Dr. Jane Nelson theorizes that children misbehave when they feel thwarted in their need to belong and in their need for love and attention. An authoritarian approach, she posits, will lead only to rebellious behavior. Instead, parents need some guidelines for showing compassion and understanding even in difficult situations.
This book shows parents how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with their adolescents. Readers can learn how to see the world through their children's eyes, how to win cooperation without having to threaten, and more. Includes study guide and series of worksheets.
In this brilliant and passionate work, two of our nation's most respected educators offer an original explanation of why so many young people don't feel capable. Once they explore the nature of the problem, Glenn and Nelsen proceed to offer a blueprint designed to help children.
With information on everything from communicating with infants to potty training toddlers, this classic title in the bestselling Positive Discipline series shows parents how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is both capable and confident.
Nelsen's popular Positive Discipline philosophy is used in hundreds of schools as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect in children. In this latest edition, teachers learn how to create and maintain an atmosphere where learning can take place--and where students and teachers can work together to solve ...
Wouldn't it be nice if there was a book that listed just about every child-raising problem one could imagine, in alphabetical order so it could be easily found--and included suggestions that would help prevent such problems in the future? Now there is such a book, and many of its answers utilize the Positive Discipline Principles.
From the Positive Discipline experts comes a practical, up-to-date guide showing how to raise children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful. This completely revised edition (the first edition sold over 90,000 copies) provides the guidance parents and educators crave.
This classic title in the bestselling Positive Discipline series guides parents in helping their young children learn valuable social skills both in and outside the classroom while avoiding the power struggles that often come with the challenges of learning and growing.
From attention deficit disorder to kleptomania to fighting, this book covers every potential problem in the classroom, listed alphabetically for quick, easy reference. Plus it offers practical, useful, and respectful solutions to the everyday challenges the classroom situation can present. Illustrations.
Time-out is one of the most popular disciplinary techniques used in homes and schools today. But instead of being the positive, motivating, experience it should be for children, it is often punitive, counterproductive, and damaging to their gentle psyches. In this book, bestselling parenting author Jane Nelsen shows you how to make time-out a ...
Learn to provide the tools that help make children feel good about themselves, gain self-confidence and self-discipline, learn responsibility, and develop problem-solving skills.
Continuing the success of previous books in the Positive Discipline series, this practical guide offers exactly what parents of preschoolers are looking for--loving affirming tools of communication and discipline to specifically address the most important years of a child's life. Charts; index.
Dr. Jane Nelson theorizes that children misbehave when they feel thwarted in their need to belong and in their need for love and attention. An authoritarian approach, she posits, will lead only to rebellious behavior. Instead, parents need some guidelines for showing compassion and understanding even in difficult situations.
With the high rate of divorce, children are more likely than ever before to be raised by a single parent. Now, from the author of Positive Discipline, here is the definitive book for single parents to raising responsible, resp ectful children.
For both parents and teenagers, going through the teen years can be like living in a war zone. In this book, the authors offer techniques and behavior modification models that will result in more harmonious parent/child relationships. Also includes three chapters on drug use, suicide, and other types of dysfunctional problems requiring ...
Given the varied backgrounds of children and the many intrusive influences in the classroom, maintaining a learning environment is difficult for teachers. Here three parenting experts address the popular concept of class meetings, where students and teachers work together to solve problems. The first edition of this book sold over 61,000 copies.
Can Parents Really Love Too Much? "I love my child, and he knows it. So why is he disrespectful to me?" Raising a child in today's world isn't easy. Parents are so pressured by work and other responsibilities that feelings of guilt overwhelm them, and in an effort to show their deep and abiding love for their children, they overcompensate. As a ...
For most dog owners, a dog isn't just a pet but a beloved family member. That's why two internationally known parenting experts have teamed up with an acclaimed animal behaviourist to produce "Pup Parenting". This one-of-a-kind guide - which takes effective child-rearing methods and modifies them to work with the canine set - represents an ...
The authors show why today's young people are struggling with apathy, low self-esteem and substance-dependent behavior. They offer a detailed, seven-step blueprint designed to help children.
The coauthors of several "Positive Discipline" books now offer parents tips on incorporating trust, respect, and a sense of unity into their daily lives. Comprehensive and encouraging, this book will help readers create a loving family environment and build a new identity together.
From the author of the bestselling RAISING SELF-RELIANT CHILDREN IN A SELF-INDULGENT WORLD comes an important new work for parents of school-age children. Dr. Glenn outlines seven significant perceptions and skills through which children can be guided to success in life. The book explains these principles through illustrations, techniques, and ...
Written by practicing counseling professionals, this book shows parents in recovery how to create order and behave consistently in relationships with their children, one step at a time. Once again parents can take charge of their lives, making positive changes that bring health and healing to the entire family.
Presenting a consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing for parents who work outside of the home, this invaluable resource leads parents to instill nurturing cooperation, good character, and positive life skills in children.
This family guide shows how the Bible and the Positive Discipline philosophy can easily come together to foster character, wisdom, life skills, and values. Line drawings.
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