Backtalk: 4 Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids | 
 enlarge | Author: Audrey Ricker
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 24 x 5.6 x 0.4
ISBN: 068484124X
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.64
EAN: 9780684841243
ASIN: 068484124X
Publication Date: March 10, 1998
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Imagine this scenario. You pick up your son at school, and ask him how his day went. He says, "You always ask me that. Get a life, Mom." You feel hurt, insulted, frustrated. Silent, you drive him to band practice. In this scene, experts Audrey Ricker and Carolyn Crowder would argue that both of you lose. What is a better response? Tell Billy matter-of-factly that his comment was inappropriate, and that you aren't going to drive him to band practice. When he, suddenly more polite, tells you he has to go to band practice, you tell him he can practice the next day at school. You stand your ground, without arguing with him. Backtalk--fairly easy to recognize--may be wrecking your family life. As flip or relatively harmless as it may seem, verbal rudeness gets in the way of real communication between parents and kids. It may be holding your children back at school, and ultimately in life. Ricker and Crowder have teamed up to create a four-step program--simple but not easy--to create a backtalk-free home. Through a large number of all-too-familiar-sounding sample "backtalk scenarios" and bullet-point lists, this book explains how to recognize backtalk for what it is, how to choose and enact a response that will make sense to you and your child, and when to disengage from the struggle and move forward. Whether your preschooler is saying "Bad Mommy" or your teenager is saying, "That's lame, Dad," Backtalk suggests ways for you to regain a sense of balance in your relationships with your children.
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"So what? All the other kids get to do it!" Few behavioral problems challenge and frustrate parents, caregivers, and teachers as does verbal rudeness in children of any age. Reinforced by the wise-cracking kids on TV and in the movies, backtalk has become all too common among today's youngsters. But there is nothing cute about this behavior. Remarks like "Yeah, right," "Big deal," and "Make me" -- form children as young as three -- get in the way of real communication between parents and kids, and can also be detrimental to a child's social and intellectual development. Now two experts in the field share their simple and specific four-step program for ending backtalk and restoring balance in relationships between parents and children, from preschoolers to teens. You'll learn how to recognize backtalk, how to choose and enact a response that will make sense to you and the backtalker, and when to disengage from the struggle and move forward. Full of advice and encouragement as well as suggestions on how to keep track of what works and what doesn't, Backtalk can be put to use immediately, before you hear another "Whatever."
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 No more back talk October 24, 2008
We now have a peaceful household. This book helped our family so much. I wish I had found it 5 years ago.
backtalk July 17, 2008
this book offers practical advice on ending backtalk in your kids. word of advice--the earlier you start this the better. also don't wait for only the big things to correct--small things like rolling eyes back when you ask them to do something or whining need to be nipped in the bud.
This book is the best! July 15, 2008
I bought this book after someone recommended it. I was having a lot of trouble with backtalk from my three year old son, it was getting really bad and I was not sure how to handle it. I was not allowed to talk to my parents that way and neither was my husband, we did not know what to do.
I ordered the book and read it cover to cover within a few days, it was a pretty quick read and easy to follow. I started to address the backtalk as soon as it started and after some resistance from him, he now talks to us in a much kinder way. He will still try and backtalk, but now he realizes pretty quickly that he will get a time out.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that is dealing with disrespectful backtalk, that is what it is, and no you do not have to accept it! Buy the book, follow the steps, and you will enjoy your children a whole lot more. Good luck!
 Easy to read, easy to understand July 2, 2008
Just like all the other posts for this book, it is easy to read and understand. I HATE the front cover though. Very dated. You know these steps but just to have someone re-enforce them makes it work. Identifying backtalk was my big problem. I would keep letting my kids talkback over and over again until I would hit my boiling point then I'd start yelling! I realize what backtalk is now and am able to act on it the FIRST time. Some of the ideas were extreme (like keeping your child home from a sport event that he's on the team)... that just hurts the team.
I knew I was on the right track when my 11 year old said, "I hate that book! It's a bunch of crap!" that was my "aahhh" moment.
BACKtalk November 17, 2007
This book is an excellent source for helping parents effectively deal with their backtalking child. The authors Ricker and Crowder explain step by step how to stop the backtalk in your home.
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