Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents: 62 Sure-Fire Secrets and Solutions for Successful Parenting

By Perry W. Buffington

Book Overview

Over sixty effective child-rearing tricks and techniques that your mother and your pediatrician never told you about! Sometimes parents need more resources than love, consistency, and patience to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567316697
• ISBN13: 9781567316698
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Barnes and Noble Books
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must read for the favorite Auntie!

Read this book, even if you don't have kids of your own. I am the favorite aunt to three little darlings, and Dr. Buff's parenting book helped me learn the tricks to providing a wonderful experience when Mom was not around! Of course, as Dr. Buff will tell you on the radio, TV or in one of his fantastic lecture sessions, consistency is the key to raising children. That's why I bought this wonderful book for my sister, and she keeps it by her bedside as a reference book.

Dr. Buff does it again!

As a grandmother, watching my children raise families of their own is a wonderful experience. But, as we all know, we need a little help now and then. When I read Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Dr. Perry Buffington I knew help was here! I immediately passed the book along to my daughter and then my daughter-in-law who both have toddlers and school age children.The book is well-written, easy to read and holds the attention of the reader to the end. As I read the book I was taken back to the time when my children were little (especially in the chapter "Eat Your Veggies"). How many times did I struggle trying to make my kids eat those veggies, and how many times have I watched my kid/parents do the same thing? Well, Dr. Buff settled that argument - just hide the veggies inside something the kids do like.Thanks Dr. Buff. Your other books have been great and we'll be looking forward to your next release.

Kids are not small adults!

I bought this book after hearing Dr. Buff on the radio (WDBO-AM). He gives tips (tricks) that are obvious but you'd never think about them until you READ them! So I read the entire book in one weekend and earmarked the tips I wanted to try, one at a time.For me, the most profound was that kids between 7 and 12 can't understand adult logic, even if you use simple words in their vocabulary. The next trick I tried for one of the kid's birthdays - I saved money, bought fewer gifts, and got THE gift that was really wanted, not just a fad gift. The third trick will start this weekend - getting the kids to eat vegetables!Almost like having a manual for raising kids! Hospitals should provide this books as part of the New Parents gift bag.

Finally...the manual I've been looking for!

My wife and I always joked about losing the 'manual' on childraising. We have been so pleased with this book! It covers every age (we have a 12 and 6 year old) and it's helped us out of many tight spots. We actually learned a thing or two ourselves.

All Parents Should Have This Book

I have often wondered why you need a license to drive a car, but not to raise a child. The twists and turns you navigate while learning to be a parent will certainly rival the curviest road. Dr. Buff is wonderfully insightful and hilariously funny! This is the Owner's Manual they should send home from the hospital with new parents! Dr. Buff - Thanks for straightening the curves!