Bibliograph

Positive discipline for preschoolers, for their early years--raising children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful, Jane Nelsen, EdD, Cheryl Erwin, MA, and Roslyn Ann Duffy

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Label

Positive discipline for preschoolers, for their early years--raising children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful, Jane Nelsen, EdD, Cheryl Erwin, MA, and Roslyn Ann Duffy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-374) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Positive discipline for preschoolers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1106414718

Responsibility statement

Jane Nelsen, EdD, Cheryl Erwin, MA, and Roslyn Ann Duffy

Sub title

for their early years--raising children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful

Summary

Presents a commonsense approach to child-rearing that helps parents understand their preschooler and explains how to prevent misbehavior through non-punitive discipline, and reinforce useful social skills and positive behavior

Table Of Contents

THE FOUNDATION. Why positive discipline? -- Enter the world of your preschooler -- Understanding developmental appropriateness -- The miraculous brain: learning and development -- SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. Empathy, compassion, and the growth of social emotional learning -- Recognizing, naming, and managing emotions -- "You can't come to my birthday party": social skills for preschoolers -- "I can do it!": The joys (and challenges) of initiative -- UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR AND NEW TOOLS. Accepting the child you have: understanding temperament -- "Why does my child to that?": The messages of misbehavior -- Mistaken goals at home -- Mistaken goals in Preschool -- Ending bedtime battles: preschoolers and sleep -- "I don't like that!": Preschoolers and eating -- Preschoolers and potties: the ongoing saga of toilet training -- THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. Selecting (and living with) childcare -- Class meetings for preschoolers (and families) -- When your child needs special help -- Technology today and tomorrow -- Mother nature meets human nature -- Growing as a family: finding support, resources, and sanity

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