The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

Discover you're not a bad parent after all!

You simply don't have what you need to parent well: correct information that really works so you'll never again need to yell, feel like your kids control you, or have another meltdown.

 

That's right, you can stop feeling guilt or shame because you're not an "expert" in parenting. With step-by-step instructions appropriate for all ages (toddlers to teens), you'll get down to the nitty-gritty of your child's nature and how to clearly communicate so you can be consistently effective.

 

 "This may sound like really high-level stuff, and it is. But, as you will see, it's easy and simple when you know how. And the Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace™ (TCFP) approach gives you the perfect system and guide rails for doing this like a pro." (pg. 12) 

 

"This method's wisdom and effectiveness are rooted in what the children taught me about themselves-their innocence, motivations, needs, insecurities, their desire to be really good people, along with what gains their love, trust, respect, gratitude, and admiration for teaching them values in a loving and authoritative way that makes them feel really safe. Besides, it's positive attention from you! It's the type of caring attention that they crave from adults who are important to them." (pg. 13)

 

TCFP is based not only on what we psychologically understand about kids, but even more so on what kids have repeatedly shown us works for them: Kids just understand it, and that makes them feel secure, thus cooperative.

 

Great skills you'll learn include how to:

  

(1) transform temper tantrums into Finding Your Peace,

(2) nip sibling rivalry in the bud,

(3) deal with lying, stealing, and bullying,

(4) turn around a strong-willed or obstinately stubborn child,

(5) stop defiance and squabbling kids,

(6) gain insight into negative behaviors,

(7) have open, honest communication with your child at all ages,

(8) teach accountability for one's actions,

(9) encourage desirable and positive behavior changes,

(10) develop a strong moral compass and positive character traits...and more. 

 

Have FUN and maybe some snuggles, but not struggles with your kids!

 

Parents/Teachers: 

Get COVID RELIEF and SAVVY TIPS for dealing with children and teens at home during this crisis. Survive pressure-cooker lives with creative ideas for self-discipline, projects, and scheduling. Learn healthy ways to defuse explosive feelings while relieving stress and anxiety-parents and kids finding peace together!

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The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

Discover you're not a bad parent after all!

You simply don't have what you need to parent well: correct information that really works so you'll never again need to yell, feel like your kids control you, or have another meltdown.

 

That's right, you can stop feeling guilt or shame because you're not an "expert" in parenting. With step-by-step instructions appropriate for all ages (toddlers to teens), you'll get down to the nitty-gritty of your child's nature and how to clearly communicate so you can be consistently effective.

 

 "This may sound like really high-level stuff, and it is. But, as you will see, it's easy and simple when you know how. And the Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace™ (TCFP) approach gives you the perfect system and guide rails for doing this like a pro." (pg. 12) 

 

"This method's wisdom and effectiveness are rooted in what the children taught me about themselves-their innocence, motivations, needs, insecurities, their desire to be really good people, along with what gains their love, trust, respect, gratitude, and admiration for teaching them values in a loving and authoritative way that makes them feel really safe. Besides, it's positive attention from you! It's the type of caring attention that they crave from adults who are important to them." (pg. 13)

 

TCFP is based not only on what we psychologically understand about kids, but even more so on what kids have repeatedly shown us works for them: Kids just understand it, and that makes them feel secure, thus cooperative.

 

Great skills you'll learn include how to:

  

(1) transform temper tantrums into Finding Your Peace,

(2) nip sibling rivalry in the bud,

(3) deal with lying, stealing, and bullying,

(4) turn around a strong-willed or obstinately stubborn child,

(5) stop defiance and squabbling kids,

(6) gain insight into negative behaviors,

(7) have open, honest communication with your child at all ages,

(8) teach accountability for one's actions,

(9) encourage desirable and positive behavior changes,

(10) develop a strong moral compass and positive character traits...and more. 

 

Have FUN and maybe some snuggles, but not struggles with your kids!

