Get the behavior you want-- without being the parent you hate! : Dr. G's guide to effective parenting /

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Author / Creator:Gilboa, Deborah, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : DemosHealth, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015491
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Varying Form of Title:Dr. G's guide to effective parenting
ISBN:9781617052149
1617052140
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:Get the Behavior You Want ... Without Being the Parent You Hate! is a roadmap of quick, concrete strategies to help parents use everyday opportunities to create respectful, responsible, and resilient children between the ages of 18 months and 12 years-without screaming or nagging. With Get the Behavior You Want ... Without Being the Parent You Hate! you'll know how to eliminate the behaviors you don't want while fostering the behaviors you do want like pitching in around the house, pleasant table manners, managing money, finishing multiple-step assignments, taking risks, asking fo.
Other form:Print version: Gilboa, Deborah. Get the Behavior You Want ... Without Being the Parent You Hate! : Dr. G's Guide to Effective Parenting. New York : Demos Medical Publishing, ©2014 9781936303717
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; How to use this book.; Most Important thing to know about this book.; Share Get the Behavior You Want ... Without Being the Parent You Hate!; Part I: Respect: That's My Kid!; Chapter 1: Respect: Why Bother?; Chapter 2: Who's Got Your Vote to Run the House?; Be in charge.; Chapter 3: Teaching the Skill of Self-Respect; Getting our needs met.; Respect for others grows from self-respect.; Self-respect leads to stronger decision making.; The ability to resist negative peer pressure depends on self-respect.; Toddlers.; Preschoolers.
  • Elementary schoolers. Middle schoolers.; Chapter 4: Treat Family Even Better; Treat strangers well but treat family even better.; Chapter 5: Spoiler Alert: What You Do Is More Important than How You Feel; How a person acts is more important than how that person feels.; We can separate our empathy from our expectations.; Chapter 6: Manners Matter; Manners are the grease that makes the wheels of human interaction run smoothly.; Chapter 7: Build Respect with Every Meal; Chapter 8: Raising Good Hosts; How are hosts respectful?; Chapter 9: Raising Good Guests; Teach kids to show respect as a guest.
  • Chapter 10: Titles MatterChapter 11: Teach the Verbal Communication Secrets; Chapter 12: Teach the Nonverbal Communication Secrets; It's not just what you say that makes an impression on people, it's how you say it.; Chapter 13: Teach Your Kids to Talk to Strangers; Every adult is an opportunity for practicing manners, and learning how to get along in the world.; Chapter 14: Seek Out Diversity; Chapter 15: But What about Your Kids' Friends?; Make following your rules the price of admission for hanging out at your house.; Chapter 16: Your Bedroom as Your Sanctuary.
  • Visitors are welcome but may not. Lost-and-found rule.; Part II: Responsibility: Count on It; Chapter 17: Responsibility: Building a Great Work Ethic; Chapter 18: Relying on You; Chapter 19: Teach Kids to Get Themselves Clean; Toddlers: Use the ABC trick for hand-washing.; Preschoolers: Follow the numbers to get bathroom jobs done.; Ages 5-7: It's time to learn bath skills.; Ages 8-10: The what and why of oral health; Ages 11-12: Manage that body odor.; Chapter 20: Teach Kids to Get Themselves Dressed; Toddlers.; Preschoolers.; Ages 5-7.; Ages 8-10.; Ages 11-12.
  • Chapter 21: Teach Kids to Get Themselves FedToddlers.; Preschoolers.; Ages 5-7.; Ages 8-10.; Ages 11-12.; Chapter 22: Teach Kids to Get Themselves Fit; Toddlers.; Preschoolers.; Ages 5-7.; Ages 8-10.; Ages 11-12.; Chapter 23: Chores: Good for You and Them; Chapter 24: Homework: It's Magic!; Chapter 25: Practice, Practice, Practice: The Perks and the Pitfalls; The perks.; The Pitfalls.; Chapter 26: Money, Money, Money, Money: Allowance; Chapter 27: Technology: Make It a Force for Good; Toddlers.; Preschoolers.; Ages 5-7.; Ages 8-10.; Ages 11-12.; Chapter 28: Forms: Don't Fill 'Em out!