Playful Parenting
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- ISBN13: 9780345442864
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is children’s way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to persons they care about, effective through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That’s why “playful parenting” is so vital and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Through play we join our kids in their world–and help them to
• Prompt and know complex emotions
• Break through shyness, rage, and dread
• Empower themselves and respect diversity
• Play their way through sibling rivalry
• Cooperate lacking power struggles
From eliciting a giggle during baby’s first game of peekaboo to cracking jokes with a teenager while hanging out at the mall, Playful Parenting is a perfect guide to using play to raise confident children. Written with like and humor, brimming with excellent advice and revealing anecdotes, and grounded in the latest research, this book will make you laugh even as it makes you wise in the ways of being an effective, enthusiastic parent.Amazon.com Review
Tag, you’re it! In Playful Parenting, Lawrence Cohen demonstrates that parents need to lighten up and spend a few hours giggling with their kids. Play is inherently educational for children, he claims, and parents can learn plenty by examining the games kids play–from peekaboo to practical jokes.
Cohen is quick to point out that no matter what your child’s temperament, she has a playful side. In its most basic form, play is a way to communicate. The leader examines, with plenty of hilarious personal anecdotes, the details of play at every age and across genders. From his daughter and a new male friend discussing how “cool” nuclear weapons are and how “yucky” a like song is, to a younger child zooming full-speed around a park at a birthday party, we’re shown the exuberant truth behind playing: not only is it just unadorned fun, it can spark a variety of vital sensations. One fleeting section discusses the common phenomenon of pleased giggling turning straight away to tears. Cohen suggests that “the fun play opens the emotional door to let out the giggles, and a flood of additional feelings come pouring out after.” Some point thoughts for games are included, and you’ll find recommendations for everything from play wrestling to gentle storytelling. One chapter focuses on how to cope with play you don’t find enjoyable, and how learning to appreciate these games can lead to surprising emotional insights. This is where Cohen’s years of practice come in handy–it may be right that we all play, but not everyone immediately grasps the underlying messages. This is not simply a book filled with family tree activities, but rather an exploration of play for all ages. –Jill Lightner
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It was a small hard to read-but it had some excellent thoughts.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
The book is severely missing in thoughts for any child over the age of 10.
Most of the “playful parenting” thoughts are targeted towards kid/preschool through early elementary years, with very small beyond that age group.
More than half the book is about him and his daughter, or him and his child patients. Although I’m not sure how ancient his daughter is now, it seems like she was pretty young when he wrote the book; so we don’t know how what kind of person she grows up to be. He doesn’t really offer any long-term benefit of playful parenting, such as, will the child grow to be a respectful, functioning human being.
The children he “plays” with seem reasonably verbally abusive to him. He says that it is alright, go along with it because a 4 year ancient calling you poopyhead or idiot means that is how they feel. As a replacement for of correcting them in a friendly way, turn it into a game where they continue to call you the terrible name. What kind of advise is that? At what point in his playful parenting approach does the children learn positive social interaction and appropriate behavior?
It is a excellent book if you have small kids and you don’t know how to play with them, or have kind of a “stuffy” or overly strict personality, but beyond that, it might be better to look somewhere else for parenting advice.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I felt that better organization would have improved the reading experience. Much skimming was needed to locate information most significant to my child and I.
Although I agree with much of what the leader presents, and have place some thoughts into practice, what I read was dreadfully anecdotal and point to a select group of children.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This book is a small too “psycho babble” for me. The leader gives a lot of explanations by describing moments between himself and his own children that I did not find helpful. I felt like the book could have been only a few pages long and still gotten the same message across. All he really needed to say was, “Play with your children, even during discipline.”
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This Book is EYE opening I personally like alot of parents out there Look for Parenting books and READ ALOT ALOT ALOT of them.. I have so many when i buy one now i have to sell one.. but because i have too many..
This book touches on teaches and shows everything you can reflect of when you reflect of Playful Parenting Its one of the first books i have bought on Amazon.com and i have ongoing buying more..
I know that you will INJOY THIS BOOK as i did and as you can see ALOT more Parents have also.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5