Ordinarily, the follow-on books are kind of flat. The Elizabeth George "After God's Own Heart" books seemed this way, although the first one, "A Woman After God's Own Heart" was excellent.

I was expecting the same sort of flatness from this book. I found a lot to apply in the original Love Languages book, and I'm still sneaking it into my marriage. It's one thing to tell your Quality-Time husband that you are a TOUCH wife, and a whole different thing to gently convince him to touch touch touch touch touch touch. It has brought me to a whole new level of positive reinforcement.

So I figured this one for kids would be a couple of hundred pages of telling parents that kids need *every* love language. And indeed, there was some of that.

But the book was full of clues for how to recognize your child's love language, how it may change over time, and how to communicate.

The book offered a lot. I thought the chapters on conflict were very worthwhile, and even on how to discipline in the different love languages. My kids are so different that I needed all the pointers I could get. And surprise -- thinking about love languages across generations has helped me communicate better with my parents, too -- off to a good start, anyway.

I read this 6 months ago. My eldest started talking more, to me and to other people, NOTICEABLY more, and it's bringing me some relief from one of my biggest parenting worries -- how remote this child has been. That has been the biggest and most immediate change in our family recently, and I can trace it to this book.

I would recommend you read the first Love Languages book first, and then this one to think specifically about your kids.

Oh, and for moms, definitely read A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George. It's family-enhancing.

A terrific book for all families. You will use this info again and again, not only with your children, but your spouse, family, and yourself.

Very good basic info on how to read your child (or anyone really) and provide the love they need.
I love this book and refer to it often.

This book was recommended to me by a dear friend. Arrived in excellent condition. Can't wait to read it.

This is a great book for anyone. It opened my eyes to why my child reacts the way she does to a lot of things. It also made a light come on to my husband's love language. Also, since I have a niece and a lot of nephews, it helped me talk to them in their own language. LOVE IT! A must read!

This book is a must have for those getting ready for marriage all the way to those who have been married for years. I use this book counseling and believe it would be a good addition to your library.

The Five Love Languages of children is a inspiration book that will ultimately unlock your understand of how to love your children that way they can understand.
This book will undoubtedly empower every reader. I, too, recommend "365 Prophetic Promises & Blessings for Your Children" for all parents who desire the best for their children.

This book, like the original, is awesome. A must-read for any parent. Great seller/price. Fast shipping and condition exactly as described.

This Audiobook ranks at the top with my favorites. It makes perfect sense! Gary doesn't just explain his topics, but also gives practical ways to apply them! AND THEY WORK!! This is a must have for anyone with kids in their life!

This is very helpful and informative. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. I lent it to my neighbor and have yet to get it back!

I have learned so much from this book. Being a mother of two for 10 years, I thought I knew just about everything that there was to know about my children's needs, boy was I wrong. I strongly suggest this book to everyone I speak to with or without children.

Oh my goodness!! Every parent should have this book. I am seeing the principles in this book work with our son. And as I share the principles with other parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. They are seeing their relationships with the children in their life change. I only wish that my parents would have had this book, while I was growing up. It would have answered so many of my behavior issues as a child. Thank God for this book.

Before reading this book, the idea of a 'love language' had never occurred to me. As a single mother, this book has been very helpful for my family. The concepts are laid out very well and are easy to apply. The tone of the book is not judgmental in the slightest. On the contrary, the book leaves the reader feeling competent and hopeful.

I had already read The Five Love Languages (for adults) so I didn't really expect to get much additional out of The Five Love Languages for Children. The first book had a major impact on my marriage and so I thought I would listen to the CD for children to see if there were a few additional tid bits. The CD has a lot more information than just the love languages. It really helped me to see how to better discipline my child in a more loving and more effective way. I have a son with Asperger's that is challenging. We used a lot of behavior modification with him, that has been effective but I noticed some anger and defiance starting. This book really helped me to better understand how to make sure my son feels undonitionally loved. His attitude has been so much better as I have applied what I have learned. I recommend it highly.

This is an excellent book ! I have gained so much insight on the emotional needs of my son and I reccommend this to anyone who knows they need help in showing their children how important they are. This is an easy read and has been a big help.

This is the most excellent book ever! Every parent should read it and then live it! Our kids live in a world without love and so many of them are going wacko on us. You need to be able to communicate love to each one of your children in the way they understand it best. This is a must read for everyone!

