Adele Faber
Born: January 12, 1928 – Bronx, New York, United States
Adele Faber is an American author and educator best known for co-authoring influential parenting and communication guides with Elaine Mazlish, including How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk and Siblings Without Rivalry. Her work on parent-child communication has been widely taught and translated internationally.
Biography & Author's Journey
Adele Faber was an American author and educator whose work helped redefine how adults speak to children. Born in the Bronx in 1928, she grew up in a Yiddish-speaking home and developed an early attachment to books; according to her family’s obituary, her father teasingly called her “The Book” because he so often found her absorbed in reading. She studied theater and drama at Queens College, earned a master’s degree in education from New York University, and taught New York City high school students for eight years. Those experiences gave her an unusual blend of classroom realism, literary sensitivity, and stagecraft. A major turning point came when she and Elaine Mazlish studied with child psychologist Haim Ginott and later taught at The New School for Social Research and at Long Island University’s Family Life Institute, where they began translating child-development ideas into language parents and teachers could use in ordinary life. ((https://howtotalkworkshops.com/about-the-authors/))
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How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
Adele Faber
Empowering guide for parents to build strong connections with teens through effective communication strategies and mutual understanding.
Siblings Without Rivalry
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Practical guide for parents to foster cooperation between siblings, reduce conflict, and create a harmonious family environment.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber
Effective communication strategies for parents to build strong, respectful relationships with their children.
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
Adele Faber
Empowering guide for parents to build strong connections with teens through effective communication strategies and mutual understanding.
Siblings Without Rivalry
Adele Faber
Practical guide for parents to foster cooperation between siblings, reduce conflict, and create a harmonious family environment.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber
Effective communication strategies for parents to build strong, respectful relationships with their children.
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"Adele Faber gently guided millions of readers through the vicissitudes of parenthood"
— The Washington Post
"Adele Faber's classic was dubbed the parenting bible"
— The Boston Globe
"Adele Faber's approach is practical, sensible, lucid, and startlingly logical"
— Family Journal
"Adele Faber helps parents make children more receptive to learning"
— Library Journal
"Adele Faber wrote child-rearing bestsellers that became bibles for generations of parents"
— Shelf Awareness
"Adele Faber's parenting book actually made me a better parent"
— Lydia Kiesling
"Adele Faber's work is exceptional, not simply just another how-to book"
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish are doing for parenting what Dr. Spock did for our generation"
— Parent Magazine
"Adele Faber's work will bring more cooperation from children than all the yelling and pleading in the world"
— The Christian Science Monitor
"Adele Faber offers excellent strategies for bringing out the best in schoolchildren"
— Dr. Lawrence Balter
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
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