Sue Atkins

Raising Happy Children for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering toddlers to teens, boys and girls, Raising Happy Children For Dummies helps you better understand your kids and be the parent they need. Written by a parenting coach and mum, you'll discover practical steps to strengthen and improve the relationship with your child so you can help build their self-esteem, increase their independence, and help them cope with life's ups and downs. Discover how to understand your child's behaviour; communicate effectively with kids of every age; enforce discipline that works; help your child settle at school; handle sibling rivalry; and build your child's confidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 187mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780470059784
• ISBN-10: 0470059788
• Artikelnr.: 23260187

Autorenporträt

Sue Atkins is a parenting coach, former deputy head-teacher, and mother of two. She is a licensed NLP Master Practitioner and the founder of Positive Parents - Confident Kids Coaching.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding Your Children and Yourself.

Chapter 1: Becoming a Confident Parent.

Chapter 2: Knowing What Kind of Parent You Are - and Wantto Become.

Chapter 3: Understanding Your Kids' Needs.

Part II: Improving Your Basic Parenting Skills.

Chapter 4: Beginning with the End in Mind: Establishing Goalsfor Your Family.

Chapter 5: Communicating Effectively and Connecting with YourChildren.

Chapter 6: Approaching Parenting With Common Sense.

Chapter 7: Maintaining Great Relationships.

Part III: Discipline.

Chapter 8: Getting Down to Earth and Practical: DiscipliningYour Kids.

Chapter 9: Choosing Different Strategies for Different Ages.

Chapter 10: When the Going Gets Tough: Handling Conflict.

Part IV: Helping Your Child Cope with CommonProblems.

Chapter 11: Coping with School.

Chapter 12: Helping Your Child Cope with IndividualProblems.

Chapter 13: Helping Your Child Cope with Bigger Issues.

Part V: Being Different.

Chapter 14: Raising Children with Unique and Special Needs.

Chapter 15: Raising Twins, Triplets, and Multiple-BirthChildren.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Things to Do Every Single Day as a Parent.

Chapter 17: Ten Techniques to Build a Happy Home.

Chapter 18: Ten Things to Do When It All Goes Pear-Shaped.

Chapter 19: Ten (or so) Top Resources for Parents.

Index.

Rezensionen

"the 'handbook' that every parentneeds." (Weybridge, Cobham, Esher and Walton &Hersham News & Mail,Wednesday 23rd May 2007)

"...the lay-out makes it an easy reference betwixtmulti-tasks but also because it is scarily logical..."(Families South East Magazine, June/July 2007)

"[an] outstanding book...goes straight to the heart of what ourchildren need from us." (Best, Tuesday 30th October2007)