child rearing

Dr. Phelan explains how to get your children to do the good things you want them to do, such as getting up and out in the morning, eating, going to bed and picking up after themselves. The tape teaches strategies for encouraging your children's independence and healthy self-esteem.

A practical guide to managing difficult behavior and recognizing and dealing with manipulation and testing behaviors. Offers easy-to-follow steps for disciplining children without arguing, yelling or spanking.

Offers parents practical advice on how they can find the perfect balance between helping their children and overindulging them, explaining the dangers of giving children too much and overnurturing them and the best ways to provide them with the structure that will help them learn the skills needed to become happy, well-adjusted adults.

Describes how thinking of pleasant images and favorite things can help children deal with pain. Includes a section that advises parents how they can help their child manage their pain.

Shows that peer groups matter more than parents in determining the kinds of people children will turn out to be.

Contains a guide to understanding the emotional and cognitive development of two-year-olds including language skills, independence, personality, behavior, and interaction with others.

Offers guidance on parenting children ages five to twelve, with topics including nutrition and physical fitness, personal and social development, behavior and discipline, emotional problems and behavior disorders, family matters, and school.