10 Steps To Almost Perfect Parenting!

by Mary Ellen Renna M.D.

Overview

Every parent will tell you it is no easy task raising a child in today’s society and many would love to have a manual available to look up a solution to the problems that arise each day.  The 10 Steps to Almost Perfect Parenting offers a path that parents can take that will help guide them through the formative parenting years offering up the details of how to navigate through parenthood while preparing your childhood for adulthood. 

The book is composed of 10 chapters; each describing one of the steps in detail. The chapters are designed to be easy to read and filled with life experiences that a parent can relate to, making the reading pleasant and at times funny. Each of the steps has present day psychological research to validate its significance and meaning, ensuring the reader understands why each step is an important one to follow when raising a child.   With each step comes an explanation as to how following the step will help avert the myriad of problems that will arise during childhood as well as detailing what type of problems will arise if the step is not followed.

Reading this book will help parents guide their children into adulthood as more confident, self sufficient problem solvers who can take no for an answer, navigate through failures, follow rules when needed and end up as happier more successful adults!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590793695
Publisher:	SelectBooks
Publication date:	05/17/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr. Mary Renna has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and certificates throughout her career. She received the prestigious PREP Education Award years 1993 through 2003. The American Medical Association awarded her the Physicians Recognition Award from 1995 through 2006. She also received the Stony Brook Foundation Award for academic achievement and research.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction xiii

Step 1 Stop Telling Them They're So "Special" 1

Step 2 Stop Micromanaging 17

Step 3 Let Them Fail 33

Step 4 Be the Boss 45

Step 5 Become a Teacher 75

Step 6 Teach Them How to Problem Solve 89

Step 7 Be a Good Example to Follow 113

Step 8 Don't Give Them Everything They Want 121

Step 9 Don't Be Their Friend 133

Step 10 Don't Try to Make a Doctor Out of a Novelist 149

Conclusion 156

About the Author 157