Review: Powerful.  Important.  If you don't know this stuff, you NEED to know this stuff!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2012
I admit I came in late in this series since this is Book 4 and I never read the first three.  That said, I can conclusively say that if you jump in right here because this is your issue, you're in good hands.  Campbell and Kahler keep it simple and straight forward enough that you can start right here.Personally, I have three of four boys that will chat with us.  One of them is such a chatterbox that the problem is sometimes getting him to stop!  That fourth, though, doesn't communicate much with anyone.  He used to, but he's withdrawn into himself and seems most disinterested in coming out.  From time to time, almost at random (from anything we can see), he is interested in chatting with mom (and mom seems to be the only one he has actual conversations with these days).This book is good advice.  Very solid.  Basic enough that no reader should be lost.  Insightful enough to make a difference for anyone who might read it.  I hope that every parent is doing some of that they teach.  I expect every parent has at least one or two things to learn.  It's a quick, easy read, and it's very useful.  I recommend it.I vacillated between four and five stars until I paused to ponder how powerful the techniques are.  My lean toward four stars was entirely predicated on how much of this I already knew.  I had to remind myself that I've been communicating with kids and teens for more than twenty years.  If you don't already know this stuff.... You NEED to know this stuff!