How to Talk When Kids Won't Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood (The How To Talk Series) by Joanna Faber

How To Talk When Kids Won’t Listen

This guide from the bestselling How To Talk series applies proven communication strategies to the toughest parenting challenges.

Building on Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s classic How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, and Joanna Faber and Julie King’s How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen, this book adapts trusted methods for difficult childhood moments.

It covers tantrums, technology, tough conversations, and more, offering clear, practical strategies.

Part One introduces the How To Talk “toolbox” with cartoons illustrating key communication skills. Part Two addresses specific issues like homework, sibling conflicts, digital challenges, and punishment, with direct access to topics and helpful “reminder pages.”

Featuring real stories, humor, and exercises, this book provides effective solutions for parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers facing everyday struggles with children.