Wonderful book to help your Daughter with Rocky Relationships
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I bought this book because my daughter was having questions about her friedships, and I was recommended it by a friend who said her daughter was really helped by it. This book has several chapters which are focused on different arch types of friend, like the "bully" or the "know-it-all". It describes vignettes of relating to this kind of person and then what you can do when things go south. My daughter read it over and over again
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I would recommend this book to any daughter (or son). Sons, just keep in mind the book is written from the mother-daughter perspective, but the wisdom is no less applicable and no less sound. I do question the 1 star review. I found the real life examples to be quite useful and was not expecting a vast amount of case studies. If I wanted that I'd look more for articles in scientific (perhaps psychiatric) journals.
  I appreciate that this book delivered the tough stuff in a gentle way that was manageable to receive. The exercises suggested in the book are both practical and meaningful.  This book is a true must for any daughter's inner 'little girl' that felt she wasn't loved or accepted as a child.
4774175
Excellent book- I love books about mother-daughter relationships and this one takes the cake!
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This book provided a lot of helpful information for mending estranged mother-daughter relationships.  It also offers suggestions for improving existing relationships.  Mother-daughter relationships are very complicated  and the guidelines outlined in Ms. McGregor's book assist with shaping the  relationship into something that is appreciated by both the mother and the  daughter.
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This is a wonderful book for parents! I have recommended it to several families and in each case the parents have been able to better understand their child's needs and have been able to establish a much closer and loving relationship with their child. I've found that this book is helpful for parents whose children have defiance and behavioral issues as well as those with attachment disorder. It is amazing how reading this story about a mother's struggle to help her little girl, helps my clients so much.
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This book provides specific, concrete ways to handle divorce constructively with your children.  The case studies make the information very relatable and easy to digest.  I think the book is also helpful in understanding the drivers of conflict in relationships, and how you as a parent can do the best to mitigate the situation for your children.  I would recommend the book to someone going through or thinking about divorce or even anyone in a relationship with conflict.  This book will help you keep your children's emotional health, and yours, as a priority during this process.
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Ally Parenting is a book I didn't know I needed in my life. I have a 2 year old son and a 5 year old daughter. We sometimes have a difficult time with my son and my daughter is pretty easy going. I thought I didn't really need this book yet since it's for kids 5 and older, however after I started reading I realized how many of the communication blocks I used with my daughter. She may not always shut down, but these are the same communication blocks my mother used with me when I was young, which contributed to us not having a close and open relationship. I certainly don't want that with my children. I've purchased other parenting books, but they seem so daunting with so much information within each chapter. This book is a quick read with short chapters, concise suggestions (so you don't have to do a lot of guesswork figuring out how to implement the suggestions with your family) and a super helpful planning guide to help you get to the center of the problem you are experiencing and how to handle it. This is not like any of the other parenting books, where I've had to reread and read again to understand. This book is straightforward and gives you the information you need to know! I have also learned ways to improve communication with my husband. I was making him frustrated with me-tooisms, when all he needed was a listener. Additionally, I am a middle school teacher and am noticing the communication blocks I have built with my students. I am looking forward to trying out some of the reflection and connection ideas, not only with my own family, but with my classes of students as well. This book can improve relationships in all aspects of your life! I highly recommend this for all parents, for big and small children!
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Perfect for me to help my sensitive daughter.  Giving her tools so that she doesn't come home with a belly ache when the enviable dynamics of changing friendships evolve.  I also like that there's a chapter for when my child is a mean.  Because no one is perfect.  Not even my little cherubs.
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It is amazing the power of using specific words has on our relationships. The way you say things makes all the difference. This book teaches you great ways of helping your children get along better.
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a book about a disfunctionally normal mother daughter relationship that both my daughter and I can completely relate to. love it
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Such a great book.  My daughter still suffers from separation anxiety at 3 and this book helps her understand her feelings.  I have also purchased other books in this series, and I love them as well.  Would recommend to anyone that has children because we all have emotions and feelings and these books help you with  responding to them.
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If you have more than one kid this book has wonderful advice for helping your kids get along. It is a little corny the way she presents it, but I plan to reread it every year to refresh my memory.
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This book totally pulled my daughter of a gigantic tantrum.  She loves it and has requested to read it dozens of times especially when she is struggling with frustration and anger.  I think this book has helped her realize that everyone experiences these emotions, and that feeling anger or frustration does not make you a bad person.  This is an absolutely fantastic book for kids with low self-esteem and impulse control issues, but would also be a cute book for any child.
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As I think about what I want for my daughter, it's easy to become fearful about the pitfalls she's likely to face. No More Mean Girls gives solid advice on how I can help empower her so that her strengths can shine and she can build positive relationships. I especially like the parts about teaching assertiveness, a quality that can be difficult hard for young women to develop.
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We have a spirited girl who is in the middle of of the two's, I needed some advice as we  were at our wits end. I was recommended this book from a friend and it did help us. I needed guidelines and tips on how to help curb the tantrums and this book provided a lot of solid advice that made sense and we have had a lot of progress after practicing some of the exercises. I can see using this book as a reference for later on as well since most of the lessons and tips are for older children. The foundation I loved because I am not a fan of spanking or yelling and I want to be able to communicate on some normal level with my child but with balance and love and raise good people who are responsible, caring adults later. I have recommended this book to other mom friends and for me it was a straight forward philosophy that we have seen to be effective.
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"Parenting is a Contact Sport" helped me start building a close and respectful relationship with my toddler.  The personal stories brought the different parenting successes and pitfalls to life, providing a basic road-map of what is to come as my daughter grows and how to nurture the relationship along the way. I have always feared talking about the scary subjects like drugs, alcohol, and sex, but Dr. Stern's book helped show that general conversations open the door at an early age to more in depth conversations as your child ages.

I look forward to having a wonderful, close relationship with my daughter after using the techniques taught in this book for building a lasting relationship.
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This is a great book if your child needs some help in understanding the lines in friendships and how to conduct them.  It gently explains the dos and don'ts in a way that will appeal to younger girls.