Children are from Heaven

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray (Reader)

In his travels, lectures, and seminars, the book John Gray has been most often asked to write is a parenting book. After years of serious thought, workshops, and practical applications, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effective system that he calls positive parenting, for children of all ages, from birth though the teenage years. Completing the notion that Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, he adds. . .and Children Are from Heaven.

John Gray has discovered that children today do not need to be motivated by fear of punishment. Instead, they can easily be motivated by reward and the natural, healthy desire to please their parents.

Children Are from Heaven covers the different skills of positive parenting to help improve communication, increase cooperation, and motivate your children. Central to this new approach to parenting are the five positive messages your children need to learn again and again:

• It's okay to be different
• It's okay to make mistakes
• It's okay to express negative emotions
• It's okay to want more
• It's okay to say no, but remember mom and dad are the bosses

When these messages are put into practice—and John Gray shows you how—your children will develop the necessary skills for successful living: forgiveness of others and themselves, sharing, delayed gratification, self-esteem, patience, persistence respect for others and themselves, cooperation compassion, confidence, and the ability to be happy. With this new approach, you will be allowing your children to develop fully during each stage of their growth.

John Gray's reassuring message is that children are from heaven and they already have within themselves what they need to grow. Your job as a parent is to support that process. By applying the five messages and different skills of positive parenting, your children will receive what they need to become more cooperative, confident, and compassionate.

©1999 John Gray; © and (P)1999 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Great parenting book

I love this book. I have it on audio and it's well read by the author. He makes parenting strategies easy to listen to and easy to implement. I love his books on Mars and Venus and how men and women communicate differently. The same for children. Different types of children communicate differently and slightly different strategies work with different types of children. I highly recommend this book.

Bah, mixed feelings

I really loved the original books about men and women. This one starts very promising, but after a while, whit out actual argument why it should be how the author suggests, I started questioning some parts and approaches because I feel like I heard differently (incentives are like punishments after all, etc.) and I ask myself if the material isn’t again aged. I guess the same is true for the original book, I just found a lot of reinforcement in my own experiences and relationships with women (I’m a man). With kids I have no experience and it feels like gambling a bit with them. Most of it seems right to me, but who known and on which basis? Some studies could help me to get on board. Moreover the material is a bit mixed up, with no clear structure like it seems in the beginning with 5 principles/messages I felt.

I wish I read this 25 years ago

Trying to break the habits my parents did on me over the years. Good information

How to Parent without Punishment

I'm a new mom and learned so much from this book. I thought that punishing was the only way to get kids to listen. John Gray gives great tips on how to parent in a loving way that involves negotiation and respect so that your kids won't resent you when they are teens.

Excellent read filled with great tips!!!

PARENTS SHOULD NOT DELAY IN HEARING THIS BOOK

What did you love best about Children Are from Heaven?

IT HAD PARADIGM SHIFT IN MY THINKING ABOUT CHILDREN

What was one of the most memorable moments of Children Are from Heaven?

TIME OUT

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

WHY I DID NOT GET THIS BOOK 4 YEARS BACK

Any additional comments?

THIS MUST BE MADE COMPULSORY FOR EVERY PARENT