What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Stress Tolerance, Motivation, and a Happy Home

What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Stress Tolerance, Motivation, and a Happy Home

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  • Create Date:2021-08-18 06:20:58
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Ned Johnson
  • ISBN:B08SP4CQ57
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Summary

A guide to effectively communicating with teenagers by the best-selling authors of 'The Self-Driven Child'

If you're a parent, you've had a moment - maybe many of them - when you've thought, How did that conversation go so badly? At some point after the sixth grade, the same kid who asked why non-stop at age four suddenly stops talking to you。 And the conversations that you wish you could have - ones fueled by your desire to see your kid not just safe and healthy, but passionately engaged - suddenly feel nearly impossible to execute。 The good news is that effective communication can be cultivated, learned, and taught。 And as you get better at this, so will your kids。

Johnson and Stixrud have 60 years combined experience talking to kids one-on-one, and the most common question they get when out speaking to parents and educators is: What do you say? While many adults understand the importance and power of the philosophies behind the books that dominate the parenting bestseller list, parents are often left wondering how to put those concepts into action。 In 'WHAT DO YOU SAY?', Johnson and Stixrud show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, beginning with defining and demonstrating the basic principles of listening and speaking。 Then they show new ways to handle specific, thorny topics of the sort that usually end in parent/kid standoffs: delivering constructive feedback to kids; discussing boundaries around technology; explaining sleep and their brains; the anxiety of current events; and family problem-solving。 'WHAT DO YOU SAY?' is a manual and map that will immediately transform parents' ability to navigate complex terrain and train their minds and hearts to communicate ever more successfully。



Running Time => 10hrs。

©2021 Ned Johnson, Bill Stixrud, and Edward Suffern Johnson (P)2021 Penguin Audio

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Reviews

Katherine Lewis

Practical, compassionate and relevant advice for parents and families on helping kids with school, social-emotional skills, building responsibility, and life's challenges。 Somehow, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson manage to be informed and authoritative while also being conversational and not preachy。 I never felt bad about my parenting while reading this book, and yet I found myself screenshooting SO many pages on my kindle because of the language and phrasing that I want to adopt with my kids。 Practical, compassionate and relevant advice for parents and families on helping kids with school, social-emotional skills, building responsibility, and life's challenges。 Somehow, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson manage to be informed and authoritative while also being conversational and not preachy。 I never felt bad about my parenting while reading this book, and yet I found myself screenshooting SO many pages on my kindle because of the language and phrasing that I want to adopt with my kids。 Anxiety, avoidance and stress are running rampant with parents, families and children, and this book is an important piece of the answer。 Highly recommend for anyone working with children。 。。。more