The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively
Written by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
Narrated by Chris Fabry
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About this audiobook
- Discover and speak your child's love language - in dozens of ways!
- Use the love languages to help your child learn best
- Discipline and correct more lovingly and effectively
Gary Chapman
Gary Chapman--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than four hundred stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.
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Reviews for The 5 Love Languages of Children
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was juist really helpfull for me. Thanks to authors.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I highly recommend reading this book! It's a must-read for any parent!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book I learned alot about problem solving in my household…
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excelente libro, con consejos aplicables en la vida cotidiana.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I find this book useful in helping me to recognize and practice different ways of showing love (and of recognizing when someone else is trying to show their love for me). It didn't blow my mind, perhaps because I already knew a bit about the concept from a session I attended at a homeschooling conference. It was decent, though. I was a bit disappointed there wasn't a simple quiz to take to identify my children's love languages. This is a bit funny to me, since I tend to ridicule books with quizzes in them. I've so far not been able to identify anyone's love language, but I have expanded my repertoire of ways in which I express my love.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing book it was a blessing for me and my family
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5the five love languages are true and great God bless you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's a great book, it's a great book for parents.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good info. Great insights. Loved the original and this one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was really eye opening and extremely helpful. I've already recommended it to others. Before I even finished listening to it I started practicing the love languages for my kids and it has been such a wonderful help.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book - gives a lot of interesting insights! Will for sure help me in my parenting
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Awesome, I cant wait to try these out. Thanks for this great idea
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed the journey this book have sent me on. I’ve learned a lot about myself and the people around me. I’m so glad I decided to listen to this book. I’ve been telling everyone about this book. This is a great book. Thanks
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book, an eye opener, easy to follow and implement.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aware that each one of my sons were 3 indiviual people, with their own unique makeup, I selected this book as a desire to understand their love language and how I was communicating my love to them. This book is an easy read and an excellent help to parents. As you learn the 5 love languages you can adapt to each child as necessary. Which is very important if you want to communicate your love in the language that they understand best. I learned that there are no cookie-cutter-molds for love; one 'love shoe' does NOT fit all sizes! A must read for any parent or caretaker of children. I gained a wealth of knowledge from this book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An exploration of the five love language premise--physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, and acts of service--but this time in terms of children.The authors do well at shifting the premise from its original grounding in marital relationships and encourages parents to recognize their children's primary love language. The authors point out the challenges which come with children who are often unable to properly verbally express whatever they are feeling and often just get frustrated, rebellious, or act out in other ways; the burden of responsibility is much higher on the parents in this circumstance. The authors also apply the love languages and their lessons to handling discipline and fostering instruction. They also work to give encouragement to single parents; for married parents, importance is placed on making sure each spouse knows the other's love language and acts accordingly, providing a good model for children.Beneficial for parents.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read this book before reading the 5 Love languages for couples. I love how in depth the book goes to help us identify what our children's love language is. I agree that it is hard to determine the love language of a child under a certain age, however, I have been able to figure out that our 3 year old's love language is definitely touch. While I'm sure he has awhile before we can have an idea of his secondary, it is apparent that he is a toucher. I didn't realize that we all receive love differently until I read this book. It helped me pinpoint which love languages my older children feel loved. It should have been a given since they both enjoy quality time, but I didn't realize that is how they feel loved. I plan on reading this for a second time because it is that great!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Both my wife and I read the Five Languages of Love book and that definitely benefited us. We both read this one too and agree that it has provided deep insights into loving our child more.The tips that the authors provide regarding discovering your child's primary love language are elegantly simple. They just make complete sense. Also, the pointers on 'what do to if [x] is your child's primary love language', at the end of the chapters, are quite enlightening.The chapter on disciplining was fascinating as well. It says 'ask "What my child needs when he misbehaves?" instead of "What should I do to correct his behavior?"' - neat, real neat. It goes on to say that disciplining should be done only when the child's love tank is full, else the child will develop a resentful mindset.Fathers (myself included) - apparently there's a 11-yr study that says that children grow up much better when we are involved with them during their childhood days.While reading the book I was trying to identify the primary love language of our (almost) 4yr old. But the authors say that below 5, children expect to be loved in all of the 5 ways and that's very true of our kid."Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't matter. What you do with your children will matter forever." - absolutely true (especially for the corporate employees).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In The 5 Love Languages of Children, Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell apply Chapman's popular concept of the five love languages to the parent-child relationship. Each of the five love languages is explained and examples are given of how to use (and how not to use) a child's love language. Parents are encouraged to love their children unconditionally, which is sometimes not as easy as one would assume it to be, and to successfully express that love to a child.I found The 5 Love Languages of Children to be insightful and challenging. The explanations of each language were informative, but the real life examples were what I found to be most helpful. There is a full chapter as well as a love language “game” at the end dedicated to help parents correctly identify how a child gives and receives love. At times, the book was a bit overwhelming to me as it felt like I have to do everything perfectly or I'm going to really mess my child up. I know that was not the authors' intention and maybe not everyone will get that feeling, but that's how it was for me.The 5 Love Languages of Children is geared for children above age five. My child is only two which is a bit young for her love language to be obvious. The authors say five is usually the minimum age before a child's love language can be determined as it's prone to fluctuate in the early years. Therefore, a lot of the information was good, but not completely relevant to me. The main points I was able to take away from the book were: unconditional love is the desire of a child's heart, whether or not a child's love needs are fulfilled will affect them positively or negatively, and it's important to practice all five love languages at this point. I plan to keep The 5 Love Languages of Children and will probably revisit it in a few years.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5While I found a lot of the stories about parents and their children very tragic, I enjoyed learning about how to love children in a way that will be most meaningful to them. I especially enjoyed the chapter about teaching children how to deal with their anger in an appropriate way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Although I had heard people talk about the five love languages, this is the first book on them that I've ever read. I enjoyed the book and learning about each love language and thinking about our boys and trying to determine what their love language might be. I thought the last couple of chapters drifted a little off topic, though.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a must have book for all parents. Each child, as we all know, is different. This book is a good reminder of the ways we show our Children "Love". It is not the same for each Child in the family. There are some really good examples shown in the book, and it is a good reminder.Sometimes we try so hard to be doing the right things and we fail to understand that we need to do things differently. I recommend reading this book for some great insights, and applying them in real life!“Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products orservices mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention iton my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personallyand believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordancewith the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning theUse of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book has been extremely helpful in parenting my daughter. A friend recommended this, and while I didn't relate to the religious content of the book, it didn't overwhelm the rest. I wasn't surprised to learn that "Quality Time" was my daughter's preferred love language. What is helpful are the suggestions for creative ways to achieve it, especially for working and busy parents who might otherwise try to use gifts or verbal acknowledgment (as we did) to replace what the child actually craves.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the first "Love Languages" book that I have read. It gave great insight into children and the ways they express and understand love. It also provided ideas on positive parenting and discipline with love.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For some reason, the premise of this book just didn't grab my attention. It seemed overly contrived to me, and there are loads of better books out there about meeting children's needs. Or, you could just try spending time with your kids and finding out that way.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good read for any parent. Opens your eye to the necessity of continuously showing love to your child in the way that the child is sensitive to. Eg some children feel loved when you hug them, others prefer you to spend quality time with them