Not so great :-(

I guess there is a downside to reading several parenting books, one starts to get familiar with the theories and it becomes easy to compare the quality of the content. I finished this book because I have troubles quiting, but it was hard not to frown at its lack of engagement, vague descriptions of methods, theories and strategies. It also repeats itself often with the exact same descriptions. This could be a good book to quickly review previous knowledge but not to acquire and understand it in a deep way or make more connections. Dissapointed that I didn't find anything revealing. Other books under the same topic do give some unique tips, facts or even anecdotes.

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Very superficial and vague

In principle it goes along the lines of Montessori but it deviates a lot. Not really true to principles and even when the author tries to explain what’s the problem and what’s the solution it’s so vague and doesn’t really get the message to the point.
Also the structure of very lose and doesn’t flow together. If you are new to Montessori definitely not the book for you. If you’ve read some books before then I’m sure there’s some value there but there are better ones out there.

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Lots of Vital Data Accumulated In This Book.

Love this book so much! Completely opened up my eyes. Doing things a lot differently with my toddler with noticeable changes right away. Mostly in his concentration.How to Talk So Your Children Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life for Mothers and Fathers.

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good read!

I learned a lot. I come from a world where discipline was all of the things that this books says NOT to do. I love how the book shares replacement behaviors.

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This audio-book is very inspiring and informative.

Great audio-book of Montessori Toddler Disciplines. There are many practical ideas on How to Talk So Your Children. well organized and came with lots of great ideas on how to implement Montessori at home.

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Not really Montessori

I read a lot about montessori, and this book is not it. The techniques are probably fine, but it is not montessori. I stopped listening when they talked about how much you should praise your kids- a thing you do not at all do in montessori because it sets the kids up for external motivation instead of internal motivation. If you love montessori and the Philosophy, I would stay away from this book and instead red the montessori baby and the montessori toddler.

Poor

I was not able to get through the whole book. The entire first 45 minutes felt as though they were just tooting their own horn talking about all the great people have gone through Montessori. I couldn’t even get the gist of what I actually meant. I do not recommend this book. I strongly recommend something by Magda Gerber or Janet Lansberry. The RE method is very clear and concise and very helpful for discipline and talking to your toddler

not worth it

there was no helpful information in this book. didn't finish and couldn't return for refund

Hard to listen slowly

I had to speed up the narration because the speaker presents this as if we are toddlers and we are new to all the words she is using. Being critical, her voice is just robotic and awful. The storyline was hodge podge and not in a great order but I really liked the message as a reminder for parenting techniques.

Good read

Will refer back when needed. Not just for women. Would suggest to family and friends.