This book made a lot of sense as it described the 5 ways the people in my life (not just my children) give and receive love. As a busy at-home mother of 3 that are age 3 and under, I am already formulating little ways throughout the day to efficiently make my children feel loved that won't keep me from getting my daily work done! It includes a brief chapter on the single-parent household and also one of a typical marriage and how our children learn to behave as adults from us.

I was disappointed in the small amount of info on how to effectively discipline based on which love langage a child is - it basically says 'don't use the love-language of that individual child or they'll think they don't love you instead of just being disciplined', such as don't spank a physically affectionate child and don't speak harshly to a "verbal" child. I was hoping for more alternative ideas that can be effective for each child based on their love-language.

I found this CD very interesting. Great to listen to in the car on the way home after dropping the kids to school. I immediately recognised that my son needs touch to feel loved. I have now added extra hugs, touches on the shoulder and head and more body contact in general with my 8 year old son. It has had amazing success. He seems more content and happier within the family. I love these types of insights as I am always striving to be the best parent that I can be. Simple yet insightful advice like this is always so helpful and appreciated coming from someone so experienced and willing to share their experience to help me to be a better parent!

Gary Smalley adapts his "Five Love Languages" to children, and it works! As a busy family counselor and single mom, I recommend this book if you have school-age kids in your home. If you're a single parent like me, I also recommend another great new book, see below. Gary Smalley writes with clear, understandable ideas that you can put to work immediately.

Barbara Sheldon, M.S.W.
I also highly recommend: Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent

We work with single parents in our counseling and teaching. Single parenting is hard work. Just when you think you've know something,
life has a way of slapping you in the face. Your teenage son rebels, your young daughter brings home a bad grade from school --- and you feel like a failure!

This book helps all parents, including single parents, better understand how to reach their children with love, advice, and support. Reading this book can help you communicate better and can improve your relationships with your children.

Dr. David Frisbie, author of Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent for single parents. Dr. Frisbie is executive director of The Center for Marriage & Family Studies in Del Mar, California and has written numerous articles and eight books, including Moving Forward After Divorce: Practical Steps to * Healing Your Hurts * Finding Fresh Perspective * Managing Your New Life and Happily Remarried: *Making Decisions Together *Blending Families Successfully* Building a Love That Will Last

We work with single parents in our counseling and teaching. Single parenting is hard work. Just when you think you've know something,
life has a way of slapping you in the face. Your teenage son rebels, your young daughter brings home a bad grade from school --- and you feel like a failure!

This book helps all parents, including single parents, better understand how to reach their children with love, advice, and support. Reading this book can help you communicate better and can improve your relationships with your children.

Dr. David Frisbie, author of "Raising Great Kids on Your Own" for single parents. Dr. Frisbie is executive director of The Center for Marriage & Family Studies in Del Mar, California and has written numerous articles and eight books, including "Moving Forward After Divorce" and "Happily Remarried."

This is one of those books that will help with parenting by understanding your child better. Share with other parents when you are done!

As a family counselor, I recommend this book to parents to help them better understand their children.

This is an excellent book. It gives such great insights into the behaviors of children. Everyone with children should read this.

I was able to have a 3 month study on this book. I have used the one for adults, but this was more concentrated on little children which my class needed focus on. It was helpful to them, and I was able to help them with their young ones!

I gave this book to my daughter and she could not put it down. She said it was really good and helpful in raising her 3 and 1 year old boys. I would buy it again for another person.

I enjoyed reading the book, the authour made it so simple to understand the different personlities of children and how to show our love to them accordingly.

this book helped me to better understand my kids. i knew the signs of love for my kids, but this book gave me more detailed and new ideas to explore. overall this book is fabulous one.

This book has been such an eye opener to my husband and I. We have a child with ADHD and this book and prayer has really helped bridge a gap in our relationship with our son. I highly recommend this book to all parents who desire a secret key to their child heart.

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THIS IS GREAT! COMBINE THESE HELPFUL WAYS OF COMMUNICATION WITH GOD'S POWER THRU PRAYER (Tammy Price's Alphabet Prayers for Your Husband, Children and Pastors))))
AND YOU WILL:
ENJOY RAISING YOUR CHILDREN
ENJOY COMMUNICATING WITH THEM (NOT JUST AT THEM!)
SEE GOD WORK POWERFULLY IN BOTH OF YOUR HEARTS
WATCH GOD MOLD THEM INTO GODLY CHILDREN & INTO GODLY ADULTS!
GLORIFY GOD AND RAISE SERVANTS FOR HIS KINGDOM
Even if they're off the deep end...PRAY?PRAY< AND PRAY SOME MORE!

