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LISTEN!: Helping Your Child Manage Their Emotions Kindle Edition

by Brandys Evans (Author), Jenika Rose (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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Are you "struggling" with your child's behaviour, even though you have tried everything and their emotions still feel out of control?

Are you looking for a way to help your child, and help you, so that your home can be a happier place?

In this conversational and action-oriented book, Brandys Evans presents a proven solution that will take you from chaos to calm in a few simple steps.

In LISTEN! you will find:

  • Brandys' 4-step method that will take you from chaos to calm during stressful moments (know how to handle a tantrum at any age).

  • How to build a strong child from the inside-out.
  • How to feel empowered as a parent and how to empower your child, producing a stronger bond between the two of you.
  • An explanation of age-appropriate behaviour so you can stop blaming your child, or yourself when you just don't understand.
  • A conversational explanation of emotion and behaviour so you can finally understand your child.
  • Parenting hacks to set you up for success in raising a confident child.

LISTEN! equips readers with the answers they have been seeking to understand their child's emotions and behaviours and to offer growth-promoting support in their child's healthy emotional development.

LISTEN! turns conscientious parents into successful parents.

Don't wait.

Read this book and finally feel like you understand what you need to do to help your child succeed.

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"The best parenting book I've read in a long time. Having read many parenting books over the years, I have to say this is one of the best. Seriously, I devoured it. My copy is riddled with highlights and bookmarks. The nuggets of wisdom are practical
and easy to put into practice. Within a few days of implementing the author's ideas, I saw a profound improvement in behaviour with my nine-year-old special needs daughter. There's more love, laughter, and connection. Less tantrums and attitude. I
can't recommend this book enough". - C. Wright

"Best parenting book out there! Many times I have wished there was a manual for my kids. A logical plan. Rules of engagement. This is the closest that I have found. This is a short, effective, actionable plan. Hint: it just might change your other relationships as well". -Jonathan Geraci

"A profound concept explained very clearly. Your child acts out, and you're frustrated. You say something in response because you're frustrated too. That almost always seems to make it worse. The author sounds like she has seen this pattern
hundreds of times with her clients. She lays out a solution that seems realistic. Most importantly, be calm, even if you want to scream. And she guides you through the process for a whole lot less than the cost of a counseling session". -Eric
Newman

"Finally, a booked helped me understand how to respond to emotional kids. As a very analytical and logical dad (I'm an engineer), I realize now reading this book that I've probably been going about it the wrong way for so long and always trying to use
my thinking brain or logic to try and get my kids to stop crying or having an emotional response. This book taught me there is such a better way. I feel like I have a better understanding now on how to manage and approach the emotions and not get upset so easily. I wish I would have read this a long time ago!!! This has already helped me connect and respond better with my kids". -Brian

"Sucked into your child's emotions, escape with this book. This is among the best, most practical parenting books I've read. It appealed to me because my entire family is into feelings. This is a thorough guide on how to navigate those feelings. If you're exhausted at the end of the day and wonder why bedtime goes poorly, this book explains why and how to engage the rest of the day to improve bedtime. If the early morning meltdowns prior to school frustrate you, you'll be able to validate the feelings and move on. If homework woes cause all the stress, don't fear. The answers are. I am a homeschooling mom. My kids are always here. I'm so grateful for this book. One day after reading it, and I'm implementing the suggestions. Thank you!" -EC Mama

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Z8TXHBP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 17, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 17, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4988 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

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Brandys Evans

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Brandys is a therapist, author, and mother who loves helping others feel heard and understood. Her inspirations have come from her 2 dynamic adult children and the interactions that have formed a life long bond of learning, listening, and love. Her greatest accomplishment is the bond between her two children. Her son once told her daughter that the two of them would be siblings in any alternate universes because "we were meant to be". Brandys is dedicated to helping everyone feel close and connected to themself and to others.

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Barbara Mojica
5.0 out of 5 stars KNOW THYSELF
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
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Evans provides a comprehensive discussion about the how and why of children’s behavior in connection with their brain development. The first part of the book discusses the different parts of the brain and the role they play in emotional development. Then Evans moves on to discuss the emotional connections and implications in behavior. The third part of this book talks about the child learning to self-regulate their emotions and the role the parent plays in fostering that process. Finally, the author shifts to a discussion of how these processes work at various stages of development and what parents need to do to facilitate optimum growth.

The last part of the book is perhaps the most valuable. Evans reveals the techniques she used with her own children. A few of these include always telling a child what you are planning and sticking to it, setting physical boundaries, and how to get a child to follow through on a task. The author offers a free guide that can be downloaded to accompany this book.

