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Book Reviewed by Child & Family Behavior Therapy!
Howard A. Paul, PhD, ABPP
Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA (Retired) In Child & Family Behavior Therapy Paul, H. A. (2024). Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of 2 to 6-year-olds: Forehand, R., Jones, D. L., & Long, N. (2024). Expanded Fourth Edition. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1–6. |
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"This is a well done, important book that, in previous editions has already sold ¼ of a million copies. Hopefully, this expanded and improved edition will help even more parents deal with challenging children. All the suggestions in the book have been supported by both research and many years of clinical practice on the part of the authors. It is a simple, straightforward, and effective use of basic behavioral strategies and lays out the learning of the skills in an organized, straightforward, and non-preachy style. ... The strategies presented are well founded and, if followed will lead to improvement in children’s behavior. This book does represent an excellent book for parents on the use of reinforcement, the avoidance of negative reinforcement, proper use of attention and enhancement of communication skills. It’s presentation of timeout is sound, even with the small additions noted. It is well worth its $20 cost and can be heartily recommended." |
December 5, 2023
McGraw-Hill Releases the Fourth Edition of Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
The updated version of this classic guide teaches parents how to address the challenging behaviors of their young children in a changing world.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Today, McGraw-Hill released an updated and expanded version of what has become the go-to guide for parents seeking the most effective way to manage their young children’s challenging behaviors: Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Fourth Edition: the Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, written by Rex Forehand, PhD, Deborah Jones, PhD, and Nicholas Long, PhD.
The world has changed in significant ways since the previous version of this classic book was released in 2010, and both parents and their kids are now contending with a notable increase in demands on time and attention, social media and other screen time, the lingering effects of the pandemic, and more. This compelling new edition addresses these pressing issues in a way that both acknowledges the stress parents are under and seeks to help them understand how that stress can affect their parenting.
The centerpiece of the book is an updated version of the celebrated, clinically proven 5-week program for behavior improvement that emphasizes the importance of building the parent-child relationship. It encourages and empowers parents to give more attention to their children’s good behavior while being clear and upfront about both expectations and consequences.
Through the program, parents will:
“While the program and core skills are the same, what we tried to do in this version is to contextualize those skills a little more and give more attention to the diverse kinds of families who may use the program,” says Jones. “We’ve included more examples and case scenarios and also built in more opportunities for parents to stop and reflect on what they’re learning. We tried to be very thoughtful about the world in which parents are trying to use this.”
While the 5-step program was originally designed with therapists in mind, the book is aimed squarely at parents. “This is a self-help book for parents to use with their kids,” says Forehand, who, along with Long, is one of the original authors of the book. “It goes through each of the skills and clearly explains how to use them to build on their child’s strengths while dealing with their behavioral issues.” Adds Jones, “These are simple skills that can really change your relationship to your kids.”
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is available in bookstores everywhere.
McGraw-Hill Releases the Fourth Edition of Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
The updated version of this classic guide teaches parents how to address the challenging behaviors of their young children in a changing world.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Today, McGraw-Hill released an updated and expanded version of what has become the go-to guide for parents seeking the most effective way to manage their young children’s challenging behaviors: Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Fourth Edition: the Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, written by Rex Forehand, PhD, Deborah Jones, PhD, and Nicholas Long, PhD.
The world has changed in significant ways since the previous version of this classic book was released in 2010, and both parents and their kids are now contending with a notable increase in demands on time and attention, social media and other screen time, the lingering effects of the pandemic, and more. This compelling new edition addresses these pressing issues in a way that both acknowledges the stress parents are under and seeks to help them understand how that stress can affect their parenting.
The centerpiece of the book is an updated version of the celebrated, clinically proven 5-week program for behavior improvement that emphasizes the importance of building the parent-child relationship. It encourages and empowers parents to give more attention to their children’s good behavior while being clear and upfront about both expectations and consequences.
Through the program, parents will:
- Learn skills to increase the “fit” between their parenting and their child’s emotional and behavioral strengths and challenges.
- Understand how their parenting “superpower,” their attention, can be harnessed to improve their confidence as a parent and improve their child’s self-esteem and behavior.
- Use the combination of their “superpower” and consequences to help their child regulate their behavior and feelings at home, in school or daycare, and with friends and siblings.
- Learn to allow themselves some grace in this fast-paced, changing and often stressful world that can take a toll on both parents and children.
“While the program and core skills are the same, what we tried to do in this version is to contextualize those skills a little more and give more attention to the diverse kinds of families who may use the program,” says Jones. “We’ve included more examples and case scenarios and also built in more opportunities for parents to stop and reflect on what they’re learning. We tried to be very thoughtful about the world in which parents are trying to use this.”
While the 5-step program was originally designed with therapists in mind, the book is aimed squarely at parents. “This is a self-help book for parents to use with their kids,” says Forehand, who, along with Long, is one of the original authors of the book. “It goes through each of the skills and clearly explains how to use them to build on their child’s strengths while dealing with their behavioral issues.” Adds Jones, “These are simple skills that can really change your relationship to your kids.”
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is available in bookstores everywhere.