Perfect Parenting: The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips
368
Perfect Parenting: The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips
368eBook
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Overview
Your go-to guide for your parenting questions, from the author of the breakthrough No-Cry series
"Perfect Parenting will give you the tools you need to feel confident as you raise your children. This handy reference book may become an indispensable part of your family's life."
-- from the foreword by William Sears, M.D.
Perfect Parenting is parenting with a plan. It is based on:
- action, not reaction
- thoughtfulness, not anger
- knowledge, not chance
- common sense, not nonsense
You'll learn what to do about back talk, dawdling, interrupting, stubbornness, whining. You'll find ways to get your kids to do the chores, stop ignoring you, and clean up their own messes. You'll even learn what to do about other people's children! Elizabeth Pantley designed a questionnaire addressing discipline problems and sent it to hundreds of parents. Their answers shaped this book to make it the most useful, practical book on discipline available today.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780071743556 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
| Publication date: | 12/11/2009 |
| Series: | Pantley |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 368 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
About the Author
Elizabeth Pantley publishes the newsletter Parent Tips, read by thousands of parents nationwide, and is regularly quoted in magazines including Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Parenting, Woman's Day, Working Mother, and American Baby.
Table of Contents
Allowances
Anger, child's/parent's
Apologies
Arguing, with parent
Athletic lessons/practice, not wanting to continue, poor sport
Baby-sitters, grandparents as, not listening to, not wanting one, siblings as
Baby talk
Back-talk
Bath, not behaving in, not wanting one, won't get out
Bathroom jokes
Bedrooms, cleaning, privacy between siblings (separate rooms/shared room
Bedtime, getting to bed peacefully, staying in bed
Bedwetting
Bicycle, care of, doesn't ride safely, won't wear helmet
Birthday, bad behavior as birthday child, bad behavior, your child as guest, bad behavior, other children as guests, party planning
Biting, child to adult, child to child
Blaming
Boredom
Bossiness
Bragging/Boasting
Breakfast, won't eat
Breaking things during carelessness
Bully, your child is acting like a, your child is victim of
Cabin fever
Car, fighting in the back seat, seatbelt or car seat refusal, who gets to sit in front
Carelessness
Carpool, bad behavior
Cheating, at games, at schoolwork
Chores, complains about, how to get them done, money and sloppy or slow work, suggested list
Clinging
Clothing, carelessness about, chewing of, choice of, dawdling while dressing, frequent changing of, won't dress self
Clowning
Clumsiness
Competitiveness
Complaining
Cooperate, won't
Crying
Dark, fear of
Dawdling
Daycare, cries when left at, dropping off / picking up, misbehavior at
Diaper, doesn't want changed
Disrespect
Doesn't come when called
Eating, disorders, out with children, overeating, picky eater,
Fears, of imaginary things, of real things, of natural disasters, of violent situations
Fighting, with friends, physical
Fighting, with friends, verbal
Forgetfulness
Friends, doesn't have any, eating all your food, inappropriate choice of, sleep overs
Gifts, rude response to, thank you notes
Gimmees
Glasses
Grandparents, and spoiling, buy the kids too much stuff, disagreements with
Habits, bad
Hair brushing
Haircuts
Hair pulling, of others, of self
Hate, expressions of
Hitting, child to adult, child to child
Home alone, when is a child ready to be
Home alone, child is
Homework, how to create a routine, not getting it done, perfectionism, sloppy or rushed work
Humor, inappropriate
Interrupting
Junk food excesses
Laziness, at home, at school
Listening, not
Losing
Lying
Manners, at home, at mealtime, in public
Masturbation
Materialism
Meanness
Medication, taking
Mess, kid's constant
Money
Moodiness
Morning chaos
Moving, child is depressed after, planning in advance
Music lessons, when to start them, not wanting to continue, not wanting to practice
Nagging
Nail biting or picking
Name calling
Nap, won't take one
Nightmares
Night terrors
Noise, excessive
Nose picking
Nosiness
Nudity, adult's around children, during child's play
Other peoples children, friends, neighbors, relatives
Parties, bad behavior at, doesn't want to go
Perfectionism
Pet care
Privacy, of children, of parents
Procrastination
Promises, doesn't keep
Public behavior, defiance, leaving peacefully
Read, doesn't want to
Respect, teaching
Roughhousing
Rude comments, intentional, unintentional
School, behavior problems at, bus behavior, not wanting to go, teacher, doesn't like
Self esteem, low
Selfish behavior
Separation anxiety
Sexuality, inappropriate behavior with friends, inappropriate personal behavior
Sharing
Shoplifting
Shyness, around adults, around children
Siblings, bickering, borrowing things without permission, fairness, fighting - physical fighting - verbal, hateful emotions, hitting of new baby, jealousy, name calling, new baby
Spitting
Sports, reluctance to play
Stealing
Stubbornness
Swearing
Tantrums
Tantrums, public
Tattling
Teasing
Telephone interruptions
Television, watches too much
Toilet Training
Tooth brushing
Trips, airplane, boat, bus, train, car, short, car, long, children alone on, cruise
Vacations, misbehavior during, preparing for good behavior, rainy day ideas
Vegetables, won't eat them
Video games, excessive use of
Wandering in public places
Wastefulness
Whining
Work, doesn't want parent to
Yelling and screaming
What People are Saying About This
In my years of raising eight children and advising parents through my pediatric practice and through twenty-three parenting books, I have learned as much as I have given. I have discovered one parenting dilemma that arises repeatedly. This dilemma is the arduous process of deciding on the right course of action when confronted with a discipline or behavior issue. In my conversations with parents, one type of question invariably arises, "What do I do when my child . . . whines . . . back talks . . . hits her sister . . . won't cooperate . . ." Parents often struggle to find the right answer and then experience frustration when that one right answer fails to solve the problem.
