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Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live TooAuthors: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Pages: 272
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ISBN: 0380799006
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.143
EAN: 9780380799008
ASIN: 0380799006

Publication Date: February 1, 1998
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With a title like this, it's no surprise that authors Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish had a monster bestseller on their hands when the book first appeared in 1988. From the subsequent deluge of readers' stories, questions, and issues, they have created nearly 50 pages of new material for this, the 10th anniversary edition. The central message remains the same, and sounds almost too simple: avoid comparisons. But parents know that's easier said than done. The value of Faber and Mazlish's discussions is precisely that they talk you through umpteen different situations and outcomes to help you teach your brawling offspring a new set of responses. The highly informative text is punctuated with helpful summary/reminder boxes and cartoons illustrating key points. It's a must-read for parents with (or planning on) multiple children. But parents of young children who get along fine (so far) should read it too--as the authors make very clear, rivalry is inevitable. The only question is how to manage the rivalry with intelligence and compassion, and on that subject they offer a wealth of good advice. --Richard Farr

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When the authors of the childcare classic How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk wrote the sanity-saving Siblings Without Rivalry, grateful parents everywhere rushed to buy the book that offered solutions to constant squabbling. As the book skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists all over the country, the authors were deluged with letters of praise and requests for personal advice on a subject that was central to all parents of two or more children.

Now, after ten years of communicating with parents through letters, TV and radio talk shows, and in their workshops, the authors have added fresh thoughts and information for special situations. "Home alone" children are given particular attention, and the authors also show how to help very young children interact in positive ways. Siblings Without Rivalry guides the way to peace and tranquility with humor, compassion and understanding, and the illustrated, action-oriented, easy-to-understand stories will make life easier for both siblings and their parents.

 

When the authors of the childcare classic How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk wrote the sanity-saving SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY, grateful parents everywhere rushed to buy the book that offered solutions to constant squabbling. As the book skyrocketed to the top of bestseller lists all over the country, the authors were deluged with letters of praise and requests for personal advice on a subject that was central to all parents of two or more children.

Now, after ten years of communicating with parents through letters, TV and radio talk shows, and in their workshops, the authors have added fresh thoughts and information for special situations. "Home alone" children are given particular attention, and the authors also show how to help very young children interact in positive ways. SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY guides the way to peace and tranquility with humor, compassion and understanding, and the illustrated, action-oriented, easy-to-understand stories will make life easier for both siblings and their parents.


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4 out of 5 stars Great!   November 20, 2009
Christine Alexander (New York, NY)
Really great advice. I enjoyed the stories told in the book. I recommend this book for anyone with children!


5 out of 5 stars Very helpful, for all ages   November 20, 2009
M. Mason
This book has been helpful to all of us, parents and children, to understand and deal better with our siblings. I bought it intially for tips for working with my 2 sons and helping them to have a more loving relationship. I got what I wanted, but it helped in other ways; with my relationship with my brothers, and my understanding of my mother and her sibling. The style is chatty and anecdotal, but there are good, reasonable tips, easy to understand and implement. This has become a reference book in my household now.


5 out of 5 stars Great Book - Easy Read and Easy Implementation   November 8, 2009
Marie T-C (Chicago, IL USA)
This book is fantastic and one of two books that I refer to repeatedly as a parent. I have already experienced many of the book's examples and my boys are only 3 and 6! The bottom line is that doing what SEEMS logical and right in the situation as a parent isn't always perceived that way by the children. The book gives very clear and sometimes surprising examples of what works or doesn't and why. I have given Siblings Without Rivalry as gifts to some close friends.

My husband is from a family of 5 boys with disfunctional relationships running amuck due to a Lord of the Flies upbringing. I wanted a proactive way to stop the rivalry at the start, i.e., the birth of my second boy. If read front to back, the book makes a lot of sense. Although some reviewers complained about the comic strips being condescending, i found that the repetition with the pictures (comic strips) gave me a better ability to remember and recall when needed. Life is more like a comic strip than a narration.

Good luck in creating peace in your home!



1 out of 5 stars anecdotal and tedious   November 4, 2009
K. Kanetsky (Los Angeles, CA usa)
I ordered this book after reading all the great reviews about it. i was immensely disappointed. i find the book hard to follow, full of irrelevant anecdotes and stories, and childish rhetoric. i seriously found nothing useful about it.


5 out of 5 stars A MUST Read!   July 1, 2009
K. Hawkes (Massachusetts)
Everyone who is a sibling, or has children who are siblings should read this book.

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