The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition

Just like Happiest Baby helped one to understand how a baby's mind works, Happiest Toddler helps one to understand the way a toddler's mind works. It also recommends methods for dealing with temper tantrums that both reduce their frequency and their duration. This book is not meant to be a cure-all for the "terrible two's" but instead is meant to help parents better understand WHY it happens and...more

Just like Happiest Baby helped one to understand how a baby's mind works, Happiest Toddler helps one to understand the way a toddler's mind works. It also recommends methods for dealing with temper tantrums that both reduce their frequency and their duration. This book is not meant to be a cure-all for the "terrible two's" but instead is meant to help parents better understand WHY it happens and what they can do to ease their child's transition through this period. It's also very helpful in describing the different temperaments toddlers can have (such as how some toddlers are very well-behaved and cautious while others are unruly and fearless). The caveman-talk method is better explained in the DVD than it is the book, however. The keys to this method are good timing and matching the linguistic skills of your individual child. It is also demonstrated that this method does not always work and what you can do when it doesn't work.   hide

Every new parent, even "pros", NEED to read this book.

Not so helpful :(

How to Eliminate Tantrums, yeah right! This is a book full of well-meant BS. Wishful thinking at its best.