Smart Love
Author: Martha Heineman Pieper, William J. Pieper
List Price: $15.95
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ISBN: 1558321829
Publisher: Harvard Common Pr (01 May, 2001)
Sales Rank: 61,180
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
An Terrific Conribution
I am a clinical social worker with almost twenty-five years of experience working with children and their families in clinical practice as well as from my previous work as a teacher.I enthusiastically endorse SMART LOVE by Dr. Martha Heineman Pieper and Dr. William Pieper. SMART LOVE is based on the most current research in child development and is a revolutionary way of understanding how children develop motives for happiness and unhappiness through their relationships with their caregivers.
The Piepers offer parents a unique way of understanding their children's often perplexing and contradictory behaviors within a developmental framework. Their clear explanations and rich examples help parents to know their children and to feel confident that they can care for their children so that they will be happy, confident, and responsible adults.
From my experience, all parents want to take the very best care they can of their children. The Piepers offer parents the opportunity to parent effectively and to enjoy the process.
My experience in using the principles of SMART LOVE with parents and children has demonstrated to me that this theory is the most effective one I've ever used. I have found, however, that when people say it doesn't work, it is usually because they don't fully understand SMART LOVE. The Piepers' newest book, ADDICTED TO UNHAPPINESS, offers additional insight into how parenting carries over into our adult experiences and reading that adds an additional dimension for anyone wanting to know more about this topic.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Straight talk and help for working parents
I'm a working mother who chooses to work but I also care deeply about my children's emotional development. I can see how much my children miss me when I'm at work, but the books I've bought don't help me help them with their feelings. Smart Love both showed me parenting pitfalls to avoid and how to respond to my children's feelings so to safeguard their emotional development. My two year old, who was crying every morning about going to day care is now going happily. His teachers report that he has stopped having tantrums at school and is enjoying the paints and toys. I am so grateful to have this book, which doesn't whitewash the problems of combining work and parenting but shows parents how to solve them! Don't go off to work without reading it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Help your baby sleep through the night w/o feeling guilty!
I just had my second baby. With the first one I followed the common wisdom and tried to get him to sleep through the night by letting him cry. He cried and cried and I felt so guilty -- I spent the day loving and cuddling him and then I felt like I turned into a monster at night. Between children, I read Smart Love - what a relief. I could actually follow my heart without feeling I was harming my new baby. In fact what I learned is that letting babies cry harms them and comforting them helps them by teaching them compassion adn caring. Rather than let my baby cry, I followed the Smart Love advice to comfort her and help her get to sleep. I felt much happier and was amazed to find that after a few weeks she was actually sleeping better than my first child had. So read this wonderful book and stop feeling guilty about the love you feel for and want to give your children! Similar Products
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