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The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old
The Happiest Toddler on the Block The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and WellBehaved One to FourYearOld
Author: Harvey Karp, Paula Spencer
ISBN-13: 9780553802566
ISBN-10: 0553802569
Publication Date: 3/2/2004
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 44 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
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12 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I just love Dr. Karp. This is a great book.
reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on
Helpful Score: 1
After really enjoying Happiest Baby on the Block, I was disappointed with this book. Some of the toddler-ese *might* be helpful (I'm skeptical and don't see it working for the toddlers I know). Too much of the book focused on the same old parenting advice in many other books that centers around manipulation and control.
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popular child-rearing book - not sure of the "toddler-ese" language author talks about, but the other theories, about monsters, potty training, etc are very helpful
reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on + 13 more book reviews
So many of my friends had suggested this book about controlling toddler tantrams. It works!!!
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Loved this book!
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Awesome book- worked with my 1st. My 2nd is already laid back so don't need it anymore!
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Great tips to diffuse difficult situations and calm cranky kids.
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I really liked this book. I felt like the baby one was really just common sense to me but this one made me think a bit more. It was an easy read (read most of it in just a couple hours) and I am going to take a bunch of ideas to help take care of my toddler.
abeccapug avatar reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on + 26 more book reviews
I felt that this book offered some helpful advice and insight into how my child is experiencing life and dealing with it and the role I should play as a parent or ambassador. The part I found challenging was about speaking Toddlerese. I would find it strange to growl at my child when I didn't want her to do something...especially in public. I don't believe I will be following this piece of advice, but will use some of his other communication techniques.
reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on
I really loved reading this book. It gave me some very good insight on why my toddler is acting the way she does and what I could do to help her through this time in her life.
reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on + 5 more book reviews
Some of it is good but other parts seem far fetched or manipulative.
DanielleFM avatar reviewed The Happiest Toddler on the Block : The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old on + 177 more book reviews
This author kept comparing my kids to apes and make it 100% apparent that she belives we all came from apes and that the only thing she referances i couldn't get pack the first chapter. note to all authors don't compare my kids to animals over and over!