"If you want to stop yelling at your kids, this is the book for you. There's a reason parents flock to read the Orange Rhino online - she helps us feel better about ourselves as parents when we blow it entirely - and who doesn't, sometimes? She inspires us to dig deep and try again. But as delightful as this book is to read, it isn't just a feel-good book. It's a full-blown program to stop yelling, complete with day-by-day action steps, revelations, and original, powerful tips. Yelling is a hard habit to break, and we have to work on ourselves as well as change how we interact with our children. As you follow this program, you'll be able to feel your brain rewiring. And in a few months, you'll look back and realize you can't remember the last time you yelled. Well-organized, motivational, funny, supportive, and EFFECTIVE!" - Dr. Laura Markham, www.ahaparenting.com what is the best genre of books Yell Less, Love More: How the Orange Rhino Mom Stopped Yelling at Her Kids - and How You Can Too!: A 30-Day Guide That Includes: - 100 Alternatives to ... Steps to Follow - Honest Stories to Inspire
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful. An empowering story of overcoming yourself to love moreBy MatisseApproachable, engaging, compassionate. These three words sum up this book. It's a thin book that is designed to be read in 5 minute segments daily for a month. At the end of the month, you should have a handle on your yelling. Sheila is raw and honest, sharing stories and situations many would be too ashamed to admit. By sharing her battle and challenge with yelling with us, she inspires and encourages, and leaves you with a sense that Yes You Can: You can Yell less, Love More.This isn't a book about discipline. This is a book about changing your own fundamental make-up, forcing you to accept and embrace that yelling is really about you, not them. By shifting the locus of control to the self, by admitting what you can't control or change, you can be empowered to spark the changes that can and will lead you to Yelling Less and Loving more. It will also force you to problem solve your environment, learning how to prevent, prevent, prevent.My only con for this book is the con of all books on parenting: if parents had the proper care and feeding they need, proper self-care and me time,if parenting didn't require that you run on an empty tank, many of the problems parents face (like yelling) wouldn't exist. If we had enough helping hands around, most of us wouldn't find ourselves beyond frustrated, beyond capacity, beyond ability to just love. Sheila does a fairly good job in helping you find self-care approaches to get to loving more, but I wish there was a more explicit and honest admission: life with young kids can be a living hell of exhaustion that can even lead the most gentle of spirits to yell. As kids get older, it does get easier. Sometimes time itself is necessary for the yelling Less and loving more to become a true reality.I say this because I first found The orange Rhino blog when I was pregnant with my third child. My other kids were 4 and under, and I was one exhausted momma. I tried her online challenge but I did not have the strength, energy or time. I was so far on empty that real change wasn't possible. I then tried her book challenge when the book came out. I had a newborn at home. Sleep? what's that? Me with no sleep is not a pretty picture. Remember those anti-drug commercials from the 90s that said,"this is your brain, your brain on drugs" and then showed a cracked egg in a pan? Well, that's me with no sleep: all broken apart, barely functioning. I didn't have 5 minutes in the morning to read the book. I didn't have 10 minutes to then work on triggers. I did work on not yelling, and I was mostly good (save for when I PMS'd or was going crazy due to lack of sleep), but I didn't have the proper headspace to commit to a full fledged no yell challenge.Flash forward. My youngest is now 2.5. I am getting sleep. i am exercising consistently. I am going out with friends. I finally have the time and space necessary to do the self-work required to Yell Less and Love more.This is my long-rounded way of saying, this book will help you learn to Yell Less and Love more, but it can only do so much. Environmental conditions (not having chemical and hormonal fluctuations due to sleep deprivation, for instance) need to be such that you can change. But this book also shows you that change is possible, that you can indeed Yell Less,Love More, and it's a practical, easily accessible guide in doing so.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Real ConvictingBy J.MartinThis book is absolutely convicting for those "in the closet" yellers like myself, and yet written in such a forgiving style that I did not end up feeling guilty, but empowered. The book is broken down into short, concise segments with engaging stories to back up each of the Orange Rhino's steps to conquering this damaging trait. It is easy to read, honest and interesting. This is the perfect book to read starting Jan 1st so that you can learn to be on your own road to yelling less and loving more in the new year!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Mommy DearestBy CassyNice tips but the additional support was overall lacking. It is a great idea and very relatable. Some ideas are not practical.