Playful Parenting
- ISBN13: 9780345442864
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is children’s way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That’s why “playful parenting” is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Through play we join… More >>
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It was a little hard to read-but it had some good ideas.
Rating: 3 / 5
The book is severely lacking in ideas for any child over the age of 10.
Most of the “playful parenting” ideas are targeted towards toddler/preschool through early elementary years, with very little beyond that age group.
More than half the book is about him and his daughter, or him and his child patients. Although I’m not sure how old his daughter is now, it seems like she was pretty young when he wrote the book; so we don’t know how what kind of person she grows up to be. He doesn’t really offer any long-term benefit of playful parenting, such as, will the child grow to be a respectful, functioning human being.
The children he “plays” with seem quite verbally abusive to him. He says that it is alright, go along with it because a 4 year old calling you poopyhead or idiot means that is how they feel. Instead of correcting them in a friendly way, turn it into a game where they continue to call you the bad name. What kind of advise is that? At what point in his playful parenting approach does the children learn positive social interaction and appropriate behavior?
It is a good book if you have little kids and you don’t know how to play with them, or have kind of a “stuffy” or overly strict personality, but beyond that, it might be better to look somewhere else for parenting advice.
Rating: 2 / 5
I felt that better organization would have improved the reading experience. Much skimming was needed to locate information most relevant to my child and I.
Although I agree with much of what the author presents, and have put some ideas into practice, what I read was awfully anecdotal and specific to a select group of children.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is a little too “psycho babble” for me. The author gives a lot of explanations by describing moments between himself and his own children that I did not find helpful. I felt like the book could have been only a few pages long and still gotten the same message across. All he really needed to say was, “Play with your children, even during discipline.”
Rating: 3 / 5
This Book is EYE opening I personally like alot of parents out there Look for Parenting books and READ ALOT ALOT ALOT of them.. I have so many when i buy one now i have to sell one.. but because i have too many..
This book touches on teaches and shows everything you can think of when you think of Playful Parenting Its one of the first books i have bought on Amazon.com and i have started buying more..
I know that you will INJOY THIS BOOK as i did and as you can see ALOT more Parents have also.
Rating: 5 / 5