The Child Whisperer

The Ultimate Handbook for Raising Happy, Successful, and Cooperative Children

By: Carol Tuttle

Narrated by: Carol Tuttle

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

You've been there - feeling helpless, clueless, when a child you love totally bewilders you.

Maybe it's the tantrum at the store, or the hour-long bedtime battle, or the head-scratcher of getting your child to eat veggies. You wonder what on earth to do, so you get advice, read books, watch videos, ask the internet. And still, something's missing.

You need a plan that addresses your child's needs, not everyone else's. Why couldn't children come with a handbook?

Turns out, children are born with a handbook: they are the handbook.

In The Child Whisperer, best-selling author Carol Tuttle explains that children tell their parents every day exactly how they need to be parented. They tell their teachers exactly how they need to be taught. Children are trying to tell adults who they are so they can be recognized and treated in a way that honors them uniquely.

The Child Whisperer reveals that the key to raising happy, healthy, cooperative children lies in understanding and responding to a child's inner nature.

Children's true natures are written in the shape of their faces and expressed daily in their appearance, body language, tone of voice, and choice of words. Your child's unique laugh, cry, joys, worries, and even tantrums speak volumes about the type of parenting they need. And you'll learn exactly how to offer it by listening to The Child Whisperer.

This simple but unique approach actually makes parenting more intuitive, fun, cooperative, and most importantly customized to your individual child.

The Child Whisperer will give you the tools to:

• Have a happier, more cooperative child, using less discipline
• Foster more confidence and natural success in your child
• Repair trouble parent/teen relationships
• Reconnect with your adult children

The Child Whisperer teaches how to read unsaid clues that children naturally give every day, and shows how parenting, teaching, coaching, and mentoring children can be an even more intuitive, cooperative experience than ever.

©2012 Carol Tuttle (P)2012 Carol Tuttle

Ears bleed from the verbatim read out.

Her reading verbatim, line after line makes me want to go jump off a cliff. Really. Fantastic content, however her attempt in delivery makes it unbearable to listen to. She is a wonderful, developed woman, she shouldn't have to read it terribly monotone like she did. She's a wonderful guest on talk shows, that's what made me buy her audio book... She should've reciprocated that same character in her sharing this valuable knowledge.
Fantastic system though. Just hope that she could perhaps do a redo so I could tell all my friends

Dry oratory

Excellent content. Exactly what I wanted to learned more about. Unfortunately for an audio book, the reading by Tuttle was pretty dry. I was surprised by this since I know she is not just famous for her books but for her public speaking and conferences she does. Normally I love it when an author reads their own book, but her intonation and fluctuation in voice is really lacking.

A different kind of parenting book.

What did you love best about The Child Whisperer?

The information contained in this book is very helpful to understanding children and what motivates their behavior. Having this understanding helps me work with my child more effectively.

What three words best describe Carol Tuttle’s performance?

Performance of the book is rather cut and dry. She is reading directly, just passing on the information. The worth of this book comes from her information rather than the performance. I really don't see how "performance" of an informational book could be very exciting or entertaining.

Any additional comments?

The information contained here is very valuable to any parent, any person dealing with children. Or even other people. You'll no longer be saying "WHY did you do that?" and hopefully, you'll also be able to accept your children as they are and be better able to work with them.

Narration Fast-Paced

I am only at about chapter 8 of the book, but man, this narration is fast. Carol Tuttle is a decent narrator, but it feels like she’s just reading it quickly rather than actually talking with you. That’s fine and dandy in ways, but sometimes I feel like I need to listen to parts over again because it was too quick to really understand. Different ideas aren’t separated by a pause or anything. I typically like a faster narration, and I even tend to listen to many books at the 1.25x sped, but this was a bit much. I would’ve just liked a bit more fluctuation in tempo to feel more like a lecture or a conversation rather than someone quickly reading straight from the book.

Mindless drivel

Do not waste your download on this. The entire book is based on the author's phony baloney beliefs. Her techniques and advice have no scientific or psychological roots. It's mere hokum.

Should be slower

Book is great! I love the author and the entire subject. However, unfortunately, the narrator sounds like a race horse. It is like she is trying to finish this in a set time. She is trying to be clear on the words but because she is rushing it so much, it is very hard to focus on the story. Instead of a smooth easy reading, it is feels more like that she is running super fast and I find myself trying to chase her. It is about children and the information given is very important. Wish it was easier to audio read it. Now i have to read the actual hard copy book.

Lo máximo!

Este estudio está súper completo. Estoy feliz de escucharlo a tiempo y poder mejorar la manera en como criar a mis hijas.

Great guidance!

Truly some wholesome and intelligent advice for new parents! I like how she also addressed things she wished she had done differently as a parent as well. Only downfall was the audio reading itself was somewhat without voice inflection and robotic, but otherwise content is great.

Just not sure

This is my first introduction to energy profiling, so maybe I need more time to get used to it. I'm just not sure I believe it all.

That said, this book did help me to recognize the importance of valuing my child for who s/he is and not trying to force attitudes that may be counter to her/his nature.

As for the performance, I struggled in the beginning with the piano noise. It became less frequent in subsequent chapters. The author feels like she's reading and could come across as more dynamic and engaging.

So dry I am returning it

I was soo excited to get this book but she makes it impossible to listen too. Her voice and lack of inflection in her voice makes listening to this book impossible.

very helpful

I loved the content of this book. the author certainly knows her stuff. I found the narration a little difficult to listen to sometimes but I slowed down the audio and that helped. overall a really helpful book. I'm implementing a lot of the advice with my children and noticing changes in our home already

a bit 'alternative' approach but works

so we've been following Carol Tuttle through the child whisperer website and following the principles loosely since we had our first child 4 years ago. I bought the book to help me understand our son better and found it matching a lot of the Child Whisperer content available online but good to have it gathered in one place. we found it actually does work and helps us to create a more peaceful home. we are now using it in conjunction with How to talk so that little (2-7) kids listen. it works for us

This book will change your life

I have read Carol's adult book Live Your Truth, but still had not totally settled on what my energy profile was. However hearing about this book put me in touch with my childhood and how I relayed to my parents and enabled me to come to a successful conclusion.
I love the way that Carol is so respectful towards children and encourages parents to also be.
It is very useful to be able to understand how the children I know relate to the word.
I am recommending this book to all the parents I have contact with.
I found that Carol's reading in the first part of the book left me stressed. I was thinking that a type 2 patent would have difficulty listening to it. Fortunately she slowed her pace and became calmer as she read about the type 2 movement. And the rest of the book was easier on my nerves.
That being said I still recommend this book very highly if you want to improve your relationships with your children, spouse and any human actually, especially yourself.