Eating, Sleeping, and Getting Up: How to Stop the Daily Battles with Your Child

by Carolyn Crowder and Louis Fischer

Book Overview

A child psychologist provides parents with commonsense advice on how to deal with children at mealtimes, bedtimes, and the beginning of the day, sharing tips on how to develop an improved routine that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767907779
• ISBN13: 9780767907774
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

I have four children and have read MANY parenting books. This is the only one I can recommend in it's entirety. I notice a difference in my childrens' behavior whenever I am too lazy or stressed to adhere to it's principles. Allowing your children to experience the natural consequences of thier actions is the best way to parent. As for the reviewer who equated allowing a school age child to go without lunch with child abuse, that is outrageous. Far greater than harm missing a meal comes from not learning resposiblity. Also, if you really have a three year old who can stay awake for 24 hours in a row...call the Guiness Book! Part of this approach means some effort on your part..you don't get to go to bed and allow you kids to "ingest dangerous poisons". You are misrepresenting the author. I give this book to every expectant couple I know, and any parent who has daily battles with thier child. I've seen dramatic results with my children when I can stay calm and allow them to make thier own choices about thier behavior and deal with the consequences. Loved it, and the results!!!!

Plain old common sense works

My daughters are 19 months and 3 months old. I read this book to nip any problems in the bud. I didn't want to wait until there were problems and then have to correct them. I was quite relieved to learn that parenting style is the same as the one the author describes it should be. My parents had this same parenting style and there were never any eating, sleeping, or getting up problems. My brother and I knew that we had to do our homework, get up for school on time and go to bed. There were no if ands, or buts about it. This parenting style works and as far as I'm concerned it's just plain common sense. Not only that, but it works on other people's children too. Parents don't understand why their child will listen to me and not to them. It's all in the book. It's a good, quick and informative read.

Making Life Easier

This book is excellent at providing practical suggestions for families to use. I have followed Dr. Crowder's suggestions and found that with consistency they do make a difference. A must read for every parent!

This Book Saved My Daughter's Life!

As an Elementary School Principal, I am always on the lookout for books which will make a parent's life easier. This time I found one that not only helped the parents at my school, it saved my daughter's life. Whether a parent-child relationship needs a major overhaul or just needs a bit of fine-tuning, this book makes a real difference. We are using it continuously as a resource for both parents and teachers at my school.But it is my personal experience with this book that sold me on its value. First, it helped me to recognize the problems that I was having with my strong-willed 4 year old. Next, it showed me how to recognize the behaviors that I was choosing that contribute to those problems. Once I swallowed my pride, I realized that things could be better. The best part was finding that the solutions that Dr. Crowder suggested were easily accomplished and really did work! I was amazed at how quickly I saw a change in our relationship. No more sass, no more subtle defiance. I am so used to books that take months to make a difference. This book made sense and made it easy to have a realtionship with my daughter that is now even more delightlful than before. On a final note, I bless the day I read this book and decided to improve my relationship with my daughter. It literally may have saved her life. Shortly after completing the book, my daughter was hospitalized with a life threatening illness. Her compliance with the medical staff and my ability to perform follow-up care for her at home was dependent upon her willingness to do things repeatedly (22 times a day!) that were often either painful or "yucky!". With Dr. Crowder's help, my daughter was called a model patient by the mediacl staff, both in the hospital and at home. As a result, she is alive and well this week. I cannot think of a better endorsement. You never know when you may need to call upon your relationship with your child to save her life.Thank you Dr. Crowder.