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The creativesensitive dreamer is not the strongwilled child. This book is a good guide for parenting in general for the average child. This book helped me raise my dreamer child from age 9 through high school. The 8 best parenting books for willful and spirited kids. In fact, when a dreamer child is mistaken for a strong willed child, they can become more stubborn. At the point when i had basically given up on parenting books, i happened to find strongwilled child or dreamer on a free giveaway shelf. I practically threw dobsons strong willed child across the room. Strongwilled child or dreamer 9780785277002 by dana scott spears. Get this book and learn how to parent your special needs child who is principle oriented rather than. None of the other books i read on how to deal with strongwilled children. The three most beneficial books for raising a strongwille d child.
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