Parenting the Strong Willed Child
How to Raise the Kid Who Argues With Everything Into the Adult You’ll Be Proud OfBy Dr. rosalinD FaraDay
Length7h 50m
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**Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Disciplining a Defiant Child, and Raising an Argumentative Kid Without Breaking Their Spirit**
The first strong-willed child Dr. Rosalind Faraday met in clinical practice stood in the doorway with her arms crossed and calmly announced that she would not be participating. Her exhausted mother looked defeated, having spent years trapped in daily power struggles. Yet eleven minutes later, the same child silently crossed the room and handed Dr. Faraday a block. That moment taught a lesson that would shape three decades of work: strong-willed children are not impossible children. They simply require a different approach.
This book is written for parents raising children who challenge authority, question every rule, argue every instruction, and seem determined to do things their own way. While traditional parenting advice often focuses on obedience and compliance, Dr. Faraday argues that strong-willed children possess traits that can become extraordinary strengths when guided properly. Persistence, independence, determination, and conviction are not flaws to eliminate—they are qualities to shape.
Drawing on thirty-one years as a child psychologist and her own experience raising two strong-willed children, Faraday explains why conventional discipline often escalates conflict. Readers learn how to distinguish strong-willed temperament from conditions such as ADHD or ODD, understand the nervous system behind intense reactions, and create boundaries that maintain authority without damaging trust.
The book provides age-specific guidance from toddlerhood through adolescence, covering sibling conflicts, school struggles, emotional regulation, screen battles, family transitions, and the teenage years. Practical scripts and real-life examples show parents exactly what to say during difficult moments.
Most importantly, this book offers a hopeful vision of the future. The child who refuses to give up may become the adult who stands up for what is right. The goal is not to remove the will. It is to teach children how to use it wisely. With patience, structure, and connection, parents can transform daily battles into opportunities for growth while preserving the very qualities that will serve their children throughout life.
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GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length7 hrs 50 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction — The Kid Who Won’t Just Do What You Say
2Chapter One — The Strong-Willed Child Diagnosis (It’s Not Bad Behavior)
3Chapter Two — The Temperament You Didn’t Choose for Them 20 Chapter Three — Why Traditional Discipline Backfires
4Chapter Four — Connection Before Correction (Actually Doing It) 3 4 Chapter Five — Picking Battles That Actually Matter
5Chapter Six — The Calm You Have to Bring (When You Don’t Have It)
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6Chapter Seven — Consequences vs. Punishments
7Chapter Eight — The Toddler Who Says No to Everything
8Chapter Nine — The Four-Year-Old Who Argues Like a Lawyer . 70 Chapter Ten — The Seven-Year-Old Testing Limits
9Chapter Fourteen — Siblings, and the Comparison That Quietly Wounds
10Chapter Fifteen — Divorce, Separation, and the Two-House StrongWilled Child
11Chapter Sixteen — Grief, Loss, and Disruption
12Chapter Seventeen — Your Marriage Under the Strain
13Chapter Eighteen — Your Own Dysregulation, and What It’s Made Of
14Chapter Nineteen — The Long Arc, Part One: What This Child Becomes
15Chapter Twenty — The Long Arc, Part Two: What They Can Become
16Chapter Twenty-One — The Long Arc, Part Three: What the World Actually Needs From Them
17Chapter Twenty-Two — Screens, Phones, and the Strong-Willed Child in a Networked World
18Chapter Twenty-Three — The Friendships of the Strong-Willed Child
19Chapter Twenty-Four — Food, Sleep, Money, and the Other Daily Battles
20Chapter Twenty-Five — Anger, Aggression, and the Question Parents Are Afraid to Ask
21Chapter Twenty-Six — When Other Adults Do Not Get It
22Appendix A — The 9:47 PM Toolkit
23Appendix B — Scripts for the Hard Moments
24Appendix C — When Something Else Is Going On
25Appendix D — A Letter to Read on Hard Nights
26Appendix E — Family Rituals That Build the Long Bond
27Appendix F — Further Reading and Acknowledgments
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