 

Parents/Teachers: 

Get COVID RELIEF and SAVVY TIPS for dealing with children and teens at home during this crisis. Survive pressure-cooker lives with creative ideas for self-discipline, projects, and scheduling. Learn healthy ways to defuse explosive feelings while relieving stress and anxiety-parents and kids finding peace together!

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The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

by Sharon Quinn
The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

The Heart & Soul of Parenting Handbook: Step-by-Step Skills to Empower Both Parent & Child

by Sharon Quinn

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Overview

Discover you're not a bad parent after all!

You simply don't have what you need to parent well: correct information that really works so you'll never again need to yell, feel like your kids control you, or have another meltdown.

 

That's right, you can stop feeling guilt or shame because you're not an "expert" in parenting. With step-by-step instructions appropriate for all ages (toddlers to teens), you'll get down to the nitty-gritty of your child's nature and how to clearly communicate so you can be consistently effective.

 

 "This may sound like really high-level stuff, and it is. But, as you will see, it's easy and simple when you know how. And the Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace™ (TCFP) approach gives you the perfect system and guide rails for doing this like a pro." (pg. 12) 

 

"This method's wisdom and effectiveness are rooted in what the children taught me about themselves-their innocence, motivations, needs, insecurities, their desire to be really good people, along with what gains their love, trust, respect, gratitude, and admiration for teaching them values in a loving and authoritative way that makes them feel really safe. Besides, it's positive attention from you! It's the type of caring attention that they crave from adults who are important to them." (pg. 13)

 

TCFP is based not only on what we psychologically understand about kids, but even more so on what kids have repeatedly shown us works for them: Kids just understand it, and that makes them feel secure, thus cooperative.

 

Great skills you'll learn include how to:

  

(1) transform temper tantrums into Finding Your Peace,

(2) nip sibling rivalry in the bud,

(3) deal with lying, stealing, and bullying,

(4) turn around a strong-willed or obstinately stubborn child,

(5) stop defiance and squabbling kids,

(6) gain insight into negative behaviors,

(7) have open, honest communication with your child at all ages,

(8) teach accountability for one's actions,

(9) encourage desirable and positive behavior changes,

(10) develop a strong moral compass and positive character traits...and more. 

 

Have FUN and maybe some snuggles, but not struggles with your kids!

 

Parents/Teachers: 

Get COVID RELIEF and SAVVY TIPS for dealing with children and teens at home during this crisis. Survive pressure-cooker lives with creative ideas for self-discipline, projects, and scheduling. Learn healthy ways to defuse explosive feelings while relieving stress and anxiety-parents and kids finding peace together!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781944796105
Publisher: Window to the World Publishing
Publication date: 12/01/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 236
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Sharon Quinn is a dynamic lecturer and teacher who facilitates parents, kids, and teachers in learning what their education has left undone. Her Montessori training inspires her unique creative insights, and with a well-trained eye for the bottom line, she fills educational gaps with an enlivening teaching style that delivers answers to difficult concepts, including emotional peace, with utmost clarity. Montessori training awakened the visionary in Sharon, and she's been an educational strategist ever since cofounding the AKRNA™ Co-Creation Learning Projects (www.akrna.com) and Window to the World Creative, LLC, advancing healthy paradigm shifts in learning and knowing Who-I-Am with the clarity that she profoundly grasps. The sudden challenges of having children at home 24/7 prompted this best-selling author and forward-thinking Montessori lead teacher to distill her experiences and child-revealed wisdom into steps that will benefit your family. Quinn currently assists parents to advance quality education through a co-creative micro-school model that's responsive to changing times. This progressive model implements the best of both worlds for children by uniting parents and educator involvement via an interactive home-school-hub environment. It expands opportunities for parents who seek significant involvement and educational excellence for their children by encouraging parental involvement that's coupled with the trained teachers of their choice. Sharon continues to graciously advance her passion to simplify quality learning with interactive Q&As and visuals for enjoyable seminars, lectures, and classes. Her presentations are driven by your learning-needs as well as her passion to help ease the pain and suffering of humanity.

