Common Sense Discipline

Common Sense Discipline
Author: Grace L. Mitchell
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780910287111

Using a story-oriented approach, this book describes and discusses real-life issues and conflicts encountered by parents and teachers of young children. Each scenario is followed by practical approaches to solving these problems. Part 1, "Today's Family Patterns and Discipline," addresses the impact family changes can have on children, and what challenges teachers can expect. Part 2, "Inclusive Education and Discipline," examines the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the challenges for both children and adults, accompanied by solutions and supportive suggestions. The last part, "Mistakes Adults Make," explores alternative approaches for mistakes easily made by adults when working with children. Issues under consideration in this book include: children dividing time between divorced parents; grandparents raising grandchildren; violence in schools; working with children who have disabilities; and helping young children learn to share. The book emphasizes that the impact on the child's self-esteem is the one guideline against which all planning for children should be measured. Each part of the book is followed by a bibliography. (BAC)

Common Sense Parenting, 4th Ed.

Common Sense Parenting, 4th Ed.
Author: Ray Burke, PH.D
Publisher: Boys Town Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1936734966

Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children This 4th edition of Common Sense Parenting® offers parents of children ages 6-16 a menu of proven techniques to use while facing family challenges: a teen who’s defiant; siblings who constantly bicker; a child having trouble in school; and parents and kids who don’t communicate or have fun together anymore. Step-by-step strategies aid parents in building good family relationships, preventing and correcting misbehavior, using consequences to improve behavior, teaching self-control, and staying calm. This updated edition shows parents how to approach discipline as positive teaching rather than punishment. As each new parenting technique is introduced, the authors explain each step, provide many clear examples, and give you an action plan for implementing it in your home. Also addressed are topics of special interest - how to deal with school problems, computer misuse, and Internet and social media dangers.

A Common Sense Approach to Discipline

A Common Sense Approach to Discipline
Author: Mike Stefanick
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1449027164

Are you a parent, teacher or counselor? Do you have a concern about discipline? Are you looking for a condensed guide for effective discipline? If so, then this book is for you. The author has personally seen many parents, teachers, counselors, managers and leaders struggle with disciplinary issues. He feels he has a lot to offer anyone interested in developing an effective discipline plan. There is no doubt that parents and educators play a significant role in honing a child's skills to become a well-rounded and productive member of society. A Common Sense Approach to Discipline lays a foundation for and provides practical principles for developing an effective plan for discipline. The author cites specific instances with realistic scenarios to illustrate his principles. He provides numerous insights and thoughts from his own personal experiences and observations. This book not only addresses discipline but also includes some very good tips on preparing children for the future and about life in general. A must read for anyone dealing with and/or working with children. The author also makes a special challenge to all educators. Educators are encouraged to read and accept the author's personal challenge for them.

Stress-Free Discipline

Stress-Free Discipline
Author: Sara Au
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0814449107

Many moments in parenting seem unavoidable. Your preschooler will throw fits. Your third-grader will try to get out of doing homework--even if it means lying. A budding tween will dish out insults. And a teenager will simply take off for who knows where. At each stage, they are trying to test your boundaries (and sometimes your patience). While this may be a natural part of growing up, that doesn’t mean any of these actions are acceptable or excusable. So what does a parent do?Stress-Free Discipline knows that the one-size-fits-all discipline methods many experts tout can actually be too narrow for some concerns. Instead, parents need to learn how to determine the root cause behind their child’s issue, which will then help explain what is driving the behavior, why it’s probably more normal than the parent realizes, how to prevent further escalations, and how to instill self-control. Once parents grasp the underlying motivation, they can select the strategy that fits their child's age, temperament, and issue--including role modeling, setting limits, positive reinforcement, negative consequences, disengagement--and deploy it calmly and with confidence. Complete with an arsenal of proven techniques, as well as examples and exercises throughout to help parents personalize to their own unique situation, Stress-Free Discipline is the one-stop resource that will prepare parents for any challenge from any stage. Don’t lead home without it!

Standing Strong

Standing Strong
Author: Ray Guarendi
Publisher: Ewtn Publishing Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-01-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781682782651

With wit and wisdom, Dr. Ray Guarendi gives parents the tools they need not only to navigate the teen years but also to enjoy them. Teens are "full of life, enthusiasm, energy, and laughter," Dr. Ray asserts, in defiance of a culture that conditions us to expect a far gloomier reality. Too often, the world tells parents to be content with mediocrity instead of the prospect of raising respectful and responsible children with strong character. In a lively question-and-answer format, Dr. Ray unpacks issues ranging from sibling relationships and peer pressure to curfews and chores to overcoming backtalk and teaching your kids to avoid drugs. He equips parents to give their teens a safer, more stable adolescence and help them develop virtues for a lifetime. If you feel as if you've been a weak disciplinarian, Dr. Ray explains that "there are . . . critical reasons to reverse your parenting, even if it seems late." He offers practical approaches such as: Four tips to help you enjoy your kids' teen years Three techniques for becoming a calmer parent Five ways to monitor your child's use of technology Four simple house rules that lead to success Four consequences to curb nasty talk A strategy to motivate underachievers You will also learn four key sayings for communicating more effectively with your teens. In addition, you will find out specific ways to cultivate an attitude of gratitude in your kids. Most significantly, you will learn how to help your children treat you with respect, so that they will develop this habit in their relationships with others as well. As you grow in becoming a stronger parent with calm, loving resolve, you will learn how to foster quality time with your teens and have real fun together. This book is wise, perceptive, and laugh-out-loud funny. Dr. Ray uses his trademark humor-with-a-dash-of-sarcasm to give those parents who are barely treading water some good, sound, logical advice to change the tone and tenor of their households for the better.

Common Sense Parenting

Common Sense Parenting
Author: Raymond V. Burke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Child rearing
ISBN: 9780938510772

To be a good parent today, you need a warm heart and a cool head. Along with unconditional love and respect for your child, you need a logical, workable approach to discipline. This book gives you both. First, it offers suggestions on how to build a close relationship with your child. Second, you'll learn how to reduce problem behavior.

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers & Preschoolers, 2nd Ed.

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers & Preschoolers, 2nd Ed.
Author: Bridget A. Barnes, MS
Publisher: Boys