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Anyone with toddlers know they can be a handful, and their move toward independence often is reflected through willful behavior, meltdowns and the dreaded temper tantrums. This book acknowledges that the toddlers we know and love will sometimes act less than ideal, and provides harried parents with practical and easy-to-implement solutions for almost every scenario that can be encountered.

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Pros

• Chapters are organized by behavioral groupings
• Scenarios and responses are provided
• Written in easy-to-understand language
• Covers all the exasperating behavior

Cons

• Need advice for if the tactics given don't work - what's the next step?

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• The book uses antecdotes to provide parents with tips in an easy-to-follow format
• Tips never seem demeaning; they are presented in matter-of-fact and upfront manner
• Book is well-organized by kid behaviors so parents can turn to the section that they need help with

Guide Review - Parenting Tips - I Brake for Meltdowns book review

I'll be totally frank here: I absolutely loved this book! There are no pretty pictures or eye-catching graphics; rather, the book gets straight to the point on offering solutions to a variety of behaviors typically demonstrated by most 2-to-5-year-old children. This is the age where imagination and enchantment is at an all-time high. So is stubbornness, embarrassing behaviors (did my kid really just throw herself on the floor of the toy store while wailing and kicking?), and downright defiance.

The book does an outstanding job of organizing kid behaviors that exasperate even the most patient of parents and provides them with simple solutions for restoring control and ending chaos. (Well, hopefully.) It's a great buy for anyone with a child approaching the "terrible twos" or any preschool age up until the time of school. It makes a great reference guide for quickly getting desired information about kids who won't share, are picky eaters, or refuse to keep on their socks and shoes,and then putting it down until the next meltdown or battleground occurs. The book makes parents feel they really can effectively manage almost anything--and isn't that the point?

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