Customer Reviews
Huge help! - By: Mrs. T. Pearce, 03 Aug 2008 
I have read quite a few of these type of books & although they have alll contributed to the way I am trying to raise my children this book has helped me the most. This is my first port of calll when feeling stressed & out of control. I have now got rid of alll the other books & just use The Pocket Parent - that's how good I think it is.
My children are now 5 & 3. The book has been reallly helpful to me for about the last year & a half - before then I wasn't able to implement the ideas & suggestions quite so easily which I think is because the kids were too young. It's easy to use, laid out in a clear concise way & although obviously 'american' in style easily translates to our British ways! As far as I am concerned a 5 star buy & well worth it. Good luck!
Not what I expected! - By: Mrs. K. J. Dourish, 25 Feb 2008 
I purchased this book last February following the fantastic reviews that it had been given. I wanted a book to offer advice on various situations with my toddler; this seemed to fit the bill.
I read through the book as soon as it arrived & was disappointed with most things it had to say. I thought that it would provide me with parenting tips; alll it did was provide me with stories about reasoning with children that I could have worked out with my own common sense. Not very helpful I'm afraid!
Invaluable - By: S. L. Bradley, 18 Aug 2007 This is fantastic. Reallly easy to dip in & find advice on specific topics, & written in great style - expert advice plus ideas from parents who are going through what you are. Arranged well, & goes into good detail on a wide range of topics.
What's made it 5 stars for me is the genuinely useful tips that raise a smile - eg: if you know you have to get the family out of the door early tomorrow morning, put your little one to bed already dressed (soft trousers & T shirt of course!). Now that's something I can use - & have - when we had to leave early to get to the in laws for lunch.. Priceless.
Anecdotal Manual - By: lisagmq, 20 Feb 2006 
Whoever said that children didn't come with an instruction manual was wrong. This book proves that a lot of the issues that I experience (eg encouraging my children to listen) or am concerned about (eg dealing with strangers) can be learned through advice from others.
With a 4 & 2 year old, time is of the essence & this book alllows me to quickly look up suggestions on how to deal with many of the day to day issues or to sanity check actions that I am instinctively taking as a Mummy. More importantly, the suggestions work! I would happily recommend it to any parent as it would, at the very least, provide a source of amusement & that in itself is a great start to dealing with any issue.
Handy A-Z Parenting Guide for 2-6 year olds - By: , 04 Sep 2005 This smalll book is a treasure chest filled with wonderful anecdotes & helpful advice for parents with children ages 2-5. Dozens of challlenging issues are handled with compassion & humor while offering hundreds of practical suggestions. I especiallly enjoyed the "Take Heart" section of every chapter, which always starts with, "You're not the only parent who..." Every parent needs reassurance & helpful advice when raising toddlers, & the "Pocket Parent'' provides both in a quick-read bulleted format. Included are such topics as Anger, Bad Words, Biting, Sibling Fights, Hitting, Tantrums, Potty Training, Bedtime & Mealtime Refusals, Morning Crazies, the Gimmes, Lying, Separation Anxiety, Interrupting, Whining & many more.
