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When Your Kid Is Hurting: Helping Your Child Through the Tough Days Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kevin Leman (Author), Jon Gauger (Narrator), Oasis Audio (Publisher)
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Children today live in an unpredictable, disruptive, and often violent world. Many of them live in two different homes with different sets of expectations. They face bullying at school and online. They hear news of school shootings, and racially or religiously motivated violence. They may have lost a friend or a loved one.

As parents, the impulse to protect our children is strong, but that very protection can end up handicapping them for life. Rather than seek to save them from the hard things, parents must teach their kids how to cope with and rise above their problems. In one of his most important books to date, internationally known psychologist and best-selling author, Dr. Kevin Leman, teaches parents how to:

  • Be good listeners
  • Tell the truth, even when it's difficult
  • Find balance between being protective and being overprotective
  • Approach hurt and injustice as a learning experience rather than fostering a victim mentality
  • And much more

Whether your child is dealing with a difficult family situation, bullies, the loss of friends, the death of a loved one, discrimination, abuse, a teen pregnancy, or even just trying to make sense of what they see in the news, this compassionate and practical book will help parents equip them to process, learn from, and rise above their situation.

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  1. Listening Length
    7 hours and 29 minutes
  2. Author
    Kevin Leman
  3. Narrator
    Jon Gauger
  4. Audible release date
    September 4, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Oasis Audio
  7. ASIN
    B07GWYXN15
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 7 hours and 29 minutes
Author Kevin Leman
Narrator Jon Gauger
Audible.com Release Date September 04, 2018
Publisher Oasis Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07GWYXN15
Best Sellers Rank #93,945 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#257 in Christian Family
#1,236 in Parenting & Families (Audible Books & Originals)
#1,432 in Christian Family & Relationships

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Resource for Parents of School Age Children
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Resource for Parents of School Age Children
When Your Kid is Hurting, by Dr. Kevin Leman, is a self-help book for parents of school age children to help them deal with hurtful issues their children may have. The first part of this book deals with different topics, such as social media, mass shootings sexual violence, discrimination, gangs, depression, bullying, grief and family issues. The second part of the book is a question and answer section in which Dr. Leman gives answers to several tough questions parents are faced with, such as divorced family situations, abuse, rape and emotional issues.The part that I feel is the best in this book, is the suggestions Dr. Leman gives for parents with talking to their children. He gives tips of what to say, what not to say and how to get your child to talk to you. A couple of things that really stand out to me are:When you ask your child what they think, you are treating them like an equal.Allow your child to come up with their own solution.Let your child know you understand they are going through a tough time. Listen to them, give support in non verbal ways such as a hug or favorite meal and let them take a break from faith-based activities if they feel the need.Don't panic, stay calm, respond but don't over react. Don't judge them, give them comfort and let them know you will get through the difficult time together.I really think this is a great book for parents of school age children and I would strongly recommend this book for anyone who lives with or works with children.I received a copy of this book from Revell Publishing. This is my honest review.
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  • ksp mag
    5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018
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    Ordered for my sister so can't really rate. I did hear the author talk about his book and he really sounded like he understood kids. Although I don't have children I did teach for 15 years and can understand what he writes about.
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  • Jack Kert
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018
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    Kevin Leman is a great author, and you are helping him get his message out. The books arrived in perfect condition, and very rapidly. Thank You!
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  • southernshopper
    5.0 out of 5 stars Info with real life applications
    Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019
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    Quick read, easy to grasp info. Great for counselors, teachers, parents.
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  • bjlux
    5.0 out of 5 stars When someone you love hurts.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018
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    Hurting parents of hurting children need to read this book.
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  • lor369
    3.0 out of 5 stars When Your Kid is Hurting
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018
    When Your Kid is Hurting is a resource for parents in helping kids navigate the many issues that are prevalent in this day and age. Dr Leman has a good understanding of the many issues that kids face today…divorce, school bullying, depression, fear, etc. There were some pretty good tips in the book and I appreciated the Q&A section. I did appreciate some of the suggestions in the book about letting the kid take ownership for his/her actions as opposed to the parent fixing things, bring firm in such cases of abuse of the kid, etc.

    I did feel that the author had somewhat of a judging tone towards the parents, with some borderline blaming of the parents for the issues kids face. I agree that there are some pretty crummy parents out there, but many of the parents are flawed humans who yes, make mistakes, but in the end, love their children and want what is best for them. Parents have a strong influence on their kids, but so do school, peer groups, society, and others who kids come into contact with. Parenting is hard enough and many of us do it with little to no resources. It is a role that needs to be respected in this day and age, and my experience with this book was that it came up short in this area. I didn’t feel comments such as “it is the parents that need the therapist, not the kids” was beneficial.

    I’m also not sure I agree with all the advice that was presented in the book. In the case of the MIA father, Dr Leman advises the parent to have the kid ask the dad directly why he doesn’t see him anymore. It felt like the advice was putting the kid in the middle when I think this ought to be a discussion between the mom and dad. I also felt that the author treated the issue of school bullying a little too lightly, with the suggestion that “everybody gets teased, everybody goes through that at one time or another”. I disagree very strongly with that. Some kids are bullied pretty severely and go through it for long periods of time and in this day and age, we see more suicides as a result.

    It also seemed that the author jumped to conclusions on certain situations. Like in the question about the “I don’t care about anything” kid who is so negative on life. Dr Leman suggested that the kid was on pot. Maybe/maybe not, but I think there may have been other reasons to explore. Same for the overly sensitive child, stating that when he hears that the kid is sensitive, he assumes “manipulation”. Again, maybe/maybe not true without knowing all the facts.

    The book did address a variety of issues and I did find a lot of good in the book. I just think the tone could have been a little more respectful towards the parents.

    Rating: 3 out of 5

    This book was provided by Revell Publishing in exchange for a review.
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  • Rebecca B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars on time and as advertised
    Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019
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    on time and as advertised
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  • Ralph Schroeder
    4.0 out of 5 stars The book has a reputation and it lives up to it.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019
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    The book is used for information, and we liked it .
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  • Steve S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019
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    Good advice
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2019
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    Bought this for our daughter who has children- she found it very helpful
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