The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary D. Chapman & Ross Campbell is another installment in Chapman's excellent Love Languages series. I've read the book for couples and the one for teens, and both helped me understand my family much better. The premise is that each person has a primary love language (the five being: physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, and gifts) and to fully fill somone's love tank, we need to speak their language. Unfortunately, we all too often speak our own language fluently, but if that's not the language of the child, they don't feel loved and it leads to resentment on both sides. Chapman does a wonderful job of giving examples of how to figure out your child's love language as well as ideas for learning to speak it. There's also information on discipline and handling anger. There is so much good parenting packed into this slim book! Since reading the book, I've been able to understand my own children better, and I've seen changes in them. These are lessons to be learned and clung to.

As a husband with two children, this book is outstanding in providing a way to execute Covey's concept of making deposits into the emotional bank accounts of those you care very deeply for. I read the book years ago and still find it has great value.

I DID NOT READ THE BOOK PERSONALLY BUT GAVE THEM AS GIFTS TO MY DAUGHTERS AND THEY HAVE SAID THE INFORMATION IN THEM IS VERY HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL.

It's never too late to get with the program. See my primary review of "The Five Love Languages" for additional details. This author has a simple formula, easy to understand and easy to apply. This book is the best possible gift for both new and long-standing parents, especially in this age to two-income families, striving to fit too much into each day, and in the face of the Internet and television as a corosive alternative to parenting. I'm no saint--barely competent as a parent--this book is in my case a badly needed intervention. It took three children for me to figure this stuff out. Buy five copies and gently make a difference to five families.

Parenting is very hard and the most important lesson as parents that we can teach our children are skills in successful relationships and loving one another. As it says in his first book "5 love languages" - Relationships are more meaningful than accomplishments. Children are so hard to figure out most of the time. Any help in relating to them better and creating a stronger bond that will last a lifetime is a priceless treasure. This book encourages gentleness, compassion, the importance of listening and the validity of each precious childs thoughts, emotions and feelings. By studying this book,you will be able to successfully help lay the foundation of who they will become- how they manage their own emotions, solve problems and cope with the challenges that life throws them. All of which are found in how we treat others, how we deal with anger and disappointment and how well we express these emotions with another person.

I highly recommend this book. It really helped me to connect with my son when he was younger. I am reading it again now that my littlest one is almost 5.

Buy this book - you won't be sorry!

This is a book that every parent should read. Whether or not you are a parent of a toddler or a teenager, after reading this book, you will learn how to interact with your children in a more productive manner.

The basic premise is that everyone reacts to five different love "languages." These are quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch. However, each of us has a primary love "language" that we identify with more strongly. Once we figure out what our children's primary love language is, we will be able to better understand their personal communication methods. Even though children need to feel love through all five of the love languages, their primary love "tank" must be filled in order for the other languages to be affective.

The authors offer practical guides in how to figure out your child's primary love language and how to keep their "tanks" filled. They also offer excellent suggestions with disciplinary methods that won't affect your child's perceptions of the way they feel loved by their parents. I highly recommend this book to anyone with children or even for those planning to have them. Although this book focuses mainly on children, the same principles can be applied to adults and our relationships with our spouses or friends as well. As a matter of fact, the authors have written other books for such relationships.

After reading this book, I can definitely see how these concepts applied to my childhood as well as my life as an adult now. I believe that, as I was growing up, my primary love "language" was "quality time." Looking back, I can see that the other love languages were not as effective if my primary love "tank" wasn't filled. For example, If I had received a great gift from someone, it didn't mean as much to me if I hadn't felt like they recently spent much quality time with me. As an adult, my love language has definitely changed. Now, I respond much more positive to "words of affirmation" than anything else. This goes a long way to explain why when someone "puts me down" or otherwise makes me feel unwanted with their words why I intend to take it very personally. They are using my love language against me. I especially notice this when my children scream at me out of anger. It makes me feel like they don't like or love me, even though I know this not to be true. The book strongly urges parents, when disciplining, to not use the same love language that their child most closely relates to. It can be excruciating for them. This, I believe, is the most important aspect of learning to use the love languages. It can also be the hardest as it often requires us change our more reactionary insticts when dealing with our children.

This is a gentle reminder that children are different and there is not a one size fits all solution to everything. Used in combination with other common sense relationship skills-this is very helpful. Also highly recommend Love and Logic (www.loveandlogic.com)

This book is right on with the different love languages for children. Just as the original '5 Love Languages' I enjoyed this book and have adopted its principals for my family and grandchildren. It is a must read for all!

