Offers guidance to help parents understand their child's emotional, mental, and behavioral problems and includes information on the types of professional help that is available.
This volume offers rich and detailed illustrations of the complex emotional needs of the children and parents in vulnerable families. The chapters also highlight the psychological toll that working with at risk groups takes on therapists and others charged with providing care for children and families whose internal worlds are often fragile and external worlds are often dangerous and chaotic. Above all, the contributions, whether taken together or individually make it abundantly clear that short-term solutions are simply not possible for adults or children who have been traumatized many times over. They also underscore the need for those working with traumatized groups to protect themselves from psychological exhaustion in order to maintain the emotional vitality that is necessary for effective work. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
Overworked, overextended, and guilty over the lack of time they spend with their children, parents today have a greater potential to fall into the "wimpy" parenting pattern. Parenting is the toughest job there is. Whether the children are toddlers or teenagers, parents have to get it right. Packed with advice that often produces instant results, Kenneth N. Condrell describes step-by-step techniques to help get through the toughest child-rearing challenges and explains just how to become a truly good parent with kids who will listen and behave. "Wimpy Parents" will detail: -- How to teach a child manners -- and make them stick -- How to put an end to talking back -- What to do when a toddler throws a tantrum -- Ways to stop bedtime problems -- Why teenagers need to reject parents, and how to let them do it (without being a wimp) -- And seven ways to raise a moral child. Child psychologist Dr. Ken Condrell and Linda Lee Small offer comprehensive and sound advice on putting the parent back,in control of their children with understanding, compassion, and humor.
Through stories and a breakdown of how-tos, The Dance of Parenting will get you thinking about your parenting experience in a new way. It offers simply laid out parenting skills to help you energize and strengthen your parenting dance. It will accompany you as you develop your enlightened, thriving inner choreographer.
Psychologist Bradley answers questions on puzzling teen behavior and why changes and growth in the brain affect actions of teenagers. He helps parents understand how to deal with these problems before they get out of hand.
Toddler Discipline: The Toddler Parenting Guide Book During Those Happy Toddler Years Are you looking at books on toddler discipline? It helps to read advice by those who have children and who have successfully made it through the toddler years. The advice given in this book are in line witht the thought that many experts agree upon, to train a child with loving kindness, patience and positive reinforcements. One thing parents will realize once they have a baby is soon they will have to learn how to discipline a toddler. Disciplining a toddler is not something parents automatically know how to do. When our sweet babies gain the ability to walk and use their legs they become independent little humans and they will flex those independent muscles, which can get them into situations that require us to know how to discipline toddlers the right way. It takes great patience to train a child into behaving well.
Starting a relationship with a new person is always an adventure, and that adventure comes with extra thrills when your significant other is also a parent. Not only do you have to incorporate one new person into your life; you have to welcome that personÆs children too. This guide will teach new and future stepparents how to: Meet and build relationships with potential stepchildren Handle situations involving the other biological parent Involve stepchildren in the wedding Be an involved stepparent without overstepping boundaries Make tough decisions about money, education, and more This comprehensive resource covers dozens of different situationsùfrom battling the wicked stepparent stereotype to mediating interactions between stepsiblings. Written by a licensed mental health counselor and experienced stepparent, this book will help future stepparents start off their new lives on the right foot.
No parenting theory. No opinions. No judgement... Just Solutions! Attachment Parenting Tips is an easy-to-use reference book of ideas to solve every common parenting problem that arises while raising children from 0 - 13 years of age and beyond. Each tip is respectful, gentle, and non-punitive. Written by a certified parent educator and mother of five grown attachment-parented children, this book is bursting with over 3,000 practical tips tested by real parents. Every topic in parenting is covered, from feeding and sleep, to bullying and homework, and the strategies can be put to use immediately. "A much needed reference book with no theory - just plenty of neuro-biologically informed, kind and effective strategies for the everyday challenges parents face." Lysa Parker, MS, Cofounder, Attachment Parenting International and coauthor of Attached at the Heart. Get helpful strategies on... The Baby years: sleeping, breastfeeding, and crying. The Toddler years: tantrums, the world of No!, toilet training, picky-eating, hitting and sleep challenges. The Preschool years: power struggles, not listening, lying, angry meltdowns, and sibling jealousy. The School-aged years: homework, friends, peers, stealing, school, attitude, chores, discipline, allowances, relationships and screen-time. The Teen years: the one tool that works for all teen issues. General AP Tips: More tools for babies to teens. "This reference book should be on every parent's phone or nightstand. It is a treasure chest of respectful tips and practical ideas to use for almost every common parenting challenge." Elizabeth Pantley, Author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and The No-Cry Solution series Bonus! Every challenge includes a brain and child development tip for that age and issue!
This humorous look at fatherhood blends important information and insights with laughs, teaching dads to think less like men and more like 'mommies'. Such issues as how to transform a raging tempep tantrum into a soothing, sing-along duet, how to adapt to the terrible twos, how to keep from getting too pooped to be an effective pop, and more are explained. Timeless toddler tips from the likes of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, and Bob Dylan are provided. Honest, wacky, and perceptive suggestions include reliance on two indispensable senses - common sense and a sense of hum our.
