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The Me, Me, Me Epidemic!

In today’s 24/7, often over-stimulated, over-indulged, can’t get enough culture – many parents struggle to find the means to not only say “no” – but to connect with their kids in a way that allows them to better learn to be RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, and READY to meet a world where frankly, it’s NOT all about them.

With 35 incredible, easy-to-implement tools, parenting expert Amy McCready outlines the step-by-step strategies for empowering your kids without indulging them. Fueling their spirit – not just funding their wish-lists. Building bonds that can last a lifetime. Fostering compassion for others, rather than focusing on themselves. And parenting in powerfully positive, pro-active, life-changing ways.

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If I Have to Tell You One More Time…

In this invaluable, best-selling book, McCready points to one of the all-time great paradoxes of parenting: giving our children more power—not less—can put an end to power struggles in the home. Drawing on Adlerian psychology, she explains that every human being has a basic need to feel powerful—with children being no exception to the rule. And when this need isn’t met in positive ways, kids will resort to negative methods, which often result in some of the most frustrating behavior they exhibit.

The twenty-three tools presented in this book are easy to implement and effective for correcting misbehavior and bringing out the best in your kids ages two to twelve. Read If I Have to Tell You One More Time and rediscover the joy of parenting!

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"If there’s one thing parents need to teach their kids—well beyond getting into college or finding a job—it’s how to be humble, contributing citizens of the world. If you’re a weary parent trying to do just that, you’ll find encouragement and practical know-how in the clear and enjoyable pages of this book."

- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:18:01-04:00

- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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“What a wonderful resource for every parent raising children in today’s self-absorbed world! A pivotal book for all parents who struggle with how to teach their children to be compassionate, empathic and socially intelligent.”

- Dr. Shefali Tsabary, New York Times-bestselling author of The Conscious Parent

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:18:36-04:00

- Dr. Shefali Tsabary, New York Times-bestselling author of The Conscious Parent

https://amymccready.com/testimonials/dr-shefali-tsabary-2/

“Insightful. Timely. Helpful. The ‘Me, Me, Me’ Epidemic is an important (and game-changing) read for anyone raising kids in our 24/7, give-them-whatever-they-want and never let them experience disappointment, culture. Ready to empower your kids without making them entitled? For the sake of the children, read this book.”

- Dr. Jane Nelsen, co-author of the Positive Discipline series

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:19:02-04:00

- Dr. Jane Nelsen, co-author of the Positive Discipline series

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“Do you cave in to your kids' demands even when you know it's a bad idea? Do you rescue your kids when they forget things? Do you find yourself ‘over-contributing’ to your child's school project so he can meet the deadline? Most parents do these things because they can't figure out what else to do in the heat of the moment. Amy McCready shows parents why this kind of parenting raises kids who don't learn from experience, don't take responsibility, and are no fun to live with! She describes exactly what parents can do and say to set appropriate limits and help kids develop resilience.”

- Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:19:43-04:00

- Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

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“Every time Amy McCready has been a guest on TODAY I have found myself agreeing with absolutely everything she says. She's a no-nonsense, commonsense communicator, and The “Me, Me, Me” Epidemic offers parents great wisdom and practical advice.”

- Kathie Lee Gifford

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:20:15-04:00

- Kathie Lee Gifford

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“The ‘Me, Me, Me’ Epidemic is probably the most important parenting book of the decade. She brilliantly helps us turn from unhealthy parenting to great parenting in a simple, fun and workable manner.”

- Meg Meeker, M.D., bestselling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and cohost of James Dobson's Family Talk radio show

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:20:50-04:00

- Meg Meeker, M. D., bestselling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and cohost of James Dobson's Family Talk radio show

https://amymccready.com/testimonials/meg-meeker-m-d/

“This book immediately motivated me to stop doing things for my children that they can do for themselves. My eyes were opened to the many ways my children could contribute to the family and become prepared to thrive in the real world.”

- Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Mama

Amy McCready

2015-06-20T22:21:24-04:00

- Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Mama

https://amymccready.com/testimonials/rachel-macy-stafford/

Amy McCready

The One Parenting Book That Should Come with a Warning: Do Not Try This at Home!