The Five Love Languages of Children is practical, informative, touching, and best of all backed with sound Christian perspectives you can trust. If you have difficulty understanding your children love communication you're trying to accomplish, you'll love this book! Gary Chapman will take you through his explanations of the way how you can express your love that can be understood by your children in a fun and inspiring way. Guaranteed to improve your love language if you use even ONE of the tips he gives!Get and use it, for your children are desperately expecting the blessing of your spoken words.
Another good book, I highly recommend to all parents who desire to see their children have a blessed life and a heart toward God's Word is "365 Prophetic Promises and Blessings for your Children". Get and use it, for your children are desperately expecting the blessing of your spoken words..

This is by far the best book on child communications that I have ever read. The truth offered in this book is both refreshing and enlightening, and offers great insight into learning how to best communicate unconditional love to our children. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all parents, grandparents, and childcare workers.

My six-year old daughter and I bicker. I read this book as a way to learn to address this issue before it gets out of hand and I've learned so much! To use the five love languages (words of affirmation, physical touch, acts of service, gifts and quality time) to keep her emotional love tank full. The book states that when a child's love tank is full, your discipline will be more readily received. Also the way I discipline now has improved: first I make her feel loved by speaking her primary love language, then stay calm (being an example of anger managed) and explain what she did wrong and what the discipline is (always keeping it fair to the "crime") and then giving her her primary love language again at the end. I learned that I am doing many things right especially allowing and really listening to her express her verbal anger. This is actually good because if you don't allow children to do that they will just bottle it up inside and you can't train them plus the anger may come out as passive-aggresive behavior and more. Ideally this book would be great to read while your children are young but it makes the excellent point that it is never too late to start changing how you treat your children, even if they are grown. I highly and whole-heartedly recommend this book to parents, teachers, aunts, uncles--all adults who have dealings with children. You will learn a great deal that can make the people you love in your life truly feel loved by you which will open them up to become happy and mature adults. Also there is a chapter about speaking the love languages in marriage which is helpful. "Someone has said, 'The best way to love your children is to love their mother [father.]' That's true." There's another whole book on The Five Love Languages--How to Express Heartfelt Love and Commitment to your Mate. Read them both and see how happy you can make the ones you love! And in giving out love, the love will flow right back to you! o8E
Soar!

Many parents may read this book and assume that you ought to discover your child's love language, and then he/she will grow up happy and feeling well-loved. I do not think that is all that Chapman is saying with this incredible book, instead, he is pointing out that many children feel unloved by parents who truly DO love them because their parents are not being sensitive to their primary love language. ADDITIONALLY, the main conclusion I came to upon finishing this must-have title was that children ought to be loved with ALL of the love languages so that they will grow up able to show love to others regardless of the love language one speaks. If I truly value my child, I will want him not only to know I love him, but I'll also want him be able to show love to others. This book spurred me on to teaching one of my classes of 2nd-6th graders how to show love in these different ways, and to evaluate others around them. It has also made me more sensitive to physically clingy children (perhaps not getting the physical touch they need), as well as children who are constantly trying to get attention. I advise teachers of any aged children to read this title. It will change the way you view your class forever.

This was an excellent work by the authors and though I did not agree with everything I read, this was an extremely helpful book. The premise is that everyone responds to (at least) one of the five languages: Acts of Service, Gifts, Quality Time, Words of Affirmation and Physical Touch. This book will help parents determine their children's love language and will also help them know how to use that language to express love to their children.

This book is life changing, it is that good. Need I say more?

I have difficulty imagining a parent reading this book and exclaiming, "Of course!" "I'm supposed to *hug* my child!"

I'm going to do you an enormous favor and list the five 'Love Languages' discussed in this book.

1) Touch your child (hugs, etc...)
2) Talk to your child (words of encouragement)
3) Spend time with your child
4) Encourage giving
5) Encourage receiving

That's it! Somehow, the authors (amazingly, it took two) managed to fluff this into an entire book. As you'd expect, it is devoid of content - just inane observations any decent parent should understand instinctively. There is no hard research, no references to studies or books, well... except Bible quotations.

This is cheap, sickly-sweet, pseudo-therapy for empty minds. Skip the book and spend time with your kids.

Gary Chapman identifies 5 ways children experience love. He suggests that each child has one or two primary ways of feeling loved. The book can therefore help people maximize their emotional impact with children by employing those primary areas during interactions with the children in their lives.

