child rearing

Presents ways to reduce the antagonism between siblings, covering such topics as communication, comparisons, sibling roles, fights, the past, and times when the parents are not home. Includes a further reading list.

Contains games that are designed to teach children trust, honesty, love, and high moral values while using everyday, household objects.

Presents sample conversations, advice, and age-specific activities designed to help parents answer questions from children who have been adopted, or who came to the family through another non-traditional route, such as surrogacy or donor insemination.

Provides practical discipline solutions to hundreds of common parenting challenges, including sibling rivalry, school problems, chores, eating problems, whining, lying, and procrastination.

Offers parents advice on the best ways to communicate with their children, from preschool to high school, with tips to build effective and peaceful communication styles.

Explains how parents can help their children develop a lifelong sense of honesty, decency, and respect for others.

Explains why time-outs are often an ineffective discipline method for children in the home and classroom and presents effective strategies for making time-outs a positive learning experience for children.

Describes the various methods that children use to get their own way including temper tantrums, sulking, badgering, and threats and provides helpful advice to parents on how to effectively handle it.

Explains how parents can help their children develop a good sense of self esteem and self respect while avoiding many common traps that can make parents feel better while making their children feel worse.