How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood

For over thirty-five years, readers have turned How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a practical, sensible, and successful approach to communication with children. Now, Adele's daughter Joanna Faber, and Julie King, both parenting experts, tailor How To Talk's tried and true and trusted communication strategies to some of life's most challenging parenting moments.

Addressing some of the toughest topics among parents, teachers, and childcare providers--from tantrums to technology to talking to kids about death or divorce--How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen offers concrete strategies for these and many more difficult situations.

Part One is an interactive presentation of the basic How To Talk skills in an entertaining cartoon and quiz form, introducing readers to the How To Talk "toolbox," with short chapters addressing basic communication skills. In Part Two, Joanna and Julie answer specific questions and share relatable stories on the toughest topics facing parents and teachers today--offering practical tools for resolving conflicts, addressing issues like homework hassles, digital dilemmas, problems with punishment, and more. Readers can turn directly to any topic of interest easily and find the help they need with handy "reminder pages."

Through the combination of lively stories from real parents and teachers, illustrations, and exercises that will transform readers' relationship with young children in their lives, How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen offers real solutions to struggles familiar to every parent, grandparent, relative, and teacher.