Just Tell Me What to Say - by Betsy Brown Braun (Paperback)

About the Book

This handy book offers sensible language and explanations for handling specific situations inevitable in raising young children. Braun's down-to-earth advice is delivered with humor and derived from her expertise as a child-development specialist and parent educator.

From the Back Cover

Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviors and inevitable questions. This down-to-earth guide provides "Tips and Scripts" for handling everything from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, divorce, sex, and "whyyyy?" Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question--from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair!"--Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to explain the world to your growing child.

Review Quotes

"Just Tell Me What to Say is a perfect parenting book filled with practical, easy-to-understand "tips and scripts" to help parents know how to talk with their children about the most difficult and challenging issues that every parent must face. Betsy Brown Braun is a master teacher and one of the wisest parenting experts I have ever known." - --Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., author of Children of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life
"Betsy Brown Braun is a master teacher and one of the wisest parenting experts I have ever known." - --Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., author of Children of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life
"Parents of young children will find themselves reaching for this wonderful book by Betsy Brown Braun over and over again! Just Tell Me What to Say is full of practical, sound and loving advice on how to handle the everyday situations parents encounter while trying to raise healthy, resilient youngsters. Because the broad spectrum of normal child development is mystifying for so many parents, this 'how to' and 'what to say' journal is full of wise counsel for parents who are earnestly trying to do the right thing with and for their children. Parenting as a life journey is never without its side trips and pitfalls, but this terrific book will make that frustrating period easier for first-time and even experienced parents. It rightly belongs on the nightstand of every parent who is looking for answers to the 'whys' and 'why nots' of raising young children. I certainly look forward to recommending it as a must-read to the parents I work with!" - --Reveta Bowers, Head of School, The Center for Early Education
"Parents of young children will find themselves reaching for this wonderful book by Betsy Brown Braun over and over again!" - --Reveta Bowers, Head of School, The Center for Early Education
"Raising a healthy child to become a self-sufficient, satisfied adult is the aim of this well-written book. Betsy Brown Braun is a fine observer of children and has the remarkable ability to offer practical solutions to the everyday task of child-rearing in a readable, informative, and careful text. This is a book I will recommend to all my parents." - --Robert M. Landaw, M.D., Pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA
"Betsy Brown Braun is a fine observer of children....This is a book I will recommend to all my parents." - --Robert M. Landaw, M.D., Pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA