Reviews for Family Game: A Situational Approach to Effective Parenting - Paul Hersey - Hardcover

The average rating for Family Game: A Situational Approach to Effective Parenting - Paul Hersey - Hardcover based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-08 00:00:00 David Rauen This is by far my favorite parenting book (and I have quite a few!)...it's great for helping you come up with discipline ideas that are age appropriate, positive, and that your child will grasp and respond well to.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-12 00:00:00 Khigh Abner A really good parenting/discipline book for kids 1-4. It teaches parents how to respond to your children with love and respect, and how to respond to them in ways that are appropriate for their age. She starts with making the point that all the 'techniques' in the world don't help unless you think about your parenting philosophy. For example, timeouts can work, but when and why do you use them? If you can answer these questions, then you'll be more consistent and fair in your discipline. Once I realized that I needed to give timeouts to give me and the child a break so that we can start again, I stopped worrying about enforcing a certain number of minutes. I had been using them both for a break and as punishment. As punishment, I was trying to enforce a number of minutes. That was leading to huge power struggles and not teaching my kids anything. When I became clear that timeouts = cooling off period, they began to work. I also love the fact that she has different chapters for 1, 2, 3 and 4 year olds. Many discipline books try to get you to do the same things for a 1 year old that work for a 3 year old - and clearly they are very different beings! Very few parenting books make this important developmental distinction. Yes, a lot of this is common sense, but for parents who didn't have a good model, it's really helpful. Even for parents who did have a good role model, it contains lots of useful, developmentally appropriate discipline information.