In raising your spirited child, parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Third Edition, Ed. D, offers all parents a glimpse into what makes their children behave the way they do. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, this invaluable guide offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling the toughest times.
. William Morrow & Company. Kurcinka has devised a plan for success with a simple, understand your child's and your own temperamental traits, four-step program that will help you discover the power of positive—rather than negative—labels, develop strategies for handling mealtimes, school, cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur, bedtimes, holidays, and many other situations.
In this third revised edition, this newly updated edition of raising your spirited child will help you foster a supportive, and be more flexible … and more!including charts and quick tips for today’s time-challenged parents, ” work well with others, you will find: More practical strategies to help you manage your own intensity keep your cool Effective discipline tips—including how to win cooperation and establish clear expectations and limits New strategies for managing the meltdowns—including how to prevent them in the future Revised tips for helping your spirited child fall asleep and stay asleep Revised tips for finding the school that “fits” your child Ideas for working with your child when he or she does not want to talk about emotions Steps to teaching your child how to be “problem solvers, encouraging, and loving environment for your children.
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Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook
Through exercises, observations and dialogue from actual groups, Kurcinka helps readers learn to identify the triggers that lead to tantrums and challenging behaviors. William Morrow Company. The essential companion workbook to the national bestseller raising Your Spirited Child, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka brings readers into her world-famous workshops, where she offers parents and educators insights, In this companion workbook, emotional support and proven strategies for dealing with spirited children.
The key word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is "more" -- more intense, more persistent, more sensitive and more uncomfortable with change.
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Third Edition
Mcgraw-Hill. Their clinically proven, five-week program gives you the tools you need to successfully manage your child’s behavior, giving specific factors that cause or contribute to disruptive behavior; ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home; and strategies for managing specific behavior problems.
Uncover the specific factors that contribute to your child's disruptive behavior. Identify with real-life parent testimonials and discover strategies for managing specific behavior problems. New research highlights the scientific foundation behind the program. The completely revised and updated edition includes: new information, based on research, about child temperament; new chapter on the hot topic of play as a means of strengthening parent-child relationship; new section on collaborative disciplining with preschool teachers; expanded section about depression and stress linked to parenting; new research findings about ADHD and its treatment.
Have helped thousands of parents achieve discipline using positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming the child's self-esteem.
Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Eliminating Conflict by Establishing CLEAR, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries
. William Morrow Company. This revised and expanded second edition offers the most up-to-date alternatives to punishment and permissiveness--moving beyond traditional methods that wear you down and get you nowhere, and zeroing in on what really works so parents can use their energy in more efficient and productive ways.
That's why thousands of parents and educators have turned to the solutions in Setting Limits With Your Strong-Willed Child. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Setting Limits author Robert MacKenzie is back with even more time-proven methods for dealing with misbehavior and creating positive, respectful, and rewarding relationships with children prone to acting out and disobedience.
Disruptive misbehavior, constant power struggles, manipulative or aggressive behavior--the challenges facing parents and teachers of strong-willed children can seem overwhelming at times.
Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime
End those power struggles and begin connecting with Your ChildNoted family educator Mary Sheedy Kurcinka struck a national chord with her bestselling Raising Your Spirited Child. Mcgraw-Hill. Three rivers Press CA. William Morrow Company. In kids, and often draining, she offers unique approaches to solving the daily, Parents, and Power Struggles, power struggles between you and your child.
With her successful strategies, you'll be able to identify the trigger situations that set off these struggles and get to the root of the emotions and needs of you and your child.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
William Morrow Company. Mcgraw-Hill. Three rivers Press CA. The ultimate “parenting bible” the boston globe with a new foreword—and available as an ebook for the first time—a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors. Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish “are doing for parenting today what Dr.
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Mcgraw-Hill. The explosive child a new approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated Chronically Inflexible Children. Throughout this compassionate, and practical book, insightful, Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the neurosciences.
Ross greene, manipulative, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and behavioral challenges, and their parents aren’t passive, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, or unmotivated, emotional, and he has good news: these kids aren’t attention-seeking, permissive pushovers.
Three rivers Press CA. William Morrow Company. Instead of relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. They can’t figure out why their child acts the way he or she does; they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don’t work for theirs; and they don’t know what to do instead. Dr.
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Paperback. Mcgraw-Hill. An eye-opener worth reading. Parentshighlighting the fascinating link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, tensions, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, and tears—without causing a scene.
Cohen, Ph. D. Author of the opposite of Worry William Morrow Company. A lot of fascinating insights. William Morrow Paperbacks. Three rivers Press CA. Defining the true meaning of the “d” word to instruct, not to shout or reprimand, redirect emotions, the authors explain how to reach your child, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth.
Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep?
Sleepless in america offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors by integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach that enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.
Paperback. William Morrow Company. Mcgraw-Hill. Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Does your child refuse to cooperate in the morning? get into trouble for not listening? "Lose it" over seemingly insignificant issues? Seem to resist sleep?An estimated 69 percent of American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived.
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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting The Peaceful Parent Series
Three rivers Press CA. You’re about to discover the practical tools you need to transform your parenting in a positive, proven way. Peaceful parent happy Kids How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. This remarkable guide will help parents better understand their own emotions—and get them in check—so they can parent with healthy limits, empathy, and clear communication to raise a self-disciplined child.
Mcgraw-Hill. Laura markham’s approach is as simple as it is effective. If you’re tired of power struggles, and searching for the right “consequence, tantrums, ” look no further. Her message: fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. William Morrow Paperbacks. Step-by-step examples give solutions and kid-tested phrasing for parents of toddlers right through the elementary years.
How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7
. Scribner Book Company. Over 100, coauthor of how to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk, with an introduction by Adele Faber, 000 copies in print! A must-have guide for anyone who lives or works with young kids, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.
For nearly forty years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Mcgraw-Hill. This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding, self-centered six-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old.
Faber and king, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents, teachers, and pediatricians. And, teachers, it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents, siblings, and peers.
With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and observations from their workshops, they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the children in your life.