
Titles in This Set
Your Guide to a Happier Family
How to be the Parent You Always Wanted
Siblings Without Rivalry
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
How To Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Piccadilly Press
Overview
This five-book paperback collection gathers the family communication guides of Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, the parenting experts whose respectful, practical methods have helped generations of families reduce conflict at home. From toddler tantrums to teenage door-slamming, the set walks parents through listening skills, cooperation strategies, and sibling peacekeeping that replace nagging with empathy and clear limits. Written in a warm, conversational style with real-life dialogue examples and relatable illustrated scenarios, these books are a trusted resource for any parent, teacher, or caregiver working to build calmer, more respectful family relationships every day.
About the Books
Faber and Mazlish built their reputation on a simple but powerful idea: children cooperate more readily when their feelings are acknowledged first, rather than dismissed or argued away. This collection brings together five volumes that apply that idea across every stage of family life. Two titles distill the authors' core communication philosophy into accessible, everyday guidance for building a calmer household, covering how to validate emotions, set firm limits with warmth, and turn friction points like mealtimes, homework, and bedtime into moments of connection rather than conflict. Siblings Without Rivalry tackles one of the most persistent parenting challenges, offering field-tested techniques for easing jealousy and competition between brothers and sisters while helping each child feel valued as an individual. How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, the series' flagship title, lays out the authors' signature listening and problem-solving scripts with relatable illustrated scenarios drawn from everyday family life. How To Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk extends the approach into adolescence, addressing curfews, screen time, friendships, and the bigger emotional stakes of the teenage years. Together, the five books form a continuous toolkit that grows with a family, moving from early cooperation habits through the more complex negotiations of raising teens, all grounded in reflective listening, honest expression of feelings, and collaborative problem-solving that eases everyday tension.
Key Benefits
Book-by-Book Guide
Your Guide to a Happier Family — A starting-point guide distilling Faber and Mazlish's core listening and cooperation techniques for calmer daily routines.
How to be the Parent You Always Wanted — A companion volume of bite-sized strategies for responding to children with consistency and warmth.
Siblings Without Rivalry — A field-tested guide to easing jealousy and competition between children while helping each child feel individually valued.
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk — The series' flagship title, using illustrated dialogues to teach reflective listening and cooperative problem-solving.
How To Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk — Extends the authors' communication approach into adolescence, covering curfews, friendships, and emotional independence.
About the Authors
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish were internationally recognized experts on adult-child communication, co-authoring a series of bestselling parenting guides that have been translated into dozens of languages worldwide and read by millions of families. Both trained under child psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott, and together they developed workshop programs used by parent groups, schools, and educators around the world. Their warm, practical, and often humorous approach to family communication has made their books a trusted staple in parenting literature for decades, continuing to guide new generations of parents long after their original publication.
Why You'll Love This Collection
This set turns hard-won parenting wisdom into simple, warm, everyday scripts that genuinely work, from toddler meltdowns to teenage door-slamming. A thoughtful gift for a baby shower, new parent, birthday, or back-to-school season, it's equally at home on a nightstand, in a classroom library, or wrapped up for a favorite grandparent.
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