Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful [Kindle Edition] Author: Louise Bates Ames | Language: English | ISBN:
B006Q1SR84 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Download for free books Download Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful for everyone book with Mediafire Link Download Link What is it about four-year-olds that makes them so lovable? What problems do four-year-olds have? What can they do now that they couldn't do at three? Drs. Ames and Ilg, recognized authorities on child behavior and development, discuss these and scores of other questions unique to four-year-old girls and boys, and they offer parents practical advice and enlightening psychological insights.
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- File Size: 1097 KB
- Print Length: 160 pages
- Publisher: Dell (January 18, 2012)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B006Q1SR84
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Okay, so the books are dated. The books we are currently reading, will be in 20 years also.
The reason these books are still in print is that the BEHAVIOURAL information is GENERALLY on target.
I have found them to be the clearest and most concise behavioral information out there. They are meant to help parents discern when their child's behavior is "within normal limits/range" and when alarm bells should start to ring.
But any parent and many books with tell you the golden rule is: TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! You know your child. Don't ignore the little voice that says something isn't right. This is a HELP book not an ANSWER book.
One person went so far as to say the books have no relation to the behavior she has seen in her 3 year olds, or anyone else's. All I know is that the authors did their best to go about their research scientifically, and I am sure their data was not extracted soley from abused, maladjusted children.
I am not a behavioral scientist, but I've found their results to be GENERALLY accurate. And I too teach children and have a few of my own.
I use many resources and I have not found Geselle Institute's books to be useless.
In spite of much dated material, the heart of it, the BEHAVIORAL information has been VERY useful. That is why I purchased these books.
For child "rearing" I go to my other sources (Playful Parenting, How to Talk so Your Children Will Listen, Siblings Without Rivalry, Parent Effectiveness Training, etc.)
Someone mentioned that children having violent fantasy's is abnormal and Giselle says that it is normal. I don't think Geselle meant continual, obsessive, gratuitously violent fantasies. At least I did not take it this way.
Some parts were very helpful, but I had issues with some parts. It was difficult to come up with a rating. I guess if I took the helpful parts and ignored the problem areas I would still say I learned things from the book and it was helpful.
I will write about the parts that I disagree with, in no special order:
1. Swearing is considered normal behavior, there are several references, and two are found on page 25 and 34. I disagree that this is normal. I feel the children will act and speak as they are spoken to, but the authors never state this. The recommendation is to ignore such talk completely. I feel this is the first of several areas where the role of the environment (family life, preschool, etc.) are completely ignored. Sometimes it seems as if the children are being evaluated in isolation instead of considering their environment. I'd rather have seen something said to the effect that if the child is exposed to profanity then they might repeat it so parents should not use language that they don't want their children to use.
2. Spanking is mentioned as one option for punishment methods. I feel this is an out of date recommendation as now child psychologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other experts are advising not to spank or use other such pain-inflicting methods as punishment.
3. TV viewing is pushed as a "great new things society has to offer for the preschooler". The authors write in a patronizing manner stating the stay at home mother has too much to do and can't possibly do it all so let the child watch TV. They state on page 32 that "it can be one of the best techniques for filling some of the day and for meeting Four's high demand for excitement, activity, and drama.
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