Raising a Responsible Child: How to Prepare Your Child for Today's Complex World

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Bestselling authors and founders of the STEP program Dr. Don Dinkmeyer and Dr. Gary McKay have helped millions of parents raise confident and caring children. Here, they combine new insights and time-honored wisdom to tackle such current - and crucial - issues as stepparenting, the "new" nuclear family, drugs, sex, and AIDS. Raising a Responsible Child will teach you such vital skills as understanding your children's behavior - and misbehavior; building your child's self-esteem through encouragement; using discipline methods that make your child, not you, responsible for behavior; listening to your children and respecting their feelings and opinions; and helping your child develop decision-making skills.
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Bestselling authors and founders of the STEP program Dr. Don Dinkmeyer and Dr. Gary McKay have helped millions of parents raise confident and caring children. Here, they combine new insights and time-honored wisdom to tackle such current - and crucial - issues as stepparenting, the "new" nuclear family, drugs, sex, and AIDS. Raising a Responsible Child will teach you such vital skills as understanding your children's behavior - and misbehavior; building your child's self-esteem through encouragement; using discipline methods that make your child, not you, responsible for behavior; listening to your children and respecting their feelings and opinions; and helping your child develop decision-making skills.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780684815169
  • Publisher: Touchstone
  • Publication date: 12/5/1996
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 541,973
  • Series: Fireside Book Series
  • Product dimensions: 0.58 (w) x 5.50 (h) x 8.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: You Don't Need a License to be a Parent ... or Do You? 13
Ch. 1 They Don't Come with a Manual: Making Sense Out of Children's Behavior 19
Ch. 2 Becoming the Parent You Want to Be 37
Ch. 3 Encouragement: The Basis for Self-Esteem and Positive Behavior 56
Ch. 4 Mad, Sad, Glad ... Understanding Emotions 73
Ch. 5 Is Anybody Listening? ... Communicating with Children 92
Ch. 6 Talking it Over: Solving Problems and Making Decisions 108
Ch. 7 Pulling Together: Holding Family Meetings 123
Ch. 8 I Was Raised that Way and Turned Out All Right: Discipline that Works Now! 144
Ch. 9 Reflective Listening, I-Messages, Exploring Alternatives, Consequences ... How Do I Decide What to Do When? 175
Ch. 10 Single, Married, Remarried: Applying Your Skills to Your Family Structure 210
App. A The Troubleshooting Guide 233
App. B The Problem-Analysis and Correction Guide 235
App. C Parent Study Groups 237
Notes 241
Index 245

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