Suzanne Capek TingleyRecensioni

Personally, didn't have a lot of time when I received it, but still enjoyed the book. Found it helpful to implement several of her suggestions; felt better when I found a few of my own previous responses to problem parents left me with the same ideas as she had... before I read this book. Think it would have really been nice to have had this book as required reading while still in college, and skipped the more stressful experience-building of trial & error though.

Overall, a good book. It's well-written, solid info with a liberal sprinkling of humor throughout, and was not in the least boring, dry, or unuseful. Even if your particular type of "problem parent" isn't specifically described here, she has laid a good framework from which you can identify, assess, and successfully deal with them in a quick, effective, and low-stress manner.

This book should be helpful for nearly every type of teacher (school, church, daycare, sports, etc.), but I feel it would be most helpful for new school teachers (especially student teachers)... so they'd be less likely to "learn by experience" and more likely from her examples.

(Received via LTER Prg.)

I won a copy through the Goodreads' Firstreads program!

Although I'm not a teacher, I have been in many situations with difficult parents. This book offers insight and suggestions for how to handle those irritating moments...when you just want to put the parent in a good time out!

This is a book about effective communication in high-emotion atmospheres. I would recommend this book to anyone in teaching, daycare, etc. to add to their repertoire of skills in dealing with the parents who just don't believe their children could be anything but perfect.

If you aren't an educator, this book is worth reading for the succinct and accurate description of how parents have changed their views toward both school and teachers over the years (hint - if you haven't had a kid in school in a while, it's not the way it used to be) but if you are a teacher, she gives excellent advice on how to deal with the sorts of difficult parents a teacher might face as they work to educate their students. I really love how she approaches the subject matter with humor and gives specific language for a teacher to use in "fierce" conversations to get done what needs to happen for kids to learn and succeed. Worth a read for both experienced and new teachers.

I received this book as an early review. It has 18 chapters describing a variety of parent-teacher conflicts. This book would be a great text for pre-service teachers, as it gives clear examples of parent communication techniques.

Good strategies for dealing with parents, nice to know that I am not the only teacher having to deal with a variety of parents. This book gave me some new ideas to deal with all my parents.

This is a great resource for both new and experienced teachers. From having encountered many of these types of parents over my ten years of teaching, I found Suzanne Tingley to be right on the money! Not only does she offer practical strategies for effectively working with difficult parents but her humorous presentation made the book fun and easy to read. I would definitely recommend this to any teacher!

I think this book is great for educators. It does not have a solution for everything but its suggestions are a great starting point. I think this book helps arm teachers in deal with difficult parents. The suggestions the book offers are very professional and well help prevent feelings of frustration.

This book is quite helpful. The descriptors of the various difficult parents are precise enough that you could pick the book up and "look up" the parent you are facing for suggestions in your next meeting. The author's sense of humor helps to make this an enjoyable, easy resource to read.

The books is quite good. It gives what the usual question a parent asks and how it is typically answered (and what we are really thinking) and offers an answer that is more professional. It's a light book, filled with humor. The chapter titles are funny in of itself. Quite good I'd say!

"How to Handle Difficult Parents" is a highly enjoyable book to read. It gives the reader many cogent examples of how to handle person to person interactions. Although it focuses on teachers, it actually is an excellent guide to anyone who has to deal with the public on a daily basis. The examples are detailed and, with continued reading, help to form a mental picture of how to handle verbal conflicts. Learn the lessons given and you will be prepared to handle with certainty situations that have left you feeling frustrated in the past. Well worth adding to your library.

Received this via LTER. This is an excellent guide to dealing with parents as an educator. The book identifies and gives strategies for dealing with different types of parent in a practical, compassionate way.