Complete Secrets of Happy Children

By Steve Biddulph

An accessible guide to teaching your children how to live free and happy lives
A special combined edition of the highly acclaimed bestsellers tHE SECREtS OF HAPPY CHILDREN and MORE SECREtS OF HAPPY CHILDREN. Both titles have been revised and updated. In tHE SECREtS OF HAPPY CHILDREN you will discover what's really happening inside kids' minds, and what to do about it. And you will find out how to be a stronger, more loving, more definite and more relaxed parent. You'll learn how to let go of old, negative approaches, and free up more energy to enjoy your kids and your life. MORE SECREtS OF HAPPY CHILDREN tackles other important concerns of parents today such as: how to help toddlers and children feel secure and settled; discipline methods that work (without hitting or yelling); making sure your love gets through; being the best kind of dad; and the childcare dilemma.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Apr 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781460700211

Steve Biddulph

Steve Biddulph was born in Yorkshire and lives in Tasmania with his wife and children. He has been a family therapist for over twenty years and his multi million selling books have been translated into 27 languages. In the UK he lectures annually in regional theatres. Biddulph has been hailed by ‘The Times’ as ‘a mixture between Doctor Spock and Billy Connolly’.

Reviews for Complete Secrets of Happy Children

[kmstock · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Another very helpful practical guide from Steve Biddulph. One of the most interesting parts of this book for me was the discussion of softlove and firmlove, the need for both, and the tendency for parents to often emphasise one over the other. Also, a presentation of a different method of discipline called 'stand and think', which is similar in some ways to the now famous 'naughty step/corner', but focussed on resolution rather than punishment. I especially like the straightforward way the material is presented.