Jennifer Lehr

ParentSpeak (eBook, ePUB)

What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children--and What to Say Instead

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A smart, funny, provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak"-those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children, from "Good job!" to "Can you say thank you?"-that advocates for a more conscious approach to parenting based on respect and love for the child as an individual.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761189008
• Artikelnr.: 44830476

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Lehr is the author of PARENTSPEAK: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children—and What to Say Instead. She's also the author of Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex, an Elle must-read. She writes about parenting on her site, jenniferlehr.com, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introduction: The Pervasiveness of Parentspeak . . . 1
THESE MANIPULATE
Chapter 1: “Good Job!” . . . 6
Chapter 2: “Who’s My Big Boy?” . . . 35
THESE OBJECTIFY
Chapter 3: “You’re So Cute!” . . . 62
Chapter 4: “Give Grandma a Kiss!” . . . 81
THESE MICRO-MANAGE
Chapter 5: “Be Careful!” . . . 100
Chapter 6: “Can You Say ‘Thank You’?” . . . 119
Chapter 7: “Share!” . . . 133
Chapter 8: “Say ‘Sorry’!” . . . 147
THIS DISTRESSES
Chapter 9: “Tickle, Tickle, Tickle!” . . . 160
THESE INVALIDATE
Chapter 10: “You’re Okay!” . . . 170
Chapter 11: “Behave Yourself!” . . . 191
THESE THREATEN
Chapter 12: “I Said, ‘Right Now’!” . . . 209
Chapter 13: “Do You Want a Time-Out?” . . . 225
Chapter 14: “Do You Want a Spanking?” . . . 243
Afterword: All That Said . . . 259
Resources . . . 265
Acknowledgments . . . 271