Drawing the Line Ten Steps to Constructive Discipline-And Achieving a Great Relationship with Your Kids
by Michael J. Weiss, Sheldon H. Wagner, Susan Goldberg |
|  | Price: 19.99
| Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (February 15 2006)
Costumer Rating: 
Read an ExcerptChapter 1: What Do You Want for Your Kids?
Whether it's playtime, mealtime, or bedtime when your kids act up, this book will show you solutions based on the experiences of parents just like you, and a method of creating controlled conflict-which eventually leads to no conflict at all. Chapter 1: What Kind Of Parent Are You?
The four parent types: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved. Larry had high expectations for his son. He didn't want Liam to wreck the stereo, but, more important, he wanted Liam-at two years old-to learn how to inhibit himself from
Book Description Whether it's playtime, mealtime, or bedtime when your kids act up, this book will show you solutions based on the experiences of parents just like you, and a method of creating controlled conflict-which eventually leads to no conflict at all.
Discover:
How Larry taught his two-year-old son to behave properly around the family's expensive stereo equipment-without setting up any physical barriers How in thirty minutes, four-year-old Jesse learned that his usual strategies for getting attention-like whining, arguing, defying, and yelling-were no longer effective How Melanie dealt with the antics of her son Aedan, a four-year-old grocery store-bolter, who would dart off and chase whatever caught his eye How frustrated parents Lori and Wayne-who actually had son Kyle's hearing tested because he was so unresponsive-taught him to tune out the video games and respectfully tune into their requests About the Author  Michael J. Weiss
Michael J. Weiss is an award-winning journalist, author, and marketing consultant. A contributing editor to the Washingtonian and Ladies' Home Journal, he has also written for the Atlantic Monthly, the Newport Times, Redbook, and People. His first book, The Clustering of America, was named one of the best business books of 1988. He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, D. » More by Michael J. Weiss
|
