The Secret Language of Children: How to Understand What Your Kids Are Really Saying

By Lawrence E. Shapiro

Book Overview

The Secret Language of Children is: --An unspoken language that all children use --An amazing door into your child's inner world --Your greatest tool for raising emotionally healthy kids With this groundbreaking book, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, a leading child psychologist, shows you how to understand this amazing world of communication, and the joys and rewards it can bring. The Secret Language of Children is filled with games and techniques, designed by the experts, that help you better understand and relate to your child. Try these with your child and you'll be amazed by the results: --Baby Time: a series of games that teach your baby positive messages and let her know you'll always be there --The Scribble Technique: a drawing activity that reveals personality qualities --The Feelings Ball Game: a fun activity that teaches your child the importance of talking about feelings --The Repeat Technique: a simple yet innovate way to stop teasing and bullying The secret is out! Discover: --The meanings of ten different baby cries --How to play with your child to boost his esteem --How to interpret your child's play, stories or art --What children can do to avoid being bullied --The seven secrets to making your child popular for life The tools you need to build a stronger bond with your child and help him through all of childhood's little difficulties are in your hands. Give yourself and your child the gifts of the secret language of children.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570719322
• ISBN13: 9781570719325
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

good "how to" book

The author discusses the importance of emotional intelligence in social interaction. Emotions are conveyed primarily through body language, facial expressions, voice tone, etc. This book explains and provides examples for adults to communicate with children (from infant to teenager) through methods pertinent to understanding and displaying emotions. The author proposes 4 ways to communicate better: playing, story-telling, art activities, and use of body language/voice. Good book overall. Needs to fix some typos.

The Secret Language of Children

I love this book. I like the idea of playing games with children to teach concepts because all of my grandchildren love games. I originally bought it for my daughter but have really enjoyed it myself. Dr. Shapiro has many simple to use ideas. This book is not a typical "psycho-babble" book. It uses common sense coupled with this author's expertise. I highly recommend for anyone with children!

This book deserves more than 5 stars

Wow, what a great book this is for anyone who is interested in improving their skills in communicating with children. In this book, Dr. Shapiro describes how to communicate with children from infancy to the teen years. He also teaches you how to use emotional literacy games to help and communicate with children. The games, activities, and techniques are geared to be age-appropriate for infants, school-aged children, pre-teens, and teens. This book is perfect for parents or teachers who want to communicate better with their children or to help their children to improve their social skills. I am very impressed with Dr. Shapiro's work. I plan to purchase his Emotional Literacy storybooks for my classroom library.