Genre: Personal Development
Book Type: Combo Physical & Audio
Author: Gary Chapman
Narrator: Chris Fabry
Pages / Length: 244 pages / 5 hours and 48 minutes
Publisher: Northfield Publishing; 1st edition (May 1, 2016) / Oasis Audio
Book Description:
You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it?
The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages® has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child’s love language in a way that he or she understands. Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell help you:
Discover your child’s love language
Assist your child in successful learning
Use the love languages to correct and discipline more effectively
Build a foundation of unconditional love for your child
Plus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language.
Discover your child’s primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.
Thoughts:
I love #garychapman and the #5lovelanguages and was excited to read this one!!!
My love languages are Touch and Words of Affirmation, so this is how I speak best to my children and others. I’m the baby-snuggling, lady who loves to cuddle and lift up others with my words – that being said, my children do not speak the same languages I do, and I didn’t feel I was showing them how much I loved them as best I could – enter: this book.
This was extremely eye opening, and it not only mentioned how best to discover our children’s love languages, but also focuses on the state I need to be in, in order to give it.
I was going to take a picture of my copy, but I have 1,937 tabs sticking out from mine so I will try to narrow down some of the best general takeaways from this book.
Favorite Quotes:
💚 Exuberance and vitality require energy; this means as parents we need to be in the best possible health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. When we feel encouraged, we are better able to encourage our children.
💚 As children grow towards adolescence, they often need our attention just when we parents are exhausted, rushed, or emotionally out of sorts.
💚 When your child feels loved, when her emotional tank is full, she will be more responsive to parental guidance in all areas of her life. She will listen without resentment.
💚 Methods you can use to discover your child’s primary love language: 1) Observe how your child expresses love to you. 2) Observe how your child expresses love to others. 3) Listen to what your child requests most often. 4) Notice what your child most frequently complains about. 5) Give your child a choice between two options.
💚 When a child feels genuinely sorry for what he has done, there is no need to proceed further. He has learned and repented; punishment now could be destructive […] When your child is truly sorry for her misbehavior, instead of punishing her, forgive her […] By experiencing forgiveness from her parents, she’s learning to forgive herself and later to forgive someone else.
I highly recommend this and found a lot of value in the perspectives each language looks at things from the children’s view.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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