Mum and Dad, Please Listen to Me: A Little Book Filled with Big Thoughts for Parents
By Jenny McFall
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Adults sometimes think children are too young to understand much of the world. Yet research tells us that a childs brain and cognitive development is far beyond that which most parents imagine. If parents really listen to their children, they can come to understand them better and in turn would have an easier and more enjoyable parenting experience.
Children expect parents to love them in the right way and give them sunshine. But how does that work in practice? In Mum and Dad, Please Listen to Me, teacher and parent Jenny McFall translates the combination of the essential elements of child psychological and social development and character education into a simple manual for every day use. Jenny covers the 50 most common challenges that parents are likely to encounter and the way to achieve positive outcomes and hands-on daily tasks to develop childrens sense of responsibility and independence.
Mum and Dad, Please Listen to Me shows you how to give your children the keys to put them on the path to a happy and more successful adulthood.
Jenny McFall
Jenny McFall earned a BA in English literature. She taught English in China for ten years, where she implemented values education in her class. She is also the author of My First Parenting Book, published by Joint Publishing in Chinese in 2013. She and her husband, David, live in Australia with their children.
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Mum and Dad, Please Listen to Me - Jenny McFall
Inhalt
Part 1
Mum and Dad,
Love Me.
Please Love Me in This Way.
I Love My Family
What Your Love Means to Me
What Sort of Person Will I Be
Please Let Me Grow
How You Bring Me Up
I Need Rules
Don’t Be Afraid to Let Me Go
Part 2
Mum and Dad,
Love Me.
Please Give Me Sunshine Like This.
Part 3
Mum and Dad,
Don’t Treat Me Like a Baby.
Please Talk to Me Like This.
1. If I don’t have a tidy room …
2. If I don’t brush my teeth …
3. If I don’t wash my hands before a meal …
4. If I don’t want to have a shower …
5. If I don’t want to go to bed …
6. If I eat and play around at the same time …
7. If I play too many computer games …
8. If I disobey you …
9. If I am a bit slow doing things …
10. If I make mistakes in my homework …
11. If I don’t concentrate on my work …
12. If I don’t finish my homework …
13. If I don’t seem to care about time while doing my homework …
14. If I ask you to buy me too many toys …
15. If I start to do homework with the TV on …
16. If I interrupt you …
17. If I am whining …
18. If I don’t put the TV remote back in its place …
19. If I complain or grumble …
20. If I brag about my dad …
21. If I use bad language …
22. If I am physically lazy …
23. If I don’t take care of my things …
24. If I am too fussy about food …
25. If I throw a tantrum …
26. If I am rude …
27. If I fall over …
28. If I feel bored …
29. If I lose my bicycle …
30. If I haven’t saved enough money to buy a toy I want …
31. If I lose a competition …
32. If I do well in a competition …
33. If I disguise the truth …
34. If I take money from Mum’s purse …
35. If I take a spoon when we leave a restaurant …
36. If I forget to feed the family pet …
37. If I start crying when I can’t get what I want …
38. If I don’t want to share my things with others …
39. If I have a problem with other children …
40. If I break family rules …
41. If I keep my problems to myself …
42. If I find it hard to fit in with others …
43. If I say no to you …
44. If I hit other kids …
45. If other kids hit me …
46. If I am being a bully …
47. If I break my toy by accident …
48. If I take a toy apart on purpose …
49. If I have fun drawing pictures …
50. If I am curious about the difference between boys and girls …
Part 4
Mum and Dad,
Don’t Treat Me Like a Baby.
Please Teach Me How to Do These Things.
Useful Resources
The Strength of Positive Language
Fifty Positive Sentences
Charts
Beat the Clock in the Morning—I Have Done it! 
Good Habits—I Have Done It! 
Help with Chores—I Have Done It! 
Manage My Daily Routine—I Have Done It! 
My Expectations
—What Sort of Person Will My Child Grow Up to Be?
I love my child.
I love all children.
This book is dedicated to:
My parents.
All the words in the world are not enough to tell you
how much I love you,
how grateful I am to have you as parents,
how lucky I am to be