As a child therapist I am constantly hearing about new parenting philosophies, trends and approaches. After fifteen years, most of them sound pretty similar.

Recently I have gotten on this kick of getting the audio version of the most popular parenting books out there. I figured I had a 90 minute commute three days a week – why not fill the void with more knowledge.

The first two books filled me with fresh ideas and a new vigor to soak up learning. After all – even a seasoned child therapist and mom of three can learn a few new things!

I listened to Ross Greene’s audio version of The Explosive Child

– and quickly put it at the top of my “must read” recommendations for parents. I also listened to Tamar Chansky’s Freeing Your Child from Anxiety and found myself awed at the amount of wonderful and insightful advice she offered parents. A definite must-read for any parent with anxious children!

My thirst for knowledge came to a screeching halt as I listened to Amy McCready’s If I Have to Tell You One More Time

. Her extremely popular free webinar is all over the Internet – so when a parent told me they had taken the webinar and found it helpful – I was all in.

Unlike the other two books – my heart sank as I listened to the first few chapters. After an hour into the audiobook I had a growing list of parenting behavior that was not acceptable and harmful to my child.

I went home and found myself tripping over my words as I tried to parent my children for the next few days.

I could no longer tell my child, “good job” without feeling a ton of guilt – as the author said I could be damaging my child.

I choked and stumbled on my sentence as I caught myself telling my child, “I am proud of you.” I was told that to use such words is judging my child.

When my daughter was showing me her math score I literally took back my compliment, “You are so good at math!” and quickly replaced it with the more effective parenting sentence, “You worked hard at math and therefore you got a good grade.” My child just looked at me with confusion and walked away.

What is wrong with mommy – they must be thinking.

The book should come with a warning, “Don’t try this at home” – as I was becoming more ineffective than I ever had been – double guessing and triple guessing my parental interactions.

I thought – if this can make me feel overwhelmed – what could it do to some of the more anxious or self-critical parents I work with in my practice?

As I trudged through the book – I was left with many great tips and some wonderful reminders. The author has summarized some very popular parenting approaches in a very succinct and effective manner. There was nothing new in the book, but it repackaged and renamed some very sound advice. I loved the suggestion of extra time with your children and I love positive parenting approaches in general.

So why was I not feeling so positive after listening to this book?

With social media, we cannot escape the strongly opinionated professionals and parents who love to tell you what you are doing wrong and how you should be doing it better. Luckily there is some backlash out there – with a strong message to end parent shaming.

As a child therapist and writer – I want to boost people up, not tear them down. I realize that giving people “should nots” will do nothing to encourage positive parenting and everything to make them doubt their abilities. Parents can be taught positive parenting approaches with grace, acceptance and soft guidance.

I know I might be extra sensitive and so perhaps I took the do nots a little too deeply. But I know that I am not alone. I have had many parents proudly tell me they do not “praise” their children. I understand the author’s intentions around this topic – and they make sense, but the meaning may have gotten lost with this all or nothing message.

I am sorry, but I do not think that if I tell my child “good job” or “you are great at math” that I am doing irrevocable harm. Would it be better to highlight what they did well – of course. Would it be great to outline their hard work and effort – definitely. Am I a bad parent if sometimes that doesn’t come out of my mouth. I think not. And I am here to tell you- you are not either.

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vladson

Rated the book

Great book!
Written easily and accessible.
I feel that I will open it more than once.
After Hay's books, this book is very impressive and corrects the brain, forcing you to really get down to business. nine0055 This is how it is for me (it would be interesting to know how others do it)

Required reading)

May 26, 2012

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Eli-Nochka

I don’t remember when I strongly remember the advice

me to read this book.

