Reviews for The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

The average rating for The 7 Habits of Happy Kids based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-26 00:00:00 Jay Brewer What a great book for kids. Both my son (5) and my daughter (3) love the stories and the characters in this book. There are seven stories, each one with tons of beautiful and detailed illustrations, focusing on a different "habit". The first one was about boredom, and the story about how Sammy the Squirrel finds a way to fight being bored. He goes all over town looking for a friend to help him beat his boredom, but each one is already engaged in something. When he gets to the last friend, she's sick in bed. Her Gram tells Sammy that he's in charge of making his own fun. Sammy sees a broken radio and asks if he can take it home. At home he fixes the radio up and brings it back to his friend so she can listen to it while she's sick. She's so happy with the gift, and Sammy feels great from having done something for someone else. At the end of each story there are questions and activities and tips. It really helps the kids take each lesson to heart. There is also great sections in the book just for parents. There is so much to like about this book. It can be a storybook, or an activity book, or a manual for teaching children important lessons. I took this book out of the library, and I'm so sad to have to bring it back! I'm definitely putting it on the top of my book wish list. It's great.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-27 00:00:00 Jim Gater When I saw this book, I had to laugh.....another product trying to cash in on the success of the original (7 Habits of Highly Effective People). Except that I LOVE the original. So I bought it, expecting mediocre stories but an opportunity to discuss the 7 habits with my children. To my surprise, the stories themselves are actually decent. On their own, I'd give them 3 stars. To rate the potential this book has to teach, though, I'd give it 5 stars. Each habit has a story that illustrates it, a little tidbit for parents to read, questions to discuss with your child, and several suggestions on how a CHILD can implement that habit. The suggestions are great; I wouldn't have thought of many of them on my own. We've been focusing on a habit a week. We read the story Sunday, discuss it, talk about some of the suggestions my kids would like to try, and then work on it over the week. My husband and I try to make a big deal of it every time we see one of the kids coming through. I'm amazed! Already, my 8 and 5 year-olds are going out of their way to be proactive and plan things out and just plain take responsibility for themselves. Not only that, they liked the stories enough to sneak the book away and read all seven of them on the first day. I think the original 7 Habits is right on the mark, so I'm thrilled to find an age appropriate way to share it with my children.