Voice lessons for parents : what to say, how to say it, and when to listen

Voice lessons for parents What to say, how to say it, and when to listen

Wendy Mogel, 1951-

Book - 2018

Presents an essential guide to the art of talking with children that demonstrates how a change of voice can transform conversations and ease parent-child relationships, sharing strategies for communicating with kids at different age levels.

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Subjects
Parenting.
Parent and child.
Interpersonal communication.
Published
New York : Scribner 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Wendy Mogel, 1951- (author)
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition
Physical Description
xvi, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781501142390
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Audience Is Listening: From Infancy through Toddlerhood
  • 2. The Great Cathedral Space of Childhood: Learning the Language of Your Child's World
  • 3. The Biggest, Strongest, Fastest: Connecting with Young Boys
  • 4. The Boss, the Bestie, the High Priestess of Pretend: Conversing with Young Girls
  • 5. Hard Topics: Talking to Young Children about Sex, Death, and Money
  • 6. Spirit Guides in Disguise: An Introduction to Teenagers
  • 7. The Exchange Student from Kazakhstan: Teenage Boys
  • 8. The Visiting Niece from a Distant State: Teenage Girls
  • 9. The Opinionators: Teaming Up with Your Partner, Your Ex, the Grandparents, and "Olivia's Mom"
  • 10. The Trustees: Getting the Best Out of Nannies, Teachers, Coaches, and Other Adults in Your Child's Life
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Recommended Reading
  • Appendix: Relative Differences between Boys and Girls in Brain Development and Function, Expanded
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Voice Lessons for Parents stands out in the somewhat-saturated parenting genre. Mogel offers parents, teachers, and caregivers the power of using correct communication tools, and she includes examples to demonstrate how to use pitch, volume, tempo, pauses, tones, cadence, and more to improve how adults connect with children. She explains that it's not just our choice of words that matter; it's how we physically speak and what posture we use. Sections of the book are separated by gender, along with comparison charts, which is helpful. The author isn't suggesting that we force children into norms in fact, she recognizes that there is a spectrum of gender but how to communicate with boys and girls based on their personality traits and styles of communication. Mogel has a PhD in social-clinical psychology and several popular books on the shelves (The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, 2001; The Blessing of a B Minus, 2010), making this a good choice for public, school, and academic libraries.--McIntosh, Joyce Copyright 2018 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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