The Secret of Happy Children: Steve Biddulph's Best-selling Parents' Guide - Softcover

Biddulph, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0732258421 ISBN 13: 9780732258429

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers PTY, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Steve Biddulph

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Biddulph, a family psychologist for over 20 years, is the author of five other books. He lives in New South Wales, Australia.

From Library Journal:

This book by an Australian psychologist with more than 20 years' experience has sold more than one million copies worldwide, and this accessible North American edition will win over many more readers. Using the premise that children's happiness depends upon parents or other adults who share in child rearing, the author explains how to interact positively with children, from infancy to adolescence. Simple language, anecdotes, line drawings, and charts describe scientific findings related to parent-child communication. For example, Biddulph highlights the benefits of an extended family and shows how to adapt one's own situation to create one; this segues beautifully into another chapter, which explains that parents should make time for themselves and not become run-down. Some Aussie lingo may confuse American readers such as "I'll bread you!" (meaning to hit). Illustrations greatly enhance the good-humored prose, and the appendix offers tips on how teachers, politicians, relatives, neighbors, and friends can help parents. A short list of references is included. Highly recommended for all libraries. Alice Hershiser, Reedville, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers PTY
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0732258421
• ISBN 13: 9780732258429
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128