Parenting educator Elizabeth Pantley presents here a multitude of valuable ideas to answer your everyday questions. She gives practical suggestions on a diverse selection of topics that likely cover every parenting dilemma you'll encounter. The beauty of this simple dictionary format is that you can review all the suggestions for any situation, and then use whatever method best fits your child and your family situation to create your own solution. If that suggestion doesn't work, you've got in hand several others from which to choose.
Perfect Parenting will give you the tools you need to feel confident as you raise your children. This handy reference book may become an indispensable part of your family's life. -- (William Sears, M.D. Dr. Sears is one of America's most respected pediatricians. He and his wife, Martha Sears, R.N., have been counseling parents for more than twenty years. They appear frequently on national television, are extensively quoted in the media, and have collaborated on twenty-three books on parenting, including The Discipline Book, The A.D.D. Book, The Baby Book, and The Pregnancy Book. William and Martha Sears are the parents of eight children, and grandparents of three.)
Perfect Parenting is a must-have book for today's busy parents who may not have time to read a complete book to find answers to their childrearing problems. With Perfect Parenting parents can quickly look up a specific topic and find several practical, easy-to-follow solutions, all of which foster a loving and respectful parent-child relationship. -- (Katey Roemmele, Editor, Northwest Family Magazine, Bellingham, Washington)
Perfect Parenting, a parent-friendly compilation of choices and strategies, is practical, wise and witty. It gives parents a pocketful of solutions to everyday conflicts. -- (Susan Beekman, author, Battles, Hassles, Tantrums and Tears)
Some parents are lucky. They go into parenting with skills that they learned by observing effective ways their parents handled certain problems. We have all met them, or maybe you are even one of them. But any one person's experience is limited. Imagine pulling together the collective skills of many of these people and then putting them into a package where all of us could easily access this accumulated wisdom for almost any parenting problem you would have. With Perfect Parenting, Elizabeth Pantley's latest book has given all of us such a wonderful resource. -- (Rona L. Levy, Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington Seattle, Washington)
Perfect Parenting is good news, for parents and kids alike. Here's a wealth of wisdom about children's behavior, coupled with ingenious yet practical solutions to almost every imaginable problem. Elizabeth's approach puts parents in charge, but lets children know they're respected and loved. And it's all wrapped up in one easy-to-access package. -- (Tamara Eberlein, Author, Whining: Tactics for Taming Demanding Behavior and Sleep: How to Teach Your Child to Sleep Like a Baby)
This is THE book to keep on your kitchen counter. It's packed with creative, practical solutions to all your everyday parenting problems. The dictionary format makes it easy to find quick, specific answers. Pantley's advice is based on common sense and sound parenting philosophies. -- (Dr. Len Fellez, author, Guerrilla Parenting and Your Child's Self Esteem)
Perfect Parenting is full of no-nonsense, practical wisdom about many of the most common, and vexing, child-rearing issues. Parents will find solutions they can put into practice right away. -- (Peter Herbst, Editor-in-Chief, Family Life Magazine)
Perfect Parenting includes just about every issue that comes up for discussion in our parenting classes. The lists of possible solutions will ppeal to a wide variety of parenting styles; there is something for everyone! The "think about it" sections that appear after each realistically described situation help to establish a problem-solving perspective and allow the mind to open up to the numerous ways parents' and children's needs can be met. We are fortunate to have Elizabeth's experiences and humor to help guide us to better relationships with our children. -- (Connie Schulz, M.S., C.F.L.E. Family Outreach Specialist, State College Area School District)