Respectful Parents Respectful Kids Giveaway CLOSED
This is a joint giveaway with Code Name: Mama and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only. Please find the section marked “Win it!” for the mandatory main entry and optional bonus entries.
We are opening up entries to the Respectful Parents Respectful Kids Giveaway to make it easier for anyone to win, but participating in our book discussion will net you even more entries!1
Here’s a little bit about Respectful Parents Respectful Kids:
Respectful Parents Respectful Kids is one of my favorite parenting books. It is modeled after Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication philosophy, and you can apply what you learn to all of your relationships – not just those with your children.
Hart and Hodson focus “on creating respect and cooperation between parents and children,” and they give us seven keys to help us work on these skills. The seven keys include concepts like “parenting with a purpose clearly in mind, looking beyond behavior to the needs that motivate it, and actively choosing structures and practices that fulfill one’s purposes and intentions.” The authors stay away from some of the techniques that are commonly preached to parents, things like natural consequences, time-outs, incentives, and punishment, because those are all simply ways “to control kids’ behavior.”2
Respect and cooperation are not about control, nor are they about managing children’s behavior.
In Respectful Parents Respectful Kids, you will learn simple yet effective ways to build on good feelings and connection. The book “addresses the only behavior you can actually change – your own. The beauty of it is, when you change your behavior, your kids’ behavior will change too.” Think of it this way – will your children learn by having you lecture them, day in and day out? Will your ultimatums and scoldings motivate them to grow into kind people? Or will they learn by watching you live your values?3
If you would like to build your capacity to create a loving home, I hope you will join us for this discussion. “A loving home is free of fear, which is the source of all conflict. It is a place where children trust that their needs matter and that everyone’s needs – theirs included – will be considered and cared for.” Respectful Parents Respectful Kids will give you the tools you need to create such an atmosphere.4
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You can purchase Respectful Parents Respectful Kids on Amazon ($12.21 new plus free shipping for Prime customers!), Barnes & Noble ($12.92 new and free shipping if you spend $25), straight from Puddle Dancer Press ($12.55, or as low as $8.95 if you buy multiple books), or check into one of your locally owned/independent book sellers.
WIN IT!
There are several ways to enter the giveaway:
RULES:
- Contest open to United States mailing addresses only.
- Contestants may enter at either CodeNameMama.com or NaturalParentsNetwork.com, but not both. Entries will be combined for the drawing of a single winner.
- Leave each entry as a separate comment so we can count them all.
- For actions like following and subscribing, if you already follow or subscribe, just let us know in your comment.
- For tasks that garner you multiple entries, you can copy and paste the comment with a #1, #2, etc.
- You don’t have to do any of the bonus entries, but you do have to complete the first mandatory one.
- We will pick the winner through Random.org after the contest closes and send an email notification. Leave a valid email address as you comment so we can contact you if you win. If we can’t reach a winner or don’t hear back within a couple days, we’ll draw a new name.
- Any questions, let me know: CodeNameMama {at} gmail {dot} com
Contest closes March 13, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
Disclosure: Our reviewer received nothing for this review/giveaway, she already owned the book! For our giveaways, we try to seek out only products we think you would find relevant and useful to your life as a natural parent. If we don’t like a product, we won’t be recommending it to you.
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Dionna, the reviewer of Respectful Parents Respectful Kids, blogs about natural parenting at Code Name: Mama and is also the cofounder of Natural Parents Network and NursingFreedom.org.
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I think the book Being Genuine looks really interesting. I think whether we are dealing with our children or other people, being our authentic selves is very important. But I think it can take some digging to get there. This book seems like it might be really interesting and have some insight on how to be your authentic self no matter who you’re dealing with.
I think this Respectful Parents Respectful Kids book looks the most interesting because I notice more and more that parents don’t seem to realize how much their behavior affects their kids’. I notice when I yell at my cat to stop scratching the couch, my 17 month old yells at him, too. But when I say “please stop scratching”, my son reacts calmly. I think more parents need to hold a mirror up to ourselves as we try to raise polite, respectful little people!
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Just checked out Puddle Dancer. Besides RPRK, I am also interested in Connecting Across Differences. I love the idea of a workbook that I could do with my son to help us both learn these important lessons.
Right now I think the book that most interests me is The Compassionate Classroom. My son is currently in K and he we are taking issue with the way the teacher aide speaks to the children. She is so punitive and belittling. It would be a great one to share with the principal who we are meeting with soon. I have 3 kids but used to be a teacher so I am always loving finding books I can read and share with the teachers who I know. I am trying to work with my spouse on figuring out what we really value and then remembering that in our parenting. I am working really hard at reaching my children in a loving and dignified way when expecting them to act with empathy and dignity as well.
Both the “speak Peace” book and the connecting across differences books look interesting to me!
oops, forgot the “why.” We’ve been talking a lot at church and at home about genuinely loving our neighbors. Both of these topics (nurturing peace and connecting across differences) are vital!
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peaceful living seems interesting, but respectful parents respectful kids interests me more
The most interesting book at Puddle Dancer Press to me is Respectful Parents Respectful Kids. It’s the most applicable to my life right now and thus would be the most helpful at this stage in my life. Parenting an energetic, strong minded daughter, like mine, in a respectful way can be such a challenge sometimes. I could always use more pointers.
I would like to read Eat by Choice, Not by Habit
Any tips for healthy diets and how we can make better choices for the foods we eat can be added to other things in our lives
The book, Being Genuine looks really interesting to me. I think learning to be “real” with others would not only be beneficial to me, but it would be a good ideal to model for my son. I would love for him to learn how he can be genuine with his feelings and emotions and desires at a young age.
Speak Peace in a World of Conflict
I live in a fairly mainstream conservative area and am frequently judged for my parenting style. I think this book would help me handle those situations more effectively.
I think I might pick up the “Speak Peace In A World of Conflict” book! We have dealt with our first bully this week and it has opened up a great conversation with our kids about being peaceful in an aggressive situation. What a wonderful lesson for them going out in to the big world!! Be peaceful when the world is not!
I think Speak Peace in a World of Conflict might help me deal with my mother in law. :/
Eat by Choice, Not by Habit
I think most of the time we don’t really think about what we are eating or why. It’s just basically become a habit. If we review our thought processes about eating, we would probably eat healthier. This would be a good starting point.
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Eat by choice, not by habit
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Besides “Respectful Parents Respectful Kids”, I think “The Compassionate Classroom” looks like a thoughtful read for teachers or anyone who interacts with groups of children.
So many great books! Since I’m studying to be a teacher and am trying to figure out how my ideals are going to be able to fit into a public classroom (?!), I would love to read Life-Enriching Education.
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I’m most interested in the Compassionate Classroom book. As someone that will probably homeschool, I thinking finding ways to incorporate good parenting and gentle discipline practices in a classroom setting is invaluable.