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Geared for today's overstressed parents of children under five years old, "Tired of Nagging?" offers a simple program that turns resistance into cooperation--and produces profound results.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553379150 |
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| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 06/01/1998 |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d) |
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Table of Contents
| Chapter 1. | Tired of Nagging?: An Introduction | 1 |
| Chapter 2. | Behavioral Ages and Stages: A very short course in what's going on with your child, from infancy to age 5 | 6 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 8 | |
| 1 year to 18 months | 9 | |
| 18 months to 2 years | 10 | |
| 2 to 3 years | 12 | |
| 3 to 3 1/2 years | 13 | |
| 3 1/2 to 4 years | 15 | |
| 4 to 5 years | 16 | |
| Chapter 3. | The 30 Parenting Tools | 18 |
| Assume your child wants to cooperate | 19 | |
| Each day, spend 20 minutes of uninterrupted time with your child | 21 | |
| Provide plenty of outside time | 22 | |
| Give your child the power to make her own choices | 24 | |
| Let your child know you've noticed his good, kind behavior | 26 | |
| Offer substitutions | 27 | |
| Provide transitions to ease your child through moments of change | 29 | |
| Praise your child with descriptive words | 31 | |
| Change "no" to "yes." | 33 | |
| Empathize; put yourself in your child's shoes | 35 | |
| Wait until the emotions (yours and hers) have settled before you try to correct behavior | 36 | |
| Give your child hope | 38 | |
| Sometimes insist, sometimes negotiate ... and know when to do which | 39 | |
| Ask your child what she thinks should be done to correct a behavior problem | 41 | |
| Grab your child, if you must--and sometimes you must--but don't slap | 43 | |
| Give reasonable consequences for misbehavior | 45 | |
| Let your child know his behavior has an impact on you or others | 47 | |
| Let your child know what to expect | 48 | |
| Give your child words to use | 50 | |
| Be your child's play date supervisor | 52 | |
| When you can, appoint a neutral bad guy | 54 | |
| Set up success stories | 55 | |
| Let your child save face | 57 | |
| Learn to spot your own "I'm about to lose it" trigger points | 58 | |
| Model polite behavior | 60 | |
| To defuse a problem instantly, backtrack | 62 | |
| When your child is going through an impossible-to-live-with stage, find help! | 63 | |
| Use a little humor, drama, or exaggeration to make a point | 65 | |
| Plan joint approaches with your spouse | 65 | |
| Remember that tomorrow is another day | 68 | |
| Chapter 4. | The Tools in Action, by Ages and Stages: How to prevent, correct, and encourage ... and what to do next when what you're doing isn't working | 70 |
| When your 6-month- to 1-year-old ... | ||
| Grabs dangerous or fragile objects | 73 | |
| Mouths everything he holds | 75 | |
| Spits or throws food | 76 | |
| Makes loud noises or repetitive sounds | 77 | |
| Demands a new activity every 10 minutes | 78 | |
| Gets clingy | 81 | |
| When your 1-year- to 18-month-old ... | ||
| Hates the stroller | 83 | |
| Wants to touch or grab all new or fascinating objects | 85 | |
| Runs away in open spaces | 87 | |
| Tries to climb whenever possible | 88 | |
| Bites, hits, or pushes | 90 | |
| When your 18-month- to 2-year-old ... | ||
| Hits or pushes | 92 | |
| Shakes loose of your hand outdoors and runs off | 95 | |
| Gets upset when he can't practice new things | 97 | |
| Won't let other children play with her things | 98 | |
| Repeats activities he's been told not to do | 100 | |
| Has a temper tantrum | 102 | |
| Throws things | 103 | |
| When your 2- to 3-year-old ... | ||
| Bites, hits, or pushes | 106 | |
| Whines | 109 | |
| Says "no" to everything, even to activities and foods she likes | 112 | |
| Won't let go of an object or activity | 114 | |
| Throws a temper tantrum | 116 | |
| Wants to explore everything and run, climb, and jump | 118 | |
| Puts up a fight about bedtime | 121 | |
| Dislikes being hurried | 124 | |
| Is reluctant to give up the pacifier or bottle | 126 | |
| Doesn't want help getting dressed | 128 | |
| Doesn't want to share a favorite toy | 130 | |
| Won't sit still at the table | 132 | |
| Won't eat the dinner served | 134 | |
| Loses interest in toilet training | 136 | |
| When your 3- to 4-year-old ... | ||
| Resists leaving a play date | 139 | |
| Dawdles | 141 | |
| Dislikes routines | 143 | |
| Excludes or is excluded by other children at play | 146 | |
| Has fears | 149 | |
| Goes wild in the car | 151 | |
| Gets overexcited | 153 | |
| Wants everything he sees | 155 | |
| Won't get dressed | 158 | |
| Won't pick up toys | 159 | |
| Has trouble sharing | 163 | |
| Gets into sibling fights | 165 | |
| Wants to play doctor | 169 | |
| Makes embarrassing observations about grown-ups she sees | 172 | |
| Interrupts your talk with another adult | 173 | |
| When your 4- to 5-year-old ... | ||
| Resists your request to help out | 175 | |
| Likes superheroes and all-powerful talk | 177 | |
| Wants to win at games all the time | 179 | |
| Is disrespectful to property | 182 | |
| Acts unruly in a public place | 184 | |
| Expresses criticism of adults with rudeness or threats | 186 | |
| Says "I hate you!" or "You're so stupid!" | 189 | |
| Likes toilet talk and swearing | 191 | |
| Acts bossy or ignores you | 194 | |
| Chapter 5 | Keeping Up the Progress: Good ways to maintain positive parenting | 196 |
| Notes | 200 | |
| Suggested Reading | 202 | |
| Index | 206 |
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