Taming the Spirited Child: Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Taming the Spirited Child A pioneer parent educator presents his comprehensive and prescriptive program for helping spirited children live more peacefully in the family and in the world.
Full description- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Published: 06 March 2007
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Family & Relationships | Advice On Parenting | Child Care & Upbringing
- ISBN 13: 9780743286893 ISBN 10: 0743286898
- Sales rank: 77,721
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Full description for Taming the Spirited Child
Do you dread parent-teacher conferences? Does your child really know how to push your hot button? Has your child been labeled "defiant" or "rebellious"? Here are proven strategies that have helped millions to tame -- not break -- a spirited child. Parents are often faced with scary labels for their children, such as attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, bipolar disorder, or hyperactivity. In this uniquely prescriptive guide, leading parenting expert Dr. Michael Popkin shows parents how to think differently about so-called problem children. The effective strategies within this guide will quiet the difficulties spirited children have at home and school while exposing the unique, special gifts they possess. Develop a relationship with your spirited child by: -- Building relationship skills -- Disciplining with encouragement -- Balancing the power dynamic -- Curbing tantrums effectively With step-by-step methods for every type of misbehavior and every child's unique personality, this comprehensive guide will help parents cultivate their child's spark, not extinguish it -- and reach beyond depressing labels for their beloved children.

