Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting
There are loads of books covering the basics of getting along with and disciplining children, but as every parent knows, each kid is different, and there’s no telling what will or won’t work. Anna Glas and Åse Teiner have many years of experience as certified parental coaches, and being mothers themselves, they realized that looking at problems from different angles and using novel approaches can have pleasantly-surprising results.

Do This! Not That! tells forty-nine real stories of parents using unconventional methods in everyday situations. Every story starts with a short background of the problem, shows the parents trying out a wacky solution, and then follows them to see the result and suggests other creative methods of dealing with the problem. What happens when you give your son ice cream before dinner, when you pay a teen from the neighborhood to take your baby for a ride in the stroller while you catch up on sleep, or when you let your daughter eat cookies on her way to preschool?

Divided into three sections—Grow as an Adult, Break Everyday Patterns, and Say “Yes!”—Do This! Not That! will show you that thinking outside the box may be just what you need to get a handle on those rascals.
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Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting
There are loads of books covering the basics of getting along with and disciplining children, but as every parent knows, each kid is different, and there’s no telling what will or won’t work. Anna Glas and Åse Teiner have many years of experience as certified parental coaches, and being mothers themselves, they realized that looking at problems from different angles and using novel approaches can have pleasantly-surprising results.

Do This! Not That! tells forty-nine real stories of parents using unconventional methods in everyday situations. Every story starts with a short background of the problem, shows the parents trying out a wacky solution, and then follows them to see the result and suggests other creative methods of dealing with the problem. What happens when you give your son ice cream before dinner, when you pay a teen from the neighborhood to take your baby for a ride in the stroller while you catch up on sleep, or when you let your daughter eat cookies on her way to preschool?

Divided into three sections—Grow as an Adult, Break Everyday Patterns, and Say “Yes!”—Do This! Not That! will show you that thinking outside the box may be just what you need to get a handle on those rascals.
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Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting

Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting

Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting

Do This! Not That!: The Ultimate Handbook of Counterintuitive Parenting

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There are loads of books covering the basics of getting along with and disciplining children, but as every parent knows, each kid is different, and there’s no telling what will or won’t work. Anna Glas and Åse Teiner have many years of experience as certified parental coaches, and being mothers themselves, they realized that looking at problems from different angles and using novel approaches can have pleasantly-surprising results.

Do This! Not That! tells forty-nine real stories of parents using unconventional methods in everyday situations. Every story starts with a short background of the problem, shows the parents trying out a wacky solution, and then follows them to see the result and suggests other creative methods of dealing with the problem. What happens when you give your son ice cream before dinner, when you pay a teen from the neighborhood to take your baby for a ride in the stroller while you catch up on sleep, or when you let your daughter eat cookies on her way to preschool?

Divided into three sections—Grow as an Adult, Break Everyday Patterns, and Say “Yes!”—Do This! Not That! will show you that thinking outside the box may be just what you need to get a handle on those rascals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620877807
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 05/01/2013
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Anna
Glas and Åse Teiner met during coaching lessons in 2006, and they decided to open their own coaching studio for parents in Stockholm. Aside from training parents, they also help people with relationships, communication,
leadership, and self-confidence. They live in Stockholm, Sweden.

Anna
Glas and Åse Teiner met during coaching lessons in 2006 and they decided to open their own coaching studio for parents in Stockholm. Aside from training parents, they also help people with relationships, communication, leadership, and self-confidence. They live in
Stockholm, Sweden.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Growing as an adult 13

I do what Pippi Longstocking did and it usually works out! 20

Giving Christmas away 24

I don't care about the baby!!! 28

Pastries work wonders 31

To choose one child 34

From burned out to fired up 38

Running away from the family 42

Gummy bears save dinner 45

Climate smart 49

The luxurious lunch 52

Too tired to give yet another pat on the back 55

Outsource your walk with the stroller 60

No milk-no thank you! 63

We don't need a parenting course 67

We're not moving in together 70

We can do it all! 74

Dare to decline responsibility! 77

Break the everyday habits-and enjoy! 83

Finders keepers! 87

Neighborhood watch with Auntie Berg 91

The daily puzzle that solves itself 94

Not without my headphones! 99

A dab or a toothbrush? 104

Silence is golden 107

Extra everything! 111

Boys' night 114

Opposite day 119

Stop the nagging 122

Everyday life has a silver lining 126

The supermarket race 129

Pursuit racing in the hallway 133

Turn down the volume 136

Say YES! 141

Workwear 146

All Alfonso does is poop! 150

Yes, yes, yes! 152

The worst game 157

Pretty in a dress 161

How much fun is it being an adult? 166

Ice cream before dinner! 170

Give your children their own time 174

The secretly borrowed cat 177

Walk the limit 182

The monster trap 186

Dinner guests 190

Packing Mom's suitcase 193

The World Cup of sibling fights 197

We're so good at lying 202

Sleeping on the couch 206

Trading places 209

Afterword 215

Thank you 219

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