The redundant nature of the description of the 5 "languages" and excessive story telling force me to give this book 4 stars. Otherwise the information and examples are helpful to those willing to make the effort to improve their relationships with children.

Chapman, with co-writer Ross Campbell, M.D., have written The Five Love Languages Of Children, which applies the love language theory to children. How can you tell your child's main love language? Chapman offers these suggestions:

1. Observe how your child expresses love to you.

Chapman and Campbell: Watch your child; he may well be speaking his own language. This is particularly true of a young child, who is very likely to express love to you in the language he desires most to receive.

I've seen this with my own 4 1/2 year old. Noah will come up to me or my husband, and try to engage us in a wrestling match. Or he'll pat our arms, give us a hug, etc. He has shown us that his main love language is that of Physical Touch!

2. Observe how your child expresses love to others.

If you notice your child making crafts for relatives, or wanting to take presents to classmates or teacher, this may indicate that her primary love language is Gifts.

3. Listen to what your child requests most often.

If your child often asks you questions like "How do I look, Mommy?", "What do you think of my drawing?", or "Did you think I did well at practice today?", this pattern may indicate that his love language is Words of Affirmation.

4. Notice what your child most frequently complains about.

Frequent complaints such as "You never have time for me", "Why don't you play games with me?", or "We never do things together" would be indicative of the need for Quality Time.

5. Give your child a choice between two options.

Chapman and Campbell suggests to lead your child to make choices between two love language. For example, a Dad might say to his son, "I have some free time Saturday. Would you like me to fix your bike, or would you rather go to the park together and shoot some hoops?". The choice is between Acts of Service and Quality Time. A mother may say, "I have some time tonight. Would you like to go shopping, and I'll help you pick out a new outfit, or would you rather stay home and we'll do a puzzle together?" You've given her the choice between Gifts and Quality Time.

Chapman and Campbell explain: As you give options for several weeks, keep a record of your child's choices. If most of them tend to cluster around one of the five love languages, you have likely discovered which one makes your child feel most loved. At times, your child will not want either option, and will suggest something else. You should keep a record of those requests also, since they may give you clues.

Of course, the choices you offer your child will depend on age and interest.

I highly recommend this book for understanding your child's own unique love languages, and how you can better fill his or her "love tank"!

An anti authoritarian child is in our opinion, a smart child! However the writers, and advocates of the bible who wrote this book, consider anti authoritarianism to be a negative manifestation in children.

Although our egos, as parents may not be happy to hear the word "No" from a child. We believe the reply one should give to most authorities on this planet is "NO" !!!!!

If you can name the five love languages, or find an alternative soucre to get this info, then you don't need to read this book...

I can't speak of the emotion that fills my heart when thinking of this book. It is saving my family! My husband and I now know how to satisfy our children in the most basic of ways...Love!! And I will tell you a secret: They do their chores now with no complaints!! Their "love tanks" are full, and they are happier than I have ever seen them! I think it should be handed out to every parent at the arrival of their new baby.
I also have "The Five Love Languages" and it is just as worthy! This book should be a MUST for every married/dating couple in the world! Actually, I think maybe it should be handed out at birth! LOL It saved my marriage! I kid you not! Our whole family has been reborn because of these books.
I have shared the "love language" books with many people, married, dating, and parents alike, and hope that you choose it too! Your life will be changed for the better. Guaranteed!!

I read this book to try and get some ideas to help us deal with our three year old who was having a "difficult phase". I'd read over a dozen other "discipline" books and all of them were useless [except "Playful Parenting", which was also fantastic]. Thank Goodness I found this one! It was *tremendously* helpful! I can't recommend this book enough - the 5 love languages WORK - reading this book has truly helped me become a better mother and has had an extremely beneficial impact on my daughter's behavior and our relationship.

While this book is recommended more for older children, I think ANY parent could benefit from reading and implementing the ideas. Using the suggestions in the book to ensure that your child is receiving the love s/he needs will help build a better relationship no matter what the child's age or the parental circumstances.

The only complaint I had about the book was the chapter towards the end on "anger" - it is very poorly written and terribly confusing. I'm still not sure what the heck it was supposed to be about. But with that brief exception, this is a PHENOMENAL book that has the power to help you vastly improve your relationship with your child/ren.

I also recommend "The Five Love Languages" [for couples] too - a strong relationship with your partner is a precious gift for your child/ren. This book was GREAT for our marriage! Our happy family owes Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell a HUGE Thank You!