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June 1st 1997
(first published 1995)
by Moody Publishers
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Paperback, 224 pages
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1881273652
(isbn13: 9781881273653)
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Does your child speak a different language? Sometimes they wager for your attention, and other times they ignore you completely. Sometimes they are fi...more
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Read in August, 2007
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A Must Read For All Parents
I think this book is fascinating! I've noticed that my children, my spouse and I all have a love language that relates to them. The love language is your preferred way of giving & receiving love. What I loved most about this book is the knowledge that when you discipline a child in their love language it cuts really deep. For example, my daughter is a words of affirmation child, and when I correct her actions, she shuts down (even when I do it in the nicest way 'we can't touch that sweetie')...more
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Read in July, 2008
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anyone, but especially parents
My oldest child is much like me, but my second felt so different! But for the first time I'm understanding him, and this book may be the difference between a close relationship with him during these formative years, and a distant one.
This is the best parenting book I've read. In a nutshell: everyone shows love and desires love in return, but we do it in different ways. Those "ways" are called languages, and are condensed into five types. Receiving love in YOUR language ...more
This is the best parenting book I've read. In a nutshell: everyone shows love and desires love in return, but we do it in different ways. Those "ways" are called languages, and are condensed into five types. Receiving love in YOUR language ...more
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Now that you know my love language, will you use it against me? Seriously, compartamentalizing love into five expressions is a bit limited. To some it may help to understand why those "special" people don't meet our expectations, and how to accept their love expression (even though it may not mean much to my love language receptor). I was one of the unusual ones that couldn't figure out my love language... sort of like those personality/gift tests (dinc) that put me in the "I d...more
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Read in March, 2009
The authors expound on their theory that there are five different ways that people express and experience love: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts and acts of service. By the time kids are five or so, they say, the kids have started to have a preference (before then children just need love in all the languages all the time). Knowing your child's love language can help you to be sure that they know that you love them, which leads to all kinds of good things they'd like to t...more
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Read in December, 2008
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Any parent with kids living at home
If you have children, you should read this book. The love languages apply to more than just children of course, they relate to everyone, but this book focuses on relating the love languages to children.
The authors, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell say that by the ages of five or six you will be able to see characteristics of a dominant love language emerge in your child. The five love languages identified by the authors are 1) Quality Time, 2) Physical Touch, 3) Words of Affirmation,...more
The authors, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell say that by the ages of five or six you will be able to see characteristics of a dominant love language emerge in your child. The five love languages identified by the authors are 1) Quality Time, 2) Physical Touch, 3) Words of Affirmation,...more
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Read in April, 2008
I thought this book had some great insights. It has lots of things that we should already be doing to show love to our kids. Just a great reminder that not all kids are the same and that there are simple things we can do to reach the needs of each different child. I agreed with the philosophy behind it and I got a lot out of it.
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An excellent book for anyone who is married, engaged, or has children. What is your love language, and do you speak the same love language as your spouse? Or are you doing acts of love and he/she acts as if they don't care or appriciate them, then maybe you are not speaking their primary love language.
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Read in February, 2009
I found this book to be a great parenting resource!
Here are the basics of the book. Children have a primary language that they communicate love and receive love from parents. They are physical touch, quality time, acts of service, gifts, and praise. We need to give love through all 5 means so that they learn to give love in all those ways, but by using their primary language to fill their love tanks, they know that they are loved. Likewise, if we use their primary love language in a ...more
Here are the basics of the book. Children have a primary language that they communicate love and receive love from parents. They are physical touch, quality time, acts of service, gifts, and praise. We need to give love through all 5 means so that they learn to give love in all those ways, but by using their primary language to fill their love tanks, they know that they are loved. Likewise, if we use their primary love language in a ...more
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Kris Wells
I think everyone who has kids, or may have kids in the future, should read this book. The earlier, the better. I was even able to adapt some of the things I learned to my husband and myself.
