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Calm Parents, Happy Siblings: How to stop the fighting and raise friends for life Paperback – 4 Jun. 2015

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Popular parenting expert Dr Laura Markham has garnered a large and loyal readership around the world, thanks to her simple, insightful approach that values the emotional bond between parent and child. However, as any parent of more than one child knows, it’s challenging for even the most engaged parent to maintain harmony and a strong connection when competition, tempers, and irritation run high. In this highly anticipated guide, Dr Markham presents simple yet powerful ways to cut through the squabbling and foster a loving, supportive bond between siblings, while giving each child the vital connection that he or she needs.


Calm Parents, Happy Siblings presents hands-on, research-based advice on:

Creating deep connections with each one of your children, so that each truly believes that you couldn’t possibly love anyone else more.

Fostering a loving family culture that encourages laughter and minimizes fighting.

Teaching your children healthy emotional self-management and conflict resolution skills – so that they can work things out with each other, get their own needs met and respect the needs of others.

Helping your kids forge a close lifelong sibling bond, as well as the relationship skills they will need for a life of healthy friendships, work relationships, and eventually their own family bonds.

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    4 Jun. 2015
  6. Dimensions
    13.5 x 2.6 x 21.6 cm
  7. ISBN-10
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    978-1785040252
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Dr Laura Markham is a clinical psychologist, parenting coach and mother of two children. She has helped thousands of families worldwide with her relationship-based model of parenting. For more information visit www.ahaparenting.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vermilion (4 Jun. 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785040251
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785040252
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 2.6 x 21.6 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 853 ratings

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Dr. Laura Markham trained as a Clinical Psychologist at Columbia University, but she's also a mom, so she understands kids -- and parents! She uses her Ph.D. to translate proven science and child-development research into the practical solutions you need for the family life you want.

She is the author of three best-selling books that continue to rack up 5 star reviews, attesting to the power of her relationship-based approach to parenting. They have been translated into 25 languages:

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids WORKBOOK

Dr. Markham's relationship-based parenting model, which she calls Peaceful Parenting, is rooted in research and parent-tested. She's helped thousands of families across the U.S. and Canada find transformative solutions to everything from separation anxiety and sleep problems to sass talk and cell phones. Her work stands apart because of the unique integration of clear, evidence-based theory and go-to practical effectiveness that guides parents into more peaceful, loving and joyful connection with their children.

Join 130,000 other parents to receive Dr. Laura's free weekly Parenting Tips newsletter, which you can sign up for at the bottom of any page on her extensive Peaceful Parent Happy Kids website. Dr. Markham makes frequent TV and radio appearances and has been interviewed for thousands of articles by publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Real Simple, Newsday, Men's Health, Redbook and Parents Magazine.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York and is the proud parent of two happy, kind, responsible and accomplished young adults who were raised with Peaceful Parenting.

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Customers find the book helpful and insightful, with reasonable advice supported by logical arguments. They also appreciate the gentle approach and find it helps them understand their child better.

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Customers find the book helpful, insightful, and invaluable. They also say it makes sense and provides useful advice supported with logical arguments.

"Really excellent handbook for parents and grandparents with siblings to look after...." Read more

"I read this book after I read 'Calm Parents, Happy Kids'. It just makes sense and Dr Markham gives you lots of useful advice and techniques..." Read more

"Really good content so far (I’m only on pg 23), though I can’t find a bibliography or chapter notes. Am I missing something?" Read more

"This is a good book. It’s well written and it is easy to read. It gives you some good ideas." Read more

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"...Children are reacting more positively, I'm having more fun with them and enjoying being with them more, and things are not as fraught when things go..." Read more

"Balanced approach. Full of love and empathy yet is not lazily permissive. Discipline with connection." Read more

