Common sense parenting, using your head as well as your heart to raise school-aged children, by Ray Burke, Ron Herron, and Bridget A. Barnes
Type
Label
Common sense parenting, using your head as well as your heart to raise school-aged children, by Ray Burke, Ron Herron, and Bridget A. Barnes
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Common sense parenting
Oclc number
899214181
Responsibility statement
by Ray Burke, Ron Herron, and Bridget A. Barnes
Sub title
using your head as well as your heart to raise school-aged children
Summary
This fourth edition includes new examples of how to approach discipline as postitive teaching rather than punishment. Updated parenting techniques are explained step-by-step, with clear examples and action plans for implementing them at home.--Publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Parents as teachers: Discipline through positive teaching ; Setting reasonable expectations ; Giving clear messages ; Using consequences to change behavior ; Using reasons to encourage improvement -- Encouraging good behavior and preventing problems: Praise is powerful ; Teaching to prevent problems ; Reaching goals using charts and contracts -- Correcting problem behavior: Staying calm ; Correcting misbehavior ; Teaching self-control -- Putting it all together: Teaching social skills ; Making decisions and solving problems ; Holding family meetings ; Establishing family routines and traditions ; Making a parenting plan -- Special topics: Helping children succeed in school ; Handling peer pressure -- Wrapping it up -- Quick reference to parenting skills