I Brake for Meltdowns: How to Handle the Most Exasperating Behavior of Your 2- to 5-year-old

It was a good book. I expected more, or something more solid to apply like maybe a consistent approach to handling the meltdowns, though. But, it does provide so many solutions for everyday situations. The other books I bought didn't touch nose picking, rudeness to strangers, meltdowns in vehicles, etc. A wide, wide variety of everyday battles to look up. I understand they were trying to provide solutions for a small child and older children so there are so many examples and they are different. If you have children within this range, I'd say it's a good choice. But, we thought they gave way too many chances and alternatives. For example, I'm not making two meals for my child every night for dinner just because she may not like one. She eats what we eat, or she can have what's already on the table, like bread. But, that's just us. Some people may think that's too harsh. Overall, I'd say there is no consistent approach addressed in the book, every situation is handled differently, but toddlers need consistency and limits. For the level of detail on the meltdowns in a small child's life, I'd say it's a good choice, but have your own plan in place for how to handle things consistently and just use this book as a supplement maybe.

Great book, am still reading it piece by piece as any parent can understand. Gives great strategies about how to communicate with your child and keep you as cool as possible in the process. I like the strategies it gives for how to deal with the insanity children exhibit in public. Lots of stories and situations, which can be a little overkill on a topic, but that may be something you like.Also touts the importance of teaching your child to deal with anger/frustration. If you aren't able to set good examples of how to do things, they will follow suit. I like the section on how to remain cool as a parent to deal with these behaviors. I will be going back to this again and again.

My wife and I retired from decades of corporate life to discover how much we enjoyed time taking care of our grandson. When he turned two, we realized how much we had forgotten about toddlers, and how/why they fall apart. But this book offered practical advice and helped me to think, prepare, and remember to hold my temper when the major meltdown in the grocery store occured. Yes, some advice seems intuitive, but it's really nice to have just read - and be able to remember - that advice when you are with a screaming child. Read the book, relax; it's our job as parents and grandparents to help our kids pass through this stage,lovingly, with flying colors. This book helped me in my role, and I hope it does for others as well.

This book is very informative and most importantly, encouraging for parents who genuinely want their children to grow up to be responsible people. As with any book, there are a few things that I did not agree with 100%, but the main theme of it was suggestions for you to tailor to your individual child. There have been quite a number of times my 3-yr-old has done something and I had to put her in her time-out area and walk into another room and referenced this book. It is laid out really well also for that purpose.

THis book was an awesome help to me as a mom and I loved the fact that it was not real expensive and was easy to have shipped to me and have help right there. it is a great resource to flip through and find a problem you may need to solve in a struggle in parenting.. and am very satisfied with this book being as helpful as it has been in helping with my struggles as a parent sometimes we just need a little reminder in a book to help us figure out our next move.

I have not finished this book yet but I had barely gotten through the introduction when I found useful information that I use several times a day with my 3 year old boy. He needed me to be more on his level and it showed me great communicating tips. I have 2 older girls and I wish I had found this book sooner!

I have four boys - one of which (the third one) is quite a hand full. I was looking for some new tips on how to handle him when he's in the middle of one of his huge tantrums. Everything in this book is pretty straight forward, common sense information on how to handle a youngster. I was looking for a little more - this book fell short.

This book was bought for my Daughter and she thought that it contained some helpful insights and it was easy to find the information she was looking for.