Common Sense Parenting, 4th Edition: Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children

by Ray Burke, Ron Herron, Bridget A. Barnes

Overview

Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children 


This 4th edition of Common Sense Parenting® offers parents of children ages 6-16 a menu of proven techniques to use while facing family challenges: a teen who’s defiant; siblings who constantly bicker; a child having trouble in school; and parents and kids who don’t communicate or have fun together anymore.


Step-by-step strategies aid parents in building good family relationships, preventing and correcting misbehavior, using consequences to improve behavior, teaching self-control, and staying calm.


This updated edition shows parents how to approach discipline as positive teaching rather than punishment. As each new parenting technique is introduced, the authors explain each step, provide many clear examples, and give you an action plan for implementing it in your home. Also addressed are topics of special interest - how to deal with school problems, computer misuse, and Internet and social media dangers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934490815
Publisher:	Boys Town Press
Publication date:	05/01/2015
Series:	Common Sense Parenting , #1
Edition description:	fourth edition
Pages:	365
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	5 - 17 Years

About the Author

Ray Burke , Ph.D., a former employee of Boys Town, served in a variety of direct care, training, and administrative positions, including as assistant director of Education Services and national director of parent training programs and as Director of Program Evaluation for National Training . Burke has provided consultation to a variety of childcare and educational organizations, and has authored numerous professional and self-help books, manuals, videos; grant applications; and articles for professional publications. He also has taught a variety of university courses and seminars related to parenting and family development.

Ron Herron served as a Family Teacher for at-risk children, and was a former writer in the Boys Town Press Department.

Bridget Barnes, M.A., has over 30 years of experience as a Health and Human Services professional. Before coming to Boys Town, Bridget worked with at-risk and abused families while pursuing a degree in Family Science, and later earned her Master of Arts in Communications Training and Development. Bridget is the co-author of the two award winning Common Sense Parenting® books that have been translated into seven different languages and has been the content expert on numerous parenting products. As an experienced parenting expert and Director of Boys Town’s Common Sense Parenting® program in Nebraska, Bridget is known for her skill in developing practical and effective parenting strategies. Bridget is well-respected public speaker, a wife, a mother and grandmother.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Section I Parents Are Teachers 7

Chapter 1 Discipline Through Positive Teaching 9

Chapter 2 Setting Reasonable Expectations 21

Chapter 3 Giving Clear Messages 37

Chapter 4 Using Consequences to Change Behavior 47

Chapter 5 Using Reasons to Encourage Improvement 79

Section II Encouraging Good Behavior and Preventing Problems 93

Chapter 6 Praise Is Powerful 97

Chapter 7 Teaching to Prevent Problems 111

Chapter 8 Reaching Goals Using Charts and Contracts 129

Section III Correcting Problem Behavior 145

Chapter 9 Staying Calm 149

Chapter 10 Correcting Misbehavior 163

Chapter 11 Teaching Self-Control 185

Section IV Putting It All Together 209

Chapter 12 Teaching Social Skills 211

Chapter 13 Making Decisions and Solving Problems 241

Chapter 14 Holding Family Meetings 255

Chapter 15 Establishing Family Routines and Traditions 273

Chapter 16 Making a Parenting Plan 291

Section V Special Topics 307

Chapter 17 Helping Children Succeed in School 315

Chapter 18 Handling Peer Pressure 337

Wrapping It Up 361

Quick Reference to Parenting Skills 363

Index 367

Editorial Reviews

"This guide is the next best thing to taking a class. The logic, theory and philosophy of these parenting skills can help anyone — parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles or just adults dealing with children. Wonderful!" - Marilee

"Very helpful resource for a parenting seminar that I did for my church." - Ronald Thompson

"Common Sense Parenting (CSP) is a well-specified, easy-to-read, and (most importantly) easy-to-implement strategy that uses behavioral principles (particularly positive reinforcement and shaping) to improve behavior and teach social skills. As a mental health professional, CSP is my top choice of parenting programs to use with my clients. In fact, Boys Town of Southern California will be teaching the CSP class in my office conference room in the near future, and I am really looking forward to it!" - thriftygal, Amazon

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