No why kids--of all ages--need to hear it and ways parents can say it
It's not just a one-word answer, it's a parenting strategy. By saying No when you need to, you help your children develop self-reliance, self-discipline, respect, integrity, the ability to delay gratification, and a host of other crucial character traits they need. Although the importance...
| Main Author: | Walsh, David Allen. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
c2007.
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Table of Contents:
- No: why kids need it
- Saying No in a yes culture
- No and the brain
- Self-esteem: kids need the real thing
- Styles of parenting
- A baby's first year: a time to connect
- Toddlers and preschoolers: limits and consequences
- Catching kids being good: the middle years
- The teenage years: loosen but don't let go
- Wired differently: special-needs children and No
- Practical questions about No
- Taming the gimmes
- Raising mediawise kids
- No is not a destination: No is the road to Yes.