I only remember that I was so impressed with the emotions of the adviser that I decided: I need this book in paper form, it really deserves to stand on the shelf and be re-read more than once.
For a long time I never got a paper copy, but I found a reason to read it. And I realized that no, I don’t need it on the shelf. nine0003

On the whole, the book is not bad. The author, in a rather easy manner, with many examples, tells that it's all about fear, that you don't need to be afraid of anything, you need to believe in your own strength, approach the matter with the attitude "I can handle it", do not reproach yourself for the wrong choice in that or another situation (after all, there is no wrong choice, any of our decisions is right), it is easy to part with what a lot of time and effort has been invested in, when you realize that it is not yours, do not get hung up on one area of life, and so on and so forth. In addition, you must learn to take responsibility for everything that you feel, these are purely your emotions and there is no need to put the blame on someone else. Perhaps the author is not so wrong. But from a practical point of view, for me personally, the book is useless. nine0055 When the author says that she came to some conclusion after seeing an advertising poster like "Open the doors to your world" (the quote is not verbatim), and that's when she realized that she was blinking somewhere and needed to go to another side. When the author recommends that before making a choice, draw a mental picture, and after the choice is made, just throw it out of your head, because now it will interfere with seeing something new. When the author says that there is no wrong choice, but at the same time talks about mistakes, falls and correction of the chosen course... For me, all this looks somehow not very convincing. Perhaps too American book, which is far for me. Perhaps I am hindered by the baggage of already existing knowledge somewhere in this topic. Perhaps this scheme would have worked if I had attended the author's seminars. Don't know. nine0003

The initial message, despite the fear to go and do something, did not become a discovery for me. This book didn't motivate me like that! - and get to work on yourself. And all these "when you read the book, you can change your life" did not give me anything either.

August 2, 2016

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biopath

Rated the book

The book is definitely worth reading. Here you can learn a lot for yourself. To be honest, I was a little surprised by the amount of useful information that I could find for myself here. The book helps to take a different look at fear and life in general. Although, of course, I am unlikely to use all the exercises in the book ... One thing is a little jarring - almost all the authors of such books write about the fact of success if you do as it is written in the book. They write - I did it! it means that you will succeed and it doesn’t matter who you are and it doesn’t matter if I know you and your life, but one book written by me will help you, and if it doesn’t help, then you didn’t follow the instructions or you were simply not open to her wisdom. This is a standard set of phrases that subconsciously makes you feel inferior if you do not share the views of the author (after all, you have the right to do so). And what is most comical is that the authors are different and write about different things and in different words, but everyone believes that it is their method that will allow you to radically change. While reading the book, I realized this and decided that I did not want to become a copy of a copy. I want to be myself and I do not need to connect to the source of the universe that the author writes about (although I will not prove it because it is unprovable). nine0055 Well, and one more thing - the very manner of presenting the material jarred me a little, it was written by a feminist, because it is addressed primarily to a woman. Even the appeal is something like this - if you followed A (here there is an emphasis on this a). The examples that the author chose (consciously or not), for some reason, allowed me to assume that everything is not so simple in her kingdom and state. Maybe I'm subjective (no, I'm most likely just subjective), but she still has grievances against men, and this is an indicator of insolvency and, as a result, the unreliability of her usefulness. That is why I will not follow her path. I'm not sexist, but when I get pushed aside because I'm male... No. Although maybe I'm defective, not her. nine0055 Oh my god!!! Yes, I broke one of the rules of the author! Don't judge others, don't be negative! don't judge others!! oh guys I'm useless))

October 6, 2013

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Rated the book

Be afraid, but act. Take action, but be afraid. Everyone is afraid and you are afraid. But the main thing is to act. It's normal to be afraid, and whoever doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne. And... *drumroll* ...those who take risks and drink champagne afterwards are also afraid. nine0003

But at the moment where it is written as it should be and you don't have to think in order to live happily, richly rich and not spoil your karma, to be honest, they already lost me.

And so the book is nothing, no worse and no better than others in its category.

September 3, 2017

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sergei_kalinin

Rated the book

I didn’t like the book :( simple formulas for happiness :)), there are also practical tasks and step-by-step algorithms for success), but ... a lot of water, primitive techniques that have been wandering from book to book for many years (like all the same affirmations and revoicing the "inner alarmist" with more positive replicas). nine0003

Actually, this is the case when you don't have to read a book, because its entire meaning is quite fully exhausted by the title :) . But in fact, about overcoming fears - only about the first third of the book. Further, the author simply offers a series of general tips for self-development, which are not directly related to overcoming fears, but simply help, as it were, personally "outgrow" them.

