Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen
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Book Reviews of Playful Parenting
Book Review: Poorly organized, though helpful anecdotal information
Summary: 3 Stars
I felt that better organization would have improved the reading experience. Much skimming was needed to locate information most relevant to my child and I.
Although I agree with much of what the author presents, and have put some ideas into practice, what I read was awfully anecdotal and specific to a select group of children.
Book Review: Could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
It was a little hard to read-but it had some good ideas.Book Review: Really only for little kids
Summary: 2 Stars
The book is severely lacking in ideas for any child over the age of 10.
Most of the "playful parenting" ideas are targeted towards toddler/preschool through early elementary years, with very little beyond that age group.
More than half the book is about him and his daughter, or him and his child patients. Although I'm not sure how old his daughter is now, it seems like she was pretty young when he wrote the book; so we don't know how what kind of person she grows up to be. He doesn't really offer any long-term benefit of playful parenting, such as, will the child grow to be a respectful, functioning human being.
The children he "plays" with seem quite verbally abusive to him. He says that it is alright, go along with it because a 4 year old calling you poopyhead or idiot means that is how they feel. Instead of correcting them in a friendly way, turn it into a game where they continue to call you the bad name. What kind of advise is that? At what point in his playful parenting approach does the children learn positive social interaction and appropriate behavior?
It is a good book if you have little kids and you don't know how to play with them, or have kind of a "stuffy" or overly strict personality, but beyond that, it might be better to look somewhere else for parenting advice.
Book Review: Nice thoughts, but would have liked more concrete info
Summary: 2 Stars
Like a lot of books written by therapists, this contains many beautiful stories and a lot of nice ideas, but not much concrete advice. It tells you to be playful nd why that's important, but offers scant suggestions about how or what to play with your baby/toddler/child.