Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour

Really worth it! Good to read out to kids :)

Love this book has great stories and information

The book provides helpful insights to building stories and dealing with tricky behavioral situations with children. The stories have inspired me to review my own observations and experiences and present them as 'stories'.

I am always looking for good stories for my son (3 years old) - He is so quick to internalize and begin imitating stories I give him that I want each one to be worthy of our time and his attention. This book is FULL of wonderful short stories for nap time or bed time. We have never had a book before without pictures, but ever since I opened this one, he has not wanted to go back to his picture books. He enjoys imagining the scenes in his mind as I read. I appreciate that the book is divided into topics (stories for situations a child may be facing, such as feeling shy, clinging to mom, being uncooperative, feeling impatient). Also, the stories are prefaced with a guide for what is age-appropriate. I can tell that we will be using this book not just now but well into his 7th or 8th year.

It is easy to pressure children and use authority in solving problems, but in the long run the problems will surface with greater magnitude and require more healing and dealing. Children are person just like we adults, and nobody can force anyone to do anything. As a person one can influence the other, but how is more important than the result.