The Secret Language of Children: How to Understand What Your Kids Are Really Saying

by Lawrence E. Shapiro

Book Overview

An amazing door to your child's inner world

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402202423
• ISBN13: 9781402202421
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

good "how to" book

The author discusses the importance of emotional intelligence in social interaction. Emotions are conveyed primarily through body language, facial expressions, voice tone, etc. This book explains and provides examples for adults to communicate with children (from infant to teenager) through methods pertinent to understanding and displaying emotions. The author proposes 4 ways to communicate better: playing, story-telling, art activities, and use of body language/voice. Good book overall. Needs to fix some typos.

The Secret Language of Children

I love this book. I like the idea of playing games with children to teach concepts because all of my grandchildren love games. I originally bought it for my daughter but have really enjoyed it myself. Dr. Shapiro has many simple to use ideas. This book is not a typical "psycho-babble" book. It uses common sense coupled with this author's expertise. I highly recommend for anyone with children!

This book deserves more than 5 stars

Wow, what a great book this is for anyone who is interested in improving their skills in communicating with children. In this book, Dr. Shapiro describes how to communicate with children from infancy to the teen years. He also teaches you how to use emotional literacy games to help and communicate with children. The games, activities, and techniques are geared to be age-appropriate for infants, school-aged children, pre-teens, and teens. This book is perfect for parents or teachers who want to communicate better with their children or to help their children to improve their social skills. I am very impressed with Dr. Shapiro's work. I plan to purchase his Emotional Literacy storybooks for my classroom library.