The Happiest Toddler on the Block, Vol. 1 [VHS]

A good jumpstart
I purchased both the video and the book. I was at the point of frustration where I wanted some help quickly, so my husband and I watched the video first, and put some of those skills to work right away. Now I can "fine tune" my approach through more details and background info learned from reading the book... Well worth the money!

Great advice but....
I bought this dvd after I started reading the book. With a 15 month old and a newborn my time is limited so I figured the dvd would cover just about everything in the book. The dvd covers only the first few chapters in the book. And of course the chapters I still need to read are NOT covered in the dvd (big bummer for me). However I am a huge fan of Dr. Karp. His baby dvd was a life saver for us with our first baby and we've used all the methods with our new baby. His toddler philosophy makes TOTAL sense. We've used it a few times with our daughter and it does seem to work. I would suggest you get both the book and the dvd. I gave this only 4 stars because it didn't cover EVERYTHING in the book.

The happiest Toddler on the Block DVD
I am impressed with this DVD. I use it for the Early Childhood Education classes I teach at the Adult Level. I recommend it for anyone working with Toddlers and who is willing to try new techniques to work on communicating with the child and eliminating or reducing temper tantrums. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. A great purchase for parents, as well.

Respect Begets Kindness & Respect
We have active twin boys and we can't stress how helpful the techniques were in The Happiest Toddler on the Block DVD; Dr. Karp has done it again! I can't say that I am perfect all the time, but I can say that when we do use the techniques and express to the boys that we truly and SINCERELY understand their feelings, they listen. Not only that, but they treat us and others with respect. Acting out/tantrums are definitely minimized too.

A new way to deal with toddlers
I had seen Dr. Harper's "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and found it extremely helpful in dealing with newborns to help them calm down when crying and to sleep better. All his suggestions and techniques I found to be very effective. With "The Happiest Toddler on the Block", Dr. Harper is also very good in giving ideas to deal with toddlers who are having problems communicating their feelings and desires and do so throwing tantrums. Dr. Harper offers very helpful techniques to understand the little ones and help them be happier by having the adults around them respond in manners that are more appropriate to their developmental level. I haven't yet tried the techniques but I sent a copy to my son who has a two year old daughter. I'm waiting to hear from him to see what he thinks. The parents who participated in both videos appeared to have learned the techniques and found them very helpful.