Growing up again parenting ourselves, parenting our children

Main Author: Clarke, Jean Illsley.
Other Authors: Dawson, Connie.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, c1998.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • section 1.
  • Getting started
  • Introduction
  • ch. 1.
  • Learning to parent our children and ourselves
  • ch. 2. The
  • hunger for stimulation, recognition, and certainty
  • section. 2.
  • Nurture : the gentle side of care
  • -
  • ch. 3.
  • Nurture - what it is and why we need it
  • Nurture chart
  • ch. 4.
  • Assertive care and supportive care : alike but different
  • ch. 5.
  • Life examples of the nurture chart
  • ch. 6.
  • When love doesn't stick
  • ch. 7.
  • Nurturing other adults and ourselves
  • section 3.
  • Structure : the firm side of care
  • ch. 8.
  • Structure - what it is and why we need it
  • Structure chart
  • ch. 10.
  • Negotiable and nonnegotiable rules : using rules as structure tools
  • ch. 10. The
  • lessons of discipline
  • ch. 11.
  • Life examples of the structure chart
  • ch. 12. The
  • Nurture/structure highway
  • ch. 13.
  • When parents disagree about rules
  • ch. 14.
  • Structure, shame, and victim blame
  • ch. 15.
  • Growing up again - a story of change
  • section 4.
  • Overindulgence : misguided nurture, inadequate structure
  • ch. 16.
  • Overindulgence
  • ch. 17. The
  • hazards of overindulgence
  • ch. 18.
  • Why parents overindulge
  • ch. 19.
  • What to do instead of overindulging
  • Alternatives to overindulging chart
  • section 5.
  • Denial : the glue that keeps us stuck
  • ch. 20.
  • How we deny : the four levels of discounting
  • Discounting chart
  • ch. 21.
  • Examples of the four levels of discounting
  • Stop discounting, chart 2
  • ch. 22.
  • Stop the many ways of discounting
  • Double-bind discounting, chart 3
  • ch. 23.
  • Problem solving : putting it all together
  • Problem-solving worksheet
  • section 6. The
  • prenatal and birth experience
  • ch. 24.
  • Becoming : the prenatal and birth experience
  • section 7.
  • Growing up again and again
  • ch. 25.
  • Ages and stages
  • Prenatal (becoming : conception to birth
  • Stage 1 (being) : birth to six months
  • Stage 2 (doing) : six months to eighteen months
  • Stage 3 (thinking) : eighteen months to three years
  • stage 4 (identity and power) : three years to six years
  • Stage 5 (structure) : six years to twelve years
  • Stage 6 (identity, sexuality, and separation) : twelve years to nineteen years
  • Stage 7 (interdependence) : adults
  • Stage 8 (integration) : towards death
  • ch. 26.
  • General activities for deliberately growing up again
  • section 8.
  • Adoption
  • ch. 27.
  • Adoption
  • Adoption development chart
  • appendix A.
  • Tools for family growth
  • Even and uneven parenting
  • Using contracts
  • Sample rules chart
  • Getting free of double binds
  • Encouraging responsibility through language
  • Supporting spiritual growth through the early development stages
  • appendix B.
  • Tools for personal growth
  • Developmental affirmations : how to use them with your family and yourself
  • Seeing our own shields : a visualization
  • Where to go for additional help.