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With it, I learned how people most want to be treated, especially when they are upset -- which proved immensely effective with friends, at work, even with strangers, as it does to this day. This book is the closest thing to a user's manual to human beings I've ever found: The Rosetta Stone for how to communicate with kids, spouses, friends, coworkers, and other humans. The principles in this book have actually literally saved my life on at least one occasion. If I could, I would make this book required reading for everyone -- parents and non-parents alike.When I was 13, my mom read this book and it completely transformed our relationship. Later, as a young adult, I read it too. Now, with my own children, the methods taught here have helped me be a much better parent, and have helped everyone in the family get along better, resolve issues and disputes, and be one of the few functioning, affection-based families that I know.If even a few more people on this planet read this very readable book, the world will be a much, much better, safer place. I don't think I could recommend it more strongly.It's a MUST READ.
this book is amazing and helpful not only for parents but for anyone. We all are relating to others, and this book will boost your skills and understanding of human interactions.
You will never make more excuses for not having a good educated and disciplined child. The best basic training program ever. Amazing. Never punish a son or daughter again. Its effectiveness is incredible.
These are not some gimmicks or tactics, but healthy and fulfilling ways of dealing with people.Actually DOING what the book says is not easy, especially with life-long habits in doing it another way. course & read the book when our own children were young. My wife & I took the P.E.T. Having a spouse or others also trying is very helpful. Now we are giving the book to them (and re-reading it ourselves) for our grandchildren. The methods the book teaches are broadly applicable to dealing with people -- in the workplace and social situations as well as with children. But when it works, it is absolute magic. Buy this book and really give the approach a chance.
I was pregnant the first time I read PET. I'm sure it will continue to be great resource well into my child's teens. This is the beauty of PET.
Before he even arrived, we had already agreed on how we would handle certain situations and didn't have to wait until we were right in the middle of an issue before discussing it. The strategies are universal certainly but what it really teaches you is a way to communicate better with your child (even with each other) that is respectful of the differences in all of us. It was a real eye-opener and it helped my husband and I craft our own ground rules about how we were going to raise our son.
It is a not cookie-cutter, one-size-fit-all approach. Our son now is a bright, healthy, happy child who is independent, curious about the world around him and is rarely upset or taciturn. I believe it's all because we have found a way to cater to his needs that is fair for all of us in the household.
I still read this book in order to keep refreshing the principles in my mind. I can't recommend this highly enough.
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