Parentspeak: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children--And What to Say Instead

A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak"--those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children.

Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can you say thank you?" is exactly the wrong way to go about teaching manners? Jennifer Lehr is a smart, funny, and fearless writer who "takes everything you thought you knew about parenting and turns it on its ear" (Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Backing up her lively writing and arguments with research from psychologists, educators, and organizations like Alfie Kohn, Thomas Gordon, and R.I.E. (Resources for Infant Educarers), Ms. Lehr offers a conscious approach to parenting based on respect and love for the child as an individual.

Author: Jennifer Lehr
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 01/10/2017
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780761181514
ISBN10: 0761181512
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | General
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Infants & Toddlers | General
- Psychology | Developmental | Child

About the Author
Jennifer Lehr is the author of PARENTSPEAK: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children--and What to Say Instead. She's also the author of Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex, an Elle must-read. She writes about parenting on her site, jenniferlehr.com, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.