ASK MORE, TELL LESS
A Practical Guide for
Helping Children
Achieve Self-Reliance.
by
Greg Warburton, MS, LPC
BOOK DETAILS
(from Amazon)
When faced with a misbehaving child, do you find yourself resorting to
lecturing, reminding, or even yelling? Do you sometimes feel helpless
and panicky after you have tried everything you know to do and your
child still seems "out of control" or withdrawn? Do you feel frustrated
when nothing you are doing is moving your children to be responsible
and achieve their unique potential? Ask More, Tell Less provides a new
model of parenting that can help transform the growing-up years. Life
will become fulfilling and enjoyable rather than an ongoing, painful
collision of wills. Behavior troubles diminish or vanish when children
discover that they have the power to make their lives run more smoothly.
These methods are not a "cater to the children" approach. Instead,
they take the pressure off parents and put the whole family on a
positively different road, traveling together in a land of mutual
dignity and respect, maturity, and lasting change. Greg Warburton
brings time-tested, practical methods out from behind the counselor's
door to enable you to give your children the greatest gift of all:
self-reliance. Through artful questioning, you can give them a clear and
compelling road map for getting on with growing up in this rapidly
changing world.
- Paperback: 294 pages
- Publisher: Outskirts Press (December 4, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1478708816
- ISBN-13: 978-1478708810
AUTHOR
Greg Warburton is a licensed mental health counselor who helps children and parents become instruments of their own healing and change. He is a dedicated innovator who brings emotional and mental self-management methods into the worlds of parenting and sport performance. As an award-winning college instructor, he helps people eliminate self-defeating behaviors and achieve the inner freedom that comes with becoming self reliant. He lives with his wife of 31 years, Valoy. They reside in Corvallis, Oregon.
REVIEW
We as parents have a way of telling our kids what they have done wrong instead of listening to why they did what they did. That ends up hurting the parents and the child and their relationship. Make the question as to why they forgot or why they didn't do something, a positive thing. Sometimes questions that are asked in an angry tone only get you no where but more angry. It takes a lot of practice to learn when and what questions are right to ask. The more you practice this positive approach, the easier and more natural it becomes. When a child is constantly being yelled at because he hasn't done what he should have, his self esteem goes lower and lowers. Without self esteem and confidence, a person becomes afraid to try new things. They would rather do nothing instead of try and fail. Failing causes people to yell at you. Communication is very important between people. Not just young people but everyone. When you communicate in a positive way, usually the response is positive. Positive thoughts help create self esteem and with self esteem comes confidence and self reliance. You begin to rely on yourself instead of letting everyone take care of what you should be taking care of. When a parent changes, they will find the child changing too. Parenting skills are not easy to acquire. But it is well worth the effort to keep trying. The family as a whole will become happier and healthier.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author, Greg Warburton, in exchange for an unbiased review. No other compensation took place.
I would give this book 4 STARS.
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