Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day
Parenting isn't easy. It's a lesson in patience, human behavior, and most important, it is a labor of love. In Parenting with Love, author Glenn Latham teaches parents simple and effective ways to change their own behavior and thus create an environment in which their children will behave well. The author explains that using positive reinforcement, appropriate touch, smiles, laughter, and attentive listening can help parents avert negative reactions from their children and approach those children more wisely in times of rebellion or disobedience. The author also encourages parents to avoid parenting traps, such as criticism, sarcasm, threats, and argumentative problem solving. After all, these methods of communication tend to fail when used on anyone; and the last place a parent should fall prey to one of these traps is in his or her own home. Parenting with Love will teach parents to avoid these traps. Every parent, in fact, can benefit from this book-a book so simple that changes can be made in a day, bringing into reach every parent's ideal of a loving home.
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Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day
Parenting isn't easy. It's a lesson in patience, human behavior, and most important, it is a labor of love. In Parenting with Love, author Glenn Latham teaches parents simple and effective ways to change their own behavior and thus create an environment in which their children will behave well. The author explains that using positive reinforcement, appropriate touch, smiles, laughter, and attentive listening can help parents avert negative reactions from their children and approach those children more wisely in times of rebellion or disobedience. The author also encourages parents to avoid parenting traps, such as criticism, sarcasm, threats, and argumentative problem solving. After all, these methods of communication tend to fail when used on anyone; and the last place a parent should fall prey to one of these traps is in his or her own home. Parenting with Love will teach parents to avoid these traps. Every parent, in fact, can benefit from this book-a book so simple that changes can be made in a day, bringing into reach every parent's ideal of a loving home.
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Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day

Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day

by Glenn I. Latham
Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day

Parenting with Love: Making a Difference in a Day

by Glenn I. Latham

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Overview

Parenting isn't easy. It's a lesson in patience, human behavior, and most important, it is a labor of love. In Parenting with Love, author Glenn Latham teaches parents simple and effective ways to change their own behavior and thus create an environment in which their children will behave well. The author explains that using positive reinforcement, appropriate touch, smiles, laughter, and attentive listening can help parents avert negative reactions from their children and approach those children more wisely in times of rebellion or disobedience. The author also encourages parents to avoid parenting traps, such as criticism, sarcasm, threats, and argumentative problem solving. After all, these methods of communication tend to fail when used on anyone; and the last place a parent should fall prey to one of these traps is in his or her own home. Parenting with Love will teach parents to avoid these traps. Every parent, in fact, can benefit from this book-a book so simple that changes can be made in a day, bringing into reach every parent's ideal of a loving home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570086618
Publisher: Brigham Distributing
Publication date: 12/28/2002
Pages: 99
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Introductionix
Chapter 1Four Basic Principles of Human Behavior1
Behavioral Principle No. 1Behavior Is Largely a Product of Its Immediate Environment1
Smiling and Laughter4
Appropriate Touch5
Safe Talk7
Attentive Listening12
Behavioral Principle No. 2Behavior Is Shaped by Consequences13
Behavioral Principle No. 3Behavior Is Ultimately Shaped Better by Positive Than by Negative Consequences15
Behavioral Principle No. 4Past Behavior Is the Best Predictor of Future Behavior19
Chapter 2What to Do When Children Behave Well23
Strategy No. 1Verbally Acknowledge Appropriate Behavior in a Positive Way23
Strategy No. 2Acknowledge Appropriate Behavior Intermittently, Meaning Randomly, or Every Once in a While28
Strategy No. 3Acknowledge Appropriate Behavior Casually and Briefly30
Strategy No. 4Give Variety to Verbal Praise31
Descriptive Praise31
Deserved Praise33
Sincere Praise33
Values-Rich Praise34
Chapter 3What to Do When Children Misbehave37
Strategy No. 1Ignore Inconsequential Behavior38
Strategy No. 2Selectively Reinforce Other Appropriate Behavior40
Strategy No. 3Stop, Redirect, Then Reinforce Consequential Behavior43
Strategy No. 4Avoid Parent Traps56
Trap 1Criticism56
Trap 2Sarcasm59
Trap 3Threats60
Trap 4Logic61
Trap 5Arguing62
Trap 6Questioning63
Trap 7Force: Verbal or Physical65
Trap 8Despair, Pleading, Hopelessness66
Chapter 4Drugs, Classics, and Consequences71
A Word About Class(ics)74
Minimizing the Trash at Home75
Begin with a Class Act77
A Word About Consequences80
Conclusion87
References89
Suggested Readings93
Index95
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