"How We Love Our Kids"

disclaimer:  I received the book below for free from WaterBrook Press in exchange for my honest opinions.  All opinions remain my own.

"How We Love Our Kids"

by Milan & Kay Yerkovich

  

Mommy in PA says: 

  "How We Love Our Kids" teaches us as parents to be able to make small changes in our thinking and actions to get the relationships we want from our children.  Many times parents believe that the children are the ones who need to change when in reality it is us.

  Milan and Kay give a lot of good advice from their own experiences.  There are a lot of cute little stories about things that they had gone through to come up with their solutions.  They also have examples based on other families that they have come by over the years. 

  I love how the book is broke down into the different personality types.  Part 1 is all about us parents.  The different types are The Avoider Parent, The Pleaser Parent, The Vacillator Parent, The Controller Parent, and The Victim Parent.  Each one touches on what that particular parent's strengths and weaknesses are.  You are probably wondering how to tell which one you are.  Well that's easy because each one has a list of characteristics to help you narrow that down.  It is pretty obvious when you start reading down through one of them and go...Oh my, that totally fits me.

  Part 2 of the book is all about the different child types.  There is The Avoider Child, The Pleaser Child, The Vacillator Child, The Controller Child and The Victim Child.  Each one touches on what the child's particular strengths and weaknesses are and have a list of things so you can figure out which one your child is.  I love how it explains that some combinations are harder to parent and that it's just a mater of changing small things in the way we communicate with them that can make a huge difference.

  Part 3 is about unique children.  Examples are The Introverted Child, The Free-Spirited Child, The Determined Child, The Sensitive Child, and The Premature Child. 

  Part 4 is all about the healing process, it is never too late to achieve that greater relationship with our children.  The gifts of insight, comfort, power, frustration, confession, laughter, and God each have their own section is this chapter.  These are the tools that you will use to heal your family.

  It's nice to know too that all parenting styles have their positives and negatives and that there is still hope for a happy outcome.