• The 5 Love Languages of Children

  • The Secret to Loving Children Effectively
  • By: Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell
  • Narrated by: Chris Fabry
  • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,462 ratings)

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By: Gary Chapman,Ross Campbell
Narrated by: Chris Fabry
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You love your child, but does your child feel loved?

Every child has a unique way of feeling loved. When you discover your child's love language - and how to speak it - you can build a solid foundation for your child to trust you and flourish as he or she grows.

In this audiobook for parents, teachers, single parents, and more, Drs. Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell offer practical advice for how to:

  • Discover and speak your child's love language - in dozens of ways!
  • Use the love languages to help your child learn best
  • Discipline and correct more lovingly and effectively

©2016 Moody Publishers (P)2016 Oasis Audio

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"good content beware, heavy on religion "

i think the content of the book is good... my issue is I didn't realize I was buying a book about religion. far too many times the book implies to be a good parent you need to be a follower if the Christian religion, for your children to be happy, they have to believe in Jesus. The book also implies parents must stay together for happy children, that the only reasons for a single parent household is divorce or death, that there are only traditional families. The only religion mentioned by name in the book is the Christian religion. the book would have been more effective for me at least without the heavy religious tone getting in the way, or at least having know. about it at the time of purchase.

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So valuable

I am starting much later than I should with learning these lessons.
My daughter is 24 and pregnant with her second child. She has been through a painful past of divorce and her own marriage is rocky.
My stepson is 16 and very willful and uncommunicative
I plan to use the principles in this book to help with our relationships
I want to be the loving parent and grandparent that they need
Thank you so much for making this book available on audio

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Some good ideas, but christian propaganda ruins it

This is a decent book, with some genuinely good thoughts on love and parenting, however some parts of the books are trying too hard to tie in christianity.
It makes the book feel cheap, and it actually lessens the value of some of the book, since it should be about family, and family is always important, no matter what you believe in, if anything at all.

This is perhaps a marketing ploy to sell more in the US, but for me as a European it just seems uneducated and cheap.

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Useful and Hopeful

While I knew this was coming from a Christian background I was still shaken by the harsh and depressing outlook on single parents. As well as the absence of a two parent one gender family. But put that aside and the content is still useful and really tries to give parents of children at any age hope that they can still improve their relationships

Basic premise is really useful and lots of the examples help paint a broad picture of how to make these ideas your own. While I don't agree with it all I definitely changed my behavior immediately as a parent. The guidance was grounding as a mother of two young children- my relationship with my oldest- a 3yr old, has already improved. Im putting it on my husband's list of books to read.

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Stereotypical and at times insulting

I don't care for the way this author presents the ideas, although they have value. For one, he over-states the 'risks' when parents aren't able to perfectly and continuously offer their child their preferred love language.
For one, this parent-shaming approach leads to unnecessary guilt as we are encouraged to try to be perfect parents.
Secondly, the examples of all the things that might not go perfectly in individuals' life path are better attributed to other factors such as neurobiology, life experiences such as traumas and loss, and external social milieu. Not that someone's otherwise present, loving, supportive parents did not hug them enough.
I also tired quickly of the author's examples of narrow, sterotyed gender roles of children and adults: " dad wrestles, mom caresses " ...."mom is at home, dad is at work" .... give me a break. This is not aimed at modern parents.
My final qualm is the cloying, patronizing effect of the narrator's reading style. It sounded like a long infomercial.

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Excellent for all ages from young parents to grandparents!

Whether you work in the education system, church, or a parent this book is excellent to understanding and meeting the love language of children of all ages.
This book was helpful for me as a parent to look back at what may need addressed in my younger years as a parent to my 3 adult children now age 34 to 45. It is never too late to open up communication and gain understanding and wisdom over misunderstandings and offenses in life.
As a grandparent it helps me with supporting my grown children and being loving and nurturing to my 4 grandchildren. I highly recommend this book!

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Everything I was hoping for and then some!

Easy to listen to. Real anecdotes and doable suggestions that WORK. Also chapters for single parents, divorced, and married advice. If you are hesitating-stop and just get this book. I have shared it with the parents of struggling kids/teens...and without fail those who actually implement these principles consistently are ASTOUNDED by the results. I love to give this as a gift to new parents too.

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Some gems, too much god/religion

There are definitely some gems of advice in this book but the author seems to think that Christian values are the core of successful relationships. He also seems to think either a family is intact or one parent has abandoned the family altogether; seemingly ignoring a separated family where both parents are still active. Those were some annoying details for me but otherwise some good perspective.

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Find their way to love

3 children, all of them love and need to be loved differently. Gary's book helped me find my wife's language and really brings it to life as my kids grow and start to develop the way they need to be loved. This book is a must to help parents for the future or to help fix what we've done in the past. Great read/listen!

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good book but...

the only issue for me was one it's already a short book and it repeats a lot of what was said in the "5 love languages" book.

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