Very impressed by the depth of this book! For example, when discusses Acceptance, it discusses many aspects of this. Such as, types of acceptance, barriers to acceptance, strategies for acceptance (with real life examples). Also I feel many parts of this book go beyond just the child & into adulthood. Definitely recommend!

I think every parent needs to read this book! There are great tips and strategies to helping your child and yourself to become more emotionally mature and being able to recognize triggers and express emotions in a more manageable way.

I am a professional working with families and children experiencing problems- anxiety, behaviour, SEN. Each of the parents would benefit from reading this book before making drastic changes in their routine. Great advice for parents who are tired of being stressed by their children.

This book is an excellent resource for anyone struggling with a difficult child. I requested this book because I also have an uncontrollable child which I chose to call, my spirited child. The author provides DBT skills to help regulate behavior in all instances. It helped me understand that I should accept outbursts as a form of expression and opportunity for education. The book provided me with ways of implementing consistency, flexibility, change, limits, and love. This book is helping me to create a more balanced, loving, and nurturing environment for my family.

The Uncontrollable Child is a parenting guidebook for helping to support and shape the behavior of children who struggle with emotional and/or behavioral regulation. This book uses Dialectal Behavior Therapy skills, along with some adapted behavior management skills, to help caregivers gain specific and tangible skills. The first part of the book focuses on skill building for the caregiver to include acceptance, mindfulness, and emotion regulation, and the remainder of the book shares theory and specific interventions related to the child.

I'm a therapist who specializes in trauma (particularly attachment-related trauma), ADHD, and anxiety. As a result, I often work with children much like the ones in this book, and caregivers of children like the ones in this book. As I was reading this, I thought about a number of families that would benefit from this book (and even ways to utilize this in a group or facilitated book discussion). I'm usually iffy on books focused on behavior management because the techniques aren't often aligned with attachment principles, but The Uncontrollable Child does a fantastic job of helping caregivers find ways to be supportive and boundaried in their parenting while still remaining connected and attuned.

The writing here is relatable, the examples familiar, and I love how much of this book is focused on emotion regulation skills for parents, since children learn to regulate in the presence of regulated adults. I also appreciate that the skills here work just as well for caregivers of 4 year-olds as for 14 year-olds. I'll be purchasing multiple copies of this one to have in my office, and will be recommending it to clients and colleagues alike.

From what I read of this book it's your typical parenting book. I tried really hard to finish this book but I just couldn't do it. It is very dry. However I will say the author does a very good job of giving ideas and explaining how to achieve these step by step transformations in your house.

Maybe one day I'll be able to work my way through this whole book, but right now it's just not something I can do.

I’m so happy I came across this book. I have a 4 year old, who has been challenging, and I thought this gave some great tips for dealing with a difficult child. The information was presented clearly and the book was easy to follow. I did think at times it was geared to an older child (like 7+) versus the toddler/preschooler age but it was still a good read.

*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinions.

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The Uncontrollable Child is a fantastic resource for parents of a child they feel is unmanageable and Uncontrollable. This book is suitable for any parent, not just those of children that are Uncontrollable or with emotional dysregulation disordershould and helps parents understand and get to grips with behaviour and learn beneficial strategies to help them cope and support the child.
This book teaches parents and carers ways of acceptance towards their child's behaviour and outbursts as well as learning and implementing consistency, flexibility, change, limits and love.
This book supports parents and carers into finding more of a balance and consistent approach to dealing with behaviour and outbursts as well as guiding them into creating boundaries that are reachable and creating a safer and more loving and nurturing environment at home for all involved.

Some fantastic tips in this book. I work in the social welfare industry and have two small children and this book can be applied to both my professional and personal life. Fantastic