I didn't like the section on overcoming fears. Either these are translation difficulties, or it is intentional terminological vagueness on the part of the author (the book is popular, why be accurate :( ), but under "fear" very diverse problems are gathered together - self-doubt, negative / low self-esteem, anxiety, shyness, etc. Fears are very different (and ways to overcome them too), but the author does not make a difference between anxiety, phobias, social fears, panic, etc. She uses "fear" rather as a synonym for some kind of internal trouble. nine0003

And most importantly: by and large, the topic has not been disclosed :( Such a wording ("be afraid, but act") implies a transition from being stuck in some kind of negative state to purposeful activity (this is relevant, by the way, not only when experiencing fear; )). Jeffers, in fact, writes about how to move not to a purposeful, but to a replacement activity; not to solve specific life problems, but to work on oneself.

As a summary, I'll add that perhaps I'm being too strict, because. in my head is a database of tens or hundreds of similar books for comparison. If the book "Be afraid ... but act!" - one of your first books on self-development, it is very good. There is nothing frankly harmful in it, that's for sure :). nine0003

June 7, 2017

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You'll likely be able to successfully prevent most tantrums with these techniques, but you're not 100% immune to them. Be sure to explain in advance to the child what exactly you will do if he gives you a scandal with screams and tears in the store (tell him that you will not react and that he still will not get what he is trying to achieve with his tantrum). Practice good behavior through role play. When a tantrum does occur (because the child will probably want to test your firmness), remain calm and do not react. Remember that the child has the right to express his feelings, and you have the right not to participate in it. Do not even try to calm him down with words - he will only get more excited from your attention and begin to yell even louder. Take him to a quiet place—in a car, if necessary—and let him cry. When the child calms down, return to shopping - and be sure, now he will be less likely to resort to tantrums. nine0003

Stop and wait method

This happens all the time: kids in the back seat of a car arguing over whose superpower is better, and you can't concentrate on the road because of their bickering. And if they don’t argue, then they pester you with the question of why they should go to the bank with you, or arrange a competition for the most disgusting sound, or come up with something else. How to silence them and calmly get to where you need to go? This method will restore peace and quiet to your trips - or at least you will be able to have pleasant conversations on the road. You've probably heard of it already: it's here to daddy's old "I'll stop the car now!" should be taken seriously, because it works - if you warn children about the consequences in advance. nine0003

How to use

First of all, when you are not going anywhere yet and everyone is calm, tell the children that you have a new road trip plan. “Remember how we were driving in a car last time and you were arguing about which is better - to be able to fly or turn into a wolf? You know, it's not safe for me to drive when something like this happens in the back. So I'm not going to take any more risks. When you start fighting or yelling at each other in the car, I'll stop, wait until it's quiet, and only then move on. I hope you understand my point? What happens the next time you get into a fight or scream in a car?” nine0003

This method works best if, shortly after the conversation, you go somewhere where the children themselves want to go. Try announcing your plan, for example, on the Friday night before your Saturday visit. When the kids start freaking out in the back seat without saying anything, calmly pull over in a safe place (roadside, parking lot, etc.), turn off the engine, and take out a magazine or book. Start the car and drive on only when the children are quiet.

nine0002 They must learn very quickly that a car trip is not the time for quarrels and fights. However, it is very likely that children will forget about it from time to time - and therefore, you will have to use the "Stop and Wait" method on the way to swimming lessons, to grandma's birthday, to a football game, and anywhere else.

Yes, most likely you will be late, but this should not lead you astray. Pretty soon kids will realize that the quicker they calm down, the less time they'll have to sit in a parked car—and one day you'll forget about arguing in the back seat. nine0003

Tips and tricks

• You can put an end to back seat pampering by providing enough positive attention to your children every day using the ARTD method.

• Be proactive: Turn your trip into a conversation time. If your nine-year-old son tells you in great detail about his latest practice in the Children's League, he will not be able to simultaneously convince his little sister that the evil witch is going to turn her beloved doll into a crocodile, and thereby cause a small catastrophe. And if you ask your six-year-old what breakfast cereal to get him next week, he'll complain less about having to stop by the store on the way. nine0003

• Enlist the support of everyone who drives your children.

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