This book is a non-technical overview of the stages of child development. It is well-written and a worthwhile read for any parent.
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EC Mama
5.0 out of 5 stars Sucked into your child’s emotions? Escape with this book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019
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This is among the best, most practical parenting books I’ve read. It appealed to me because my entire family is into feelings. This is a thorough guide on how to navigate those feelings without wounding others.
If you’re exhausted at the end of the day and wonder why bedtime goes poorly, this book explains why and how to engage the rest of the day to improve bedtime. If the early morning meltdowns prior to school frustrate you, you’ll be able to validate the feelings and move on. If homework woes cause all the stress, don’t fear. The answers are.
I am a homeschooling mom. My kids are always here. I’m so grateful for this book. One day after reading it, and I’m implementing the suggestions. Thank you!
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G.Bowman
5.0 out of 5 stars Important info. and easy to understand
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2019
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I love this book! It's well written and has clear, practical tips of how to deal with your children's emotions. It's so important that we realize what our children need and help guide them so they can be emotionally healthy. I especially like the quotes: "An emotional child is trying to meet a need." "Behavior is a symptom" and "Listening means that you see through the behavior". The advice to remain neutral in the face of your child's emotion, instead of reacting emotionally yourself, will teach them that you can be relied on and that they can handle their feelings. Very powerful and great advice for parents or anyone who works with children.
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Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book helped me understand how to respond to emotional kids!
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019
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As a very analytical and logical dad (I'm an engineer), I realize now reading this book that I've probably been going about it the wrong way for so long and always trying to use my thinking brain or logic to try and get my kids to stop crying or having an emotional response. This book taught me there is such a better way. I feel like I have better understanding now on how to manage and approach the emotions and not get upset so easily. I wish I would have read this a long time ago!!! This has already helped me connect and respond better with my kids.
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Javier Llerena
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for parents!
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2019
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As a parent of two amazing and so different daughters. I always thought that my strategy with one of them will work for the second child. It took me several failures and moments of frustration and despair to learn that I was not listening to them. I was just acting from my previous experiences. Listen! helps parents understand better child emotions and how to have a constructed conversation with your child. The beuty of this book is that helps you as your child grows, it covers the different ages. Easy to read and eyer openers.
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Phi
5.0 out of 5 stars A great inspiring read for any parents!
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2019
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Brandys illuminates the power of the brain in a way that for anyone that doesn't even have children can benefit from. Her insights on how our emotions can physically affect us in all areas of our lives and how that influences us in our ability to parent are amazing! In this book, she's really able to break down fundamental elements of how we are all independent individuals that are all interconnected. This was a great read with great practical tools to guide people in becoming a parent that truly listens to their children compassionately.
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Julie Ponticello
4.0 out of 5 stars How to EASILY UNDERSTAND and work with your child's behavior
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019
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This author has taken the complexities of childhood behavior and put them into easy to swallow form. This book allows parents to easily enter the mind of their child and gain distance from their own emotional reactions when supporting their little ones. Every parent has emotional moments! As a mom with 2 little ones and psychologist who worked with many young children to help them learn emotional regulation, I’m very passionate about this topic. This book is a great easy support for parents to understand their children’s behavior. I wish this one was available a few years ago when I worked in the school system.
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Gary Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, engaging, evidence-based, down-to-earth approach to working with kids!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019
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This book does an incredible job of providing evidence-based content in such an engaging and accessible way for readers. The audience of this book is certainly for parents, but as an educator, I found the concepts directly applicable to working with students. The illustrations and mnemonic devices used throughout this book makes the content easy to remember for when you need it the most... in the heated moment of working through difficult behaviors. This is certainly a must-read for all parents, and arguably, anyone who works with kids!
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Kari
5.0 out of 5 stars Best parenting book
Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2020
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The best parenting book I've read, very helpful. I’ve read plenty, when my kids were babies, toddlers and now teens. This was the one that would have been good from the beginning and continuing to today. I finished it quickly, couldn’t stop reading. It made me understand reasons or why to act one way and not another, it is now full of sticky bookmarks and I will read it again for sure as it helps personally, not just as a mother. I’ve also purchased it as present for others.
It is not theoretical but practical, human. Loved it!
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Judith
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, hands-on book for parents trying to help their children to manage their emotions
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2019
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What a wonderful, hands-on book for parents! I really enjoyed reading it as I could relate so much to what Brandys describes. And the illustrations are great. They make the book such an enjoyable and easy read as they exemplify every-day situations extremely well and illustrate how the different brain parts work. I keep having the images in my mind! The 4-step-concept of 'LIVE' that Brandys describes in detail is just amazing and completely in line with the values that I would like to model for my children. I wrote it down on paper so that I can easily see it when getting into a tricky situation. A great book with lots of valuable tips and insights! 
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Marianne S.
5.0 out of 5 stars LISTEN - and Change How You Parent
Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2020
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Brandys Evans, MA, RCC, has created a wonderful resource for parents of children at any age, but particularly helpful for those situations with pre-verbal children. Her methods are easy to understand and apply when your life is full of non-stop parenting action with busy children!!! This guide is wonderfully illustrated and enjoyable to read. As a therapist myself I was very interested by her techniques and will definitely recommend to parents of kids of all ages.
Highly recommend!!!
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TCB
5.0 out of 5 stars A great tool for parents BUT an exceptional tool for stepparents
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2019
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I wish I had read this book 4+years ago when I began my journey as a stepmother. This book has not only provided many insights into how my stepdaughter processes her emotions but how I do too! I found myself curiously reading through the pages of Brandys book and having many Aha moments. This book is easy to read and understand plus it feels like Brandys is having a conversation with me. This book is a useful tool for parents and new to parenting stepparents.
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Kathleen Cobon
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and easy yo understand and implement.
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2019
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I found this really informative and helpful. It touched on issues which pertain to my situation with three trauma children I work with. It has given me very concise and helpful information to be able to work with these children when they are in distress. I would recommend this book to all who work and /or live with children who have special needs. Thank you Brandys Evans for giving such helpful information in such a way that even layperson can understand.
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