About this title: In an era when most parenting books focus on the child, this book supports parents in dealing more positively with themselves as well as with their toddler-to-school-age children, offering specific tools to stop pleading with kids and start being the parents we want to be.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date Published: 12/24/2001
ISBN-13:9780060007751ISBN:0060007753
Description: Fine. 0060007753 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
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Description: New. Dr. Bailey presents seven basic skills of discipline to help children move "from willful to willing. " Down-to-earth anecdotes show the process in action, and there's a seven-week program for getting started. read more
"This book, as with all Becky Bailey books, is nothing but fluff and "feel good" psychology. Yes, let's love the children. Let's nurture them. Of course, that is what we should strive for. I'm not in disagreement with the basic premises. But what about the 4-year-old who calls his teacher a bitch? What about the 6-year-old who hurls a chair into the face of a peer? Becky Bailey does not provide one ounce of empirical support for any of her assertions. She invites organizations like Head Start to use her books and "rituals" and she holds elaborate conferences on her magical wisdom. Of course, it would cost an organization thousands of dollars to send employees to a conference or, alternatively, cost thousands more to have the great Ms. Bailey make an on-site visit. When you truly have a passion for enhancing the development of young children-a passion that primarily focuses on poverty-stricken groups, such as those found in Head Start-you don't charge tens of thousands of dollars for consultation and conferences. You use research-based strategies-not feel good fluff-to support your claims. By all means, check out Becky Bailey if you deal solely with higher-SES children and families. But if you work with children who present a diverse range of learning and behavioral difficulties, you are unlikely to find any practical or realistic tips."
"Yes...another dicipline book. I'm getting sick of them too!
I was skeptical of this book. I heard about it on a blog and after reading the first chapter I was disenchanted because 1) the author is not married and does not have any children 2) she spent the whole first chapter telling parents they need to act better if they want their kids to act better. Not what I wanted to hear. But...after reading a few more chapters I found some sound advice and ways to talk to my children about the wrong choices they are making. Unfortunately, it was due at the library before I got to the chapter about what to do if your kids don't listen to your sound words. I'm considering buying it."
"This is hands down one of my favorite parenting books. It is unbelievably practical and the strategies offered are extremely effective. They can be aged up or down - my son has responded to some of the strategies since he was just over a year old, actually, but it is definitely more geared toward the preschool + age group."
"At first I started out not liking the book, it seemed too "opinionated" about our societal problems at the beginning and too much like a 7 step program. I think you could skip the first 3 chapters and just start on #4.
From then on, it became my all-time favorite parenting/discipline book. The author focuses on developing skills like assertiveness for the parent, then passing them on to the child. This one seemed to take all the parenting books I've read before and culminate the ideas into something that actually made sense and "took" for me. There are practical skills like how to REALLY offer choices, and also to assume "positive intent" when we just feel like our child is trying to make us upset!
Baily really hit the nail on the head here. It is like "Positive Discipline" but much more practical without all the "talky, talky"."
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