The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising a Strong-Willed Child


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When "because I'm the parent" meets "you're not the boss of me" . . . Good news: there are many ways to parent willful children without every­day clashes. Here parents learn how to capitalize on children's strengths and make bad days more manageable. Full of ideas and techniques, it explores: how to use empathy first and discipline second; exercises and strategies that work to calm toddler tantrums; bringing teachers on board; raging hor­mones in teen rebels; and dealing with health and safety issues. • Much more positive than other parenting books, which focus on discipline and parental control • Helps parents understand and accept children for who they are, as well as who they can hope to be







The New Strong-Willed Child


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Provides a child-rearing guide for difficult-to-handle children and is intended for parents needing help with sibling rivalry, ADHD, low self esteem, and other birth-adolescent issues.




The Everything Parent's Guide To The Strong-Willed Child


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All children need guidance, yet some are definitely more resistant to parental direction and advice than others. Parenting a child whose personality may be described as "difficult" or "controlling" can leave you conflicted and frustrated. How do you nurture your child, get him to listen, and know who's in charge? It can be done. The Everything Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child helps you work around stubborn and argumentative behavior. You'll learn how to encourage your child to compromise and communicate with you, rather than make unreasonable demands and/or shut down altogether. By learning what makes your child strong-willed, the effects of such behavior, and how to manage it, you can help your child achieve a more tempered disposition and teach him the lifelong rewards of a positive attitude. Psychologist Carl E. Pickhardt shows you how to: Regain control of your family Reap the benefits of healthy communication Discipline to teach, not to punish Resolve conflict between you and your child effectively Overcome willfulness in older children The Everything Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child is your all-inclusive guide to regaining, and maintaining, a healthy and happy family.




Raising the Strong-Willed Child


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Have you ever wondered if you're guiding your child the right way? Do you feel like you're raising a stubborn child? Are you desperate in looking for ways to tame your child's tantrums? Look no further! This book "Raising The Strong-Willed Child" will guide you through the tough challenges of being a parent. This book, written by a parent who's had a first-hand experience of the struggles in parenting a strong-willed child, will give you strategies that will work on your hard-to-handle kid. In this book, you will discover: - The characteristics of a strong-willed child in order to understand your child even better, so that they will want to listen to you - 15 strategies like teaching obedience, discipline, and other different tips from parents with stubborn children - 7 effective strategies in taming your child's explosive episodes will help to reduce stress on parents - How to be more patient, how to encourage your child and other tips to be an ideal parent to your strong-willed child - How to nurture a spirited child's strengths and talents in order to help him/her aspire and achieve great heights With the help of this book, you will have a different perspective and will realize that you're blessed to have a child that is born with the qualities of a leader. To get started, purchase this book now and help your strong-willed child be the great person he/she is destined to be!




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology


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Simplifying a complex subject. Child psychology is required for college level psych and elementary education majors. It is a complex subject that can include developmental psychology, biology, sociological psychology, and various schools of theory and therapies. The only sources of information about this complex subject are long, expensive textbooks. Until now. This, the first trade book to give a detailed, easy to understand explanation of the subject. • Age-by-age discussion of the psychological development of children.




Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Revised and Updated Edition: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds


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The bestselling five-week program to improving the disruptive child's behavior--now updated and revised Based on more than 40 years of collective research, parents and longtime child behavior experts Dr. Rex Forehand and Dr. Nicholas Long have devised a program to help you find positive and manageable solutions to your child's difficult behavior. Now in a revised and updated edition, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child is a self-guided program for managing disruptive young children based on a clinical treatment program. This hands-on guide provides you with a step-by-step, five-week program toward improving your child's behavior as well as the entire family's relationship. Providing you with the necessary tools for successfully managing the difficult child, the book covers specific factors that cause or contribute to a child's disruptive behavior; ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home; actual reports by parents of difficult children; strategies for managing specific behavior problems; how to tell if your child might have ADHD; and more.




Parenting a Strong-Willed Child


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How Do You Make Sure You Raise Your Strong-Willed Child to Become the Best Version of Themselves? You Can Start by Getting This Deeply Insightful Guide! Children are both mesmerizing and frustrating creatures. Raising them requires a patience and resolve that can only be equated to, well, parenting a child. There is nothing quite like it. You look into the round, tear-filled eyes of a child and you become at a loss for words and ideas on what to do. You can read every book you could get your hands on in the nine months leading up to their birth. But nothing will prepare you for the reality of overnight feedings, constant diaper changes, and the protective urge that dominates every second of every day. Parenting a strong-willed child, most especially, makes it all the more difficult and confusing. No two children are the same and no self-help parenting book will ever be comprehensive enough to cover every inch of the child-raising terrain. Yet, there are resources where you can get targeted, highly effective tips and tricks on how to raise a happy, healthy, strong-willed child. "Parenting a Strong-Willed Child: How to Effectively Raise High Spirited Children or Toddlers" is such a resource. And it is a treasure trove of everything you need to learn in order to give your strong-willed child the best life.




The Everything Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child


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Set boundaries and eliminate power struggles—without conflict! "I won't go!" "I don't care!" "You can't make me!" Every parent hears these words at one time or another, but if you have a strong-willed child, the arguments can seem never-ending. Fortunately, there's hope. The Everything Parent's Guide to the Strong-Willed Child, 2nd Edition can help you put a stop to the endless cycle of battles with your child and rebuild a relationship based on love and respect—rather than conflict. This essential guide shows you how to trade in exhausting and ineffective punishment for techniques that can help you: Identify the triggers of combative behaviors Understand strong-willed and spirited motivations Give your child tools to develop self-control Learn how your reaction can lessen—or intensify—strong-willed behaviors Communicate more effectively with your child Strengthen the family bond and create a safe environment Featuring a positive approach to discipline and including new ways to compromise and communicate with children, this all-in-one guide has everything you need to raise capable, happy, and agreeable kids!




Simplicity Parenting the Strong-Willed Child


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✦✦✦ The Kindle edition is FREE when you buy the paperback edition!✦✦✦ Some children come to the world with an incredible gift of strong will and indomitable spirit. Such children often experience a profound misunderstanding of themselves from other people. There are a whole series of books lining the shelves of bookstores, with instructions on how to break their will, subdue the spirit, and make them obey. What an incredible loss of leadership, enthusiasm, and insights this world brings when parents follow such punitive methods of parenting! We must raise such children gently, carefully and respectfully, because the gifts we receive in return are invaluable. Any parent who has such a child knows the challenges that come along with it. Sometimes, the parent needs to be right and a headstrong child refuses to understand or accept that. It can feel like you're up against an immeasurable force, which can be discouraging and even infuriating. When every day is a fight, it is time to reevaluate your relationship with your child and find a new way of doing things. Clearly what you are doing so far is not working, so a better way is necessary. That's where this book comes into play. Once you read it you will learn how to bond with and love your strong-willed child by embracing his strengths and coping with his obstinacy. You will learn how to let go of frustration and prevent fighting, arguing, and resistance. The end result will be a peaceful and constructive relationship with a well-behaved child who feels appreciated and loved. In this book you will discover: the main character traits of a strong-willed child features of raising a child with a strong will rules of the no-drama discipline tips for parents of children with strong character how to develop a strong-willed child and more! All of the tips in this book are carefully crafted through experience to enable you to have a stellar relationship with your child. Say goodbye to the fighting, the negative emotions, and the temper tantrums. Welcome a relationship where you actually get to know your child and cooperate with him on a lifelong relationship. Invest your time, read this book and become a better parent!