children, parents, educators and care providers will directly benefit from more adults reading, digesting, and integrating this information into their daily interactions with others.