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Peaceful parent, happy kids : how to stop yelling and start connecting
Title:
Peaceful parent, happy kids : how to stop yelling and start connecting
Author:
Markham, Laura.
ISBN:
9780399160288
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Perigee Book, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 274 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / by Jack Canfield -- Introduction: secrets of peaceful parents -- Regulating yourself -- Peaceful parents raise happy kids -- Fostering connection -- The essential ingredient for peaceful parents, happy kids -- Why connection is the secret to happy parenting -- Coaching, not controlling -- Raising a child who can manage himself : emotion coaching -- Raising a child who wants to behave : dare not to discipline -- Raising a child who achieves with joy and self-esteem : mastery coaching -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
Offers practical, easy-to-apply ideas to help parents regulate themselves and their own emotions in order to foster a better connection with their children to help them learn emotional intelligence, empathy, and responsibility.