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Read in December, 2008
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I think this is a wonderful book. Appropriate for any human. We all interact with humans on a daily basis: our spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend, siblings, parents, friends, coworkers, clients, etc, etc. They all need love from us, and this book helps us understand the fact that different people need love shown to them in different ways. Although this book is more specifically tailored to learning how to express love to our mates, it can also be applied on a wider scale to all of the relationships...more
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I thought that this is such a helpful book- It helps me to understand my kids so much better (especially the older 2). There is a test that they take to help the parent figure out what is their love language and then a lot of recommendations for the parent after discerning that. I liked that it really gets me focused on what each kid is looking for. I thought Logan needed hugs and found out that he craves quality time even more than hugs. Ashley likes gifts, affirmation, and service- totally ...more
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This book teaches about how people give and receive love in different ways. I LOVE IT!
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It is really helpful in a house where the spouses are opposites and the children pickup a combo of feeling from them and the grandparents(babysitters). As I got frustrated in not knowing why my child,(1 of 3), was feeling lonely when I hugged her everyday then read the book that her main LOVE LANGUAGE was spending time together, I realized that it was easier to stop for 15 minutes and be with her than to make her wait for me. You have to make time and be patient to see these changes but it's s...more
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Read in March, 2009
For book club, they are reading the original Five Love Languages book. I went to check it out from the library and saw this on the results page. The five love languages for children are the same as the ones listed for adults; the book just outlines different ways to figure out what language your child speaks and how to keep their love tank filled. It will be interesting to try some of the experiments with Adalyn and see if there are any changes in her behavior. Hmmm...
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just b/c we love someone doesn't mean that they feel that love. We each have ways that we prefer to be shown that we are loved or take certain things to mean that someone loves us. If someone doesn't know this preference, you can feel unloved b/c those needs are not being filled. I did not agree w/ all of the philosophy of the book (religious based) but liked the concept of the love languages and helps me as a parent to be sure to show my love to my children in all 5 ways until I know which one ...more
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Read in March, 2009
For me, this was one of those books you skim through rather than read every page. And I skipped some chapters completely. This may have been b/c it seemed like a repeat of "The Five Love Languages, How to express heartfelt commitment to your spouse", which I read last year. I'd recommend reading one or the other, not both. After reading the book, I think Sage's primary love language is quality time. How do your kids primarily feel love? (physical touch, words of affirmation, quality ti...more
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Read in October, 2008
I was given this book by a woman in my book club. I'm not a church-goer, and I rarely shop in bookstores or browse the "self-help" section at the library, so I hadn't heard of this author or this series of books. I brought my new copy of this book home and read it that night. I'm so glad that I did.
Although this books - as with all of Gary Chapman's books - is written from a Christian point of view, it is also written from the point of view of a marriage counselor. His ...more
Although this books - as with all of Gary Chapman's books - is written from a Christian point of view, it is also written from the point of view of a marriage counselor. His ...more
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Read in March, 2009
recommends it for:
Parents/Grandparents
Several years ago I read the original "Five Love Languages" and that lead me to read this version aimed at our children. I enjoyed this read for the simple and easy read with lots of examples and the pracitcal application. Some of the things I gleaned from this book were:
-Let the phrase "I love you" stand alone. Don't add "but", "and", or "if".
-Make an effort to hug the kids at "routine" times each day like always when th...more
-Let the phrase "I love you" stand alone. Don't add "but", "and", or "if".
-Make an effort to hug the kids at "routine" times each day like always when th...more
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Read in October, 2008
I had to wait about 2 months for this to come back to the library. So already I had pretty high hopes for this book. This is a good accompaniment to How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong. One tells you to accept and love your spouse and the other teaches you how to love your spouse in their love language.
This book is a good read regardless if you are single or married. It's really fun to figure out your love language, and the love language of your husband and children and anyo...more
This book is a good read regardless if you are single or married. It's really fun to figure out your love language, and the love language of your husband and children and anyo...more
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Read in March, 2009
The two most important things I learned from this book were about discipline and anger.
I'm going to go ahead and venture to say that most parents love their children. And discipline is an extension of that love because we want our children to become responsible adults. In order for discipline to work they way we want, the child has to feel that we still love them and are doing what's best for them instead of them feeling unloved and having resentment towards us. That means, the child...more
I'm going to go ahead and venture to say that most parents love their children. And discipline is an extension of that love because we want our children to become responsible adults. In order for discipline to work they way we want, the child has to feel that we still love them and are doing what's best for them instead of them feeling unloved and having resentment towards us. That means, the child...more
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