edacious_bookworm 's review for:

The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman

4.0

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So a lot of this book is for older children and not for children under the age of 6. However there were a lot of good principles that I can begin to make into good habits now with my two toddlers. I am not one to think that every person fits into a category but I do appreciate that love is a language that needs to be learned and the various categories help one to love more fully and knowledgeably. The greatest lessons I learned from this book was that I need to be careful in how I discipline and to not use/twist a child's particular tendency for one type of love language against him or her. For example if a child craves physical touch, spanking is detrimental. Another lesson I learned was that it is healthy to have children express anger verbally and help them maturely move up the "ladder" of expressing anger. If not, the child will stay at a behavioral reaction level and later be very passive aggressive (which I see a lot in adults). But as parents we need to also practice and show the right ways to manage anger, which act is a powerful expression of love. I would recommend this book.