When Kids Call the Shots: How to Seize Control from Your Darling Bully -- and Enjoy Being a Parent Again

Written by Sean Grover

Narrated by Sean Grover

If you want to fix your rebellious and disrespectful child, you need to start by fixing yourself.

Are your kids pummeling you with demands and bossing you around with impunity? Have your once-precious preschoolers become rebellious, entitled, and disrespectful to authority? While there are plenty of so-called experts who might try to validate your convictions that you have done all you can to “fix” your “difficult” children, the hard truth is, they’re not doing you any favors by placing the responsibility solely on your children. Parenting struggles rarely originate from just one side. Instead, they erupt at the volatile intersection of a child's personality with a parent's own insecurities and behaviors.

In When Kids Call the Shots, therapist and parenting expert Sean Grover untangles the forces driving family dysfunction, and helps parents assume their leadership roles once again. Parents will discover:

• Three common bullying styles used by kids
• Parenting styles that contribute to power balances
• Critical testing periods in a child’s development
• Coping mechanisms that backfire
• Personalized plans for calmly exerting authority in any scenario

The solution to any problem begins with learning to control what you can control. In parenting, you’ve already learned how impossible it is to control your kids. Begin by controlling you!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AMACOM
• Release date: Oct 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9780840711144

Sean Grover

SEAN GROVER, LCSW, has worked in child development and adult psychotherapy for 20 years, and maintains one of the largest private group therapy practices in the U.S. He has been quoted in Newsweek, New York Magazine, NPR, and elsewhere about parent-child relationships.

Reviews for When Kids Call the Shots

[writermala · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book deals with help for parents who have gone from adoring their children to fearing them. Anti-bullying is big now and there is even a Pinkshirt day to show support for people who need the courage to stand up to bullies. But, what if it is your child who is bullying you? This is where Sean Gover comes in with this book. It is a comprehensive "How-to" guide for such parents. If you see yourself in this situation the book is ideal for you. Try it before you invest lots of money on other solutions such as counseling.

[staciew30 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Its has very helpful information about getting kids to listen. Teach parents how to talk & listen better to their kids. Its all about communication. Useful tips and advice for any parent whether your a new or experienced parent doesn't matter everyone should read this book.