Child Magazine's Guide to Whinning

by Tamara Eberlein

Nearly all young children occasionally resort to whining--a tactic guaranteed to get a parent's attention. Based on interviews, with experts in child psychology, this invaluable book is devoted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067188042X
• ISBN13: 9780671880422
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Every parent should read this book!

A quick and easy read (my wife and I read it together in one sitting) that outlines a painfully simple yet amazingly effective strategy for ending whining and tantrums. We had a two year old who was about to drive us both into therapy with constant tantrums, testing, and controlling behavior. Things got worse for about a week, but we stuck with it. He is now a totally different kid. Try it with your "high spirited" child.

A Must for Every Mother, Even Those Without Whiners

I have two children ages 3 and 4 1/2. This book gives wonderful ideas for better ways of dealing with whiny communication. I found some relief in many parts of the book that empathize with those of us who are just plain tired of hearing ourselves scream day in and day out. This book should give other mothers a sense that they are not monsters for feeling angry, resentful or distant from their child when this whining behavior occurs. It gives us some much needed insight to reasons why the child may be whiny and positive ways to deal with it. My little guy is learning quickly that whining does not produce his desires, but that his "big boy" voice gets my attention and praise more easily. There is so much great advice in this book I may read it cover to cover again so I don't forget it all! A nice thing is, it doesn't cover just whining behavior or the preschool ages, there is great advice here to apply to grade schoolers as well. This is at least my fourth book this year on child behavior and it is excellent. Kudos to Child magazine for addressing this subject in such detail. Personally, this is the kind of material high school juniors and seniors should have the option to learn in a classroom setting to better prepare them for the most important job they may ever have: parenting.