The Explosive Child

One of Dr. Greene’s basic beliefs, reiterated often in this wise and compassionate book, is that “Kids do well if they can.” Instead of seeing their child as manipulative, attention-seeking, stubborn, controlling, or defiant, readers learn to understand that really, the child lacks some necessary skills: flexibility, adaptability, frustration tolerance, emotion regulation, and problem-solving. Using a combination of exposition, explanation, and stories from his decades of practice with troubled kids in many circumstances, Greene shows parents how to put the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model into action. He reassures readers that—even if they’ve been doing it all wrong until now—there’s… show more.

There’s a reason over a million copies of this book have been sold. It describes the many emotional and thinking skills children require to live a happy life and explains how challenging behaviours occur when demands are placed on children that exceed the skills they have to manage those demands. This book gifts parents the key to unlocking the mystery of their children’s uncooperative, frustrating, and even violent behaviours. It’s rich with examples, scenarios and clear suggestions for action, which make it easy to read and incredibly useful in building parents’ skills and confidence. You’ll never think about children’s behaviour… show more.