Parenting Your Toddler: The Expert's Guide To The Tough And Tender Years

by Kate Ballen, Patricia Henderson Shimm

The essential hand-holding guide to navigating the difficult toddler years--by one of the country's leading experts


Here is direct and wise guidance from a professional with over twenty years' experience at the highly regarded Barnard College Center for Toddler Development. In Parenting Your Toddler, Ballen and toddler expert Shimm offer help to parents on major issues like limit-setting; first-child syndrome; toilet training; taking a vacation without guilt; what to say when your two-year-old doesn't want you to leave for work; how to break up fights between children over toys; and how to know if your caregiver is good for your toddler. With an easy-to-use format that features useful anecdotes, checklists, and questions and answers, this authoritative guide will help you navigate the toddler years with solid, practical, and loving advice.

Genres: Parenting

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 1993

Reviews

[Janelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has the list of Dos and Don'ts for parenting. The message I gained from it was mostly to listen and describe what you think a toddler may be feelin, thus helping her identify her own feelings, but still being strong about asking a toddler to wait or change behavior when necessary. I skimmed this for the chapters and topics I was more interested in.

[Laine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book about toddlers! I love that I am learning to better understand my daughter and this stage in her life. I highly recommend it!

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference for any parent of a toddler. Advice was right on and very helpful.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sensitive, concise guide. Somewhat skewed to the coddling, but also good with setting examples of explicitly unhelpful parent behavior.