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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

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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 44 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateJun 5, 2026

LanguageEnglish

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

4Chapter Three — Why Traditional Discipline Backfires

5Chapter Four — Connection Before Correction (Actually Doing It)

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6Chapter Five — Picking Battles That Actually Matter

7Chapter Six — The Calm You Have to Bring (When You Don’t Have It)

8Chapter Seven — Consequences vs. Punishments

9Chapter Eight — The Toddler Who Says No to Everything

10Chapter Nine — The Four-Year-Old Who Argues Like a Lawyer

11Chapter Ten — The Seven-YearOld Testing Limits

12Chapter Eleven — The Tween Whose Feelings Overwhelm Them

13Chapter Twelve — The Teenager Who’s Actually Trying to Separate

14Chapter Thirteen — School Issues

15Chapter Fourteen — Siblings, and the Comparison That Quietly Wounds

16Chapter Fifteen — Divorce, Separation, and the Two-House StrongWilled Child

17Chapter Sixteen — Grief, Loss, and Disruption

18Chapter Seventeen — Your Marriage Under the Strain

19Chapter Eighteen — Your Own Dysregulation, and What It’s Made Of

20Chapter Nineteen — The Long Arc, Part One: What This Child Becomes

21Chapter Twenty — The Long Arc, Part Two: What They Can Become

22Chapter Twenty-One — The Long Arc, Part Three: What the World Actually Needs From Them

23Chapter Twenty-Two — Screens, Phones, and the Strong-Willed Child in a Networked World

24Chapter Twenty-Three — The Friendships of the Strong-Willed Child

25Chapter Twenty-Four — Food, Sleep, Money, and the Other Daily Battles

26Chapter Twenty-Five — Anger, Aggression, and the Question Parents Are Afraid to Ask

27Chapter Twenty-Six — When Other Adults Do Not Get It

28Appendix A — The 9:47 PM Toolkit

29Appendix B — Scripts for the Hard Moments

30Appendix C — When Something Else Is Going On

31Appendix D — A Letter to Read on Hard Nights

32Appendix E — Family Rituals That Build the Long Bond

33Appendix F — Further Reading and Acknowledgments

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