Table of Contents

TABLE of CONTENTS (217 pg book)

Not Just Your Average Discipline

Inspiration & Dedication

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

Preface: It's Unfair! An Incomplete Education

1. For You

2. Expertise from Applied Experience

3. Make This Your Go-To Handbook

Chapter 1: Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace™ (TCFP) Build a Healthy Relationship & Life with Your Child

1. What Is the TCFP Discipline Approach?

Chapter 2: TCFP: How Does It Differ from Time-Outs?

1. Oops! Another Pop Psychology Failure

2. Understanding the Capricious Nature of Time-Outs

3. Understanding the Universal Wisdom & Nature of the TCFP Approach

Chapter 3: How to Successfully Use the TCFP Method

1. Bottom-Line Principles

The Thinking Chair Itself (principle #8)

Why TCFP Is So Effective (info box)

2. Principle Overview Wrap-Up

Chapter 4: Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace™ Discipline "In Action"

1. How You Do It

2. Intro & Demo...

I. Intro...

II. Now, for the Narrative

III. And Now, for the Process

STEP 1 (your offer to collect self)

STEP 2 ('sit and think' initiates TCFP)

Additional Pointers for Successful Outcomes

STEP 3 (vigil phase)

Proviso A (3rd person guidance)

Proviso B (bold-defiance protocol)

STEP 4, Part A (verify body language)

STEP 4, Part B (verify for 'green light')

STEP 4, Part C (get face-to-face)

a Proviso Requiring STEP 4, Part D (rebellious response)

STEP 5, Part A (instructive recognition)

STEP 5, Part B (amends)

STEP 6 (closure)

Chapter 5: TCFP STEPS for Special Circumstances

STEP 5, Part C Detailed Instructions

1. Resurgence of a 'Petty Me' Battle

2. A Plea to Right an Unfair Wrong

3. The Temptation to Downplay, Finesse, etc

4. If Sibling Rivalry Is "At Play"

5. Physical Intervention for Shocking Behaviors OR If Your Child Has Special Needs

Path One: Refusal to Sit in the Chair

Path Two: Special Needs

6. Strategies for Logical Consequences & Making Age-Appropriate Amends

Chapter 6: TCFP An Informal Discussion

1. Value of Principle-Based Systems

2. Let's Dovetail Back to Deepening Our Practical Understanding

3. When/Is It Too Late to Start?

4. Thinking Chair Questions

5. "Am I Doing It Right?" Angst

6. The Temper-Tantrum Paradox

7. Be Creative: Ideas for Talking to Your Child

Chapter 7: TCFP Moving Forward & Upward!

1. Understanding "Good & Bad" & the Quantum Leap into 'Great Me'/'Petty Me'

2. What Does Ethical Behavior Look Like?

3. Deepening Your Understanding of Love

4. A Caveat Encouraging Great Parenting

5. Key Factors that Give the Thinking Chair & Find Your Peace Its Magic

6. Synopsis

Chapter 8: TCFP Healthy Habits & Reminders

1. "Don't Do That": Old School Ideas Die Hard. . .

2. "Do This":

Best Practices for Effective & Positive Parenting

"Oops! Is That Yours??! (Stealing)

Lying . . . The Devil's in the Details

The Elephant in the Room

Subtle Power of Routine & Ritual

3. Reminder Tips: Parents, Be Astute!

Bottom-Line Takeaways

Index

Addendum

1. Time to Say "Goodbye" for Now. . .

About the Author...

Websites & Resources

2. One Last Thing

3. Editor's Note: Emergent Family-Crisis Tips

Parents: Your State of Mind Matters

Additional Guidelines and STEPS for Power-Struggle & Anxiety Tantrums

Bonus: Your TCFP Treasure Chest: A Quick Reference Guide to STEPS 1-6

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