Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • You Can't Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), Revised and Updated Edition

  • Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Strong-Willed Child
  • By: Cynthia Tobias
  • Narrated by: Cynthia Tobias
  • Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

You Can't Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), Revised and Updated Edition

By: Cynthia Tobias
Narrated by: Cynthia Tobias
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Turn conflict into cooperation....

Many parents suspect their strong-willed child is deliberately trying to drive them crazy. Difficult to discipline and seemingly impossible to motivate, these children present unique, exhausting, and often-frustrating challenges to the those who love them.

But strong will is not a negative trait. These same children have firm convictions, high spirits, a sense of adventure - all the makings of a great adult. In this book you'll discover how to channel that passion and determination in positive ways as you build a healthy relationship. Through insights gained from strong-willed people of all ages, you'll...

  • Better understand how their minds really work.
  • Discover positive ways to motivate your strong-willed child.
  • Learn how to share control without compromising parental authority.
  • Apply key tactics to survive a meltdown.
  • Get practical tips for parents who disagree, blended families, and single parents.

Packed with immediately useful strategies to drastically reduce the level of tension in the home (or in the classroom), You Can't Make Me shows how you can start today to build a stronger, more positive relationship with your strong-willed child.

Includes...

  • Top Ten Tips for Bringing Out the Best in a Strong-Willed Child of Any Age
  • A Strong-Willed Child Emergency Kit
©2012 Cynthia Tobias (P)2012 Random House Audio
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours cover art
Raising Lions cover art
The Return of the Gods cover art
The Pilgrim's Progress (AmazonClassics Edition) cover art
The First Born Advantage cover art
For Parents Only cover art
Feeding the Mouth That Bites You cover art
Winning the Heart of Your Child cover art
Nice Try cover art
How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen cover art
The New Strong-Willed Child cover art
Triggers cover art
The 5 Love Languages of Children cover art
Parenting Your Powerful Child cover art
No-Drama Discipline cover art
Boundaries with Teens cover art

Critic reviews

"I love the practical strategies and valuable insights from the hearts and lives of strong-willed kids—including Cynthia herself! You'll definitely want to make this book part of your parenting library." (Dr. Kevin Leman, New York Times best-selling author of Have a New Kid by Friday)
"In You Can't Make Me, Cynthia Tobias provides help and hope for all of us with a strong-willed child of any age. Her extremely practical and time-tested tips will show you how to provide the strong-willed child love balanced with limits, relationship balanced with rules, coaching balanced with cheerleading, and discipleship balanced with discipline. This book will be worth its weight in gold to you and your strong-willed child." (Walt Larimore, MD, best-selling author of God's Design for the Highly Healthy Teen and Why A.D.H.D. Doesn't Mean Disaster)
"Parenting was never designed to be easy, and parenting a strong-willed child can be daunting. Cynthia Tobias has written a book designed to encourage parents to celebrate their children - yes, even if they are strong willed! I love how she has provided tried and true strategies that will bring out the best in our children. Her inclusion of stories from parents who are "in the trenches" serves to remind us that successful parenting is possible for all of us. I love Cynthia's wisdom, but her heart for children made me love this book!" (Janet Parshall, nationally syndicated talk-show host)

What listeners say about You Can't Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), Revised and Updated Edition

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    4
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

highly recommended

I would recommend this book to every parent of any beautiful spirited child with a strong will who can appear trouble some unless understood well.
THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF A CHILD AND LEADING THEM TOWARDS THE GOD AND TRUST IN HIM IS THE KEY...

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it!

It gave me another perspective on how to handle my child. We improved our relationship by following some of the steps from this book and I understand her behaviour much beter.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!