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Anneke
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent manual for tackling sibling rivalry - and it starts working immediately!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2016
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Really excellent handbook for parents and grandparents with siblings to look after. Kind and creative solutions to the age-old problems of sibling rivalry, which really work in practice, starting from straight away as soon as you try them out, to eventual successes if you persist. I just wish this advice had been available to me years ago - but it's never too late! This is my second purchase of the book - my daughter borrowed and then begged to keep my first copy!
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Bec
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and invaluable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2015
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I read this book after I read 'Calm Parents, Happy Kids'. It just makes sense and Dr Markham gives you lots of useful advice and techniques (and examples) you can put into practice straight away. There's a large section on preparing a child for a new sibling and for when the baby arrives which I skipped as my children are 2 and 3 years old however the rest of the book was relevant and very helpful. I'd highly recommend this book.
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jsilvercat
5.0 out of 5 stars Could see almost instant difference in kids when used this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2022
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Have tried other parenting books, this was the one I've found most effective by far. Children are reacting more positively, I'm having more fun with them and enjoying being with them more, and things are not as fraught when things go wrong. Having read it, I'm now revisiting it a bit each day to keep the lessons alive as it's easy to slip back into old practices. Overall, would definitely recommend.
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Ms. Ella Mathew
4.0 out of 5 stars Great content but can’t find bibliography or chapter notes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2018
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Really good content so far (I’m only on pg 23), though I can’t find a bibliography or chapter notes. Am I missing something?
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5.0 out of 5 stars READ THIS ASAP! LIFE CHANGING!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2020
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This and the Happy Kids versions are my favourite books, I recommend them all the time and parent this way now, my kids are way happier than I was growing up and I'm a far calmer parent than I otherwise would have been. They also get on amazingly.

(I also love How To Talk So Kids Listen and Listen So They Talk and Siblings Without Rivalry, but these ones are my favourite)
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BB
5.0 out of 5 stars Gentle yet firm approach.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2022
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Balanced approach. Full of love and empathy yet is not lazily permissive. Discipline with connection.
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Mrs Alison Beattie
5.0 out of 5 stars A helpful book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2019
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This is a good book. It’s well written and it is easy to read. It gives you some good ideas.
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Claudia
5.0 out of 5 stars Very recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2020
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Helpfull advise and very interesting book
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AR
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for all parents
Reviewed in France on 8 December 2022
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I wish I had read this book when my daughter was a toddler, but better late than never.
There are good advices and ideas both for new parents and for seasoned parents who want to do better.
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Mukhil Jayasankar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ideas for peaceful home
Reviewed in India on 20 September 2022
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Loved all the ideas shared in the book and preparing
myself to be a calm parent.I am hoping to follow the book and have happy siblings. Thanks for writing it definitely Recommend for other's too
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Lana El-deeb
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changer
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on 30 July 2021
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This book changed me, in a good way. I was confused at first but after reading this book- just amazing
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Wafflegirl
5.0 out of 5 stars This book (and it's companion book, Peaceful Parent, Happy Child) transformed and saved our family
Reviewed in Canada on 19 July 2019
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When things were getting tough with parenting our two young sons, we sought help, and unknowingly began our journey on the road to peaceful parenting (aka attachment parenting, connection parenting, positive parenting, etc). We stumbled across Dr. Laura Markham's books and we are SO thankful we did. Her books opened our eyes to what our children truly need in order to thrive and helped us see how damaging conventional parenting can be. The books gave us practical tools to use in the heat of the moment. We shudder to think how far off track we would have gone with our son (who experiences difficulty with self-regulation) if it had not been for the Peaceful Parent books. I am so truly thankful for Dr. Laura! She helped us get through some tough years, and it's amazing now to see how much her method has helped our family. Yes, it's hard work. And we can do hard things! And yes, it takes time. But is there anything else more worthy of investment that our children? And it feels so much better to deal with daily situations using patience, kindness, and even humor, rather than anger, yelling, or an iron-fist. It's probably a bit over the top, but I'll say it anyway: the world would be a safer, kinder, healthier place if everyone used these books!
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Jerilee Martinez
5.0 out of 5 stars Un regalo para toda la familia!!!
Reviewed in Mexico on 18 March 2019
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Hermoso libro! Yo no tengo hermanos y no tengo ni idea de cómo criar a mis dos hijos pero este libro también le sirvió a mi mamá que había tenido una mala relación con hermanos y mi abuela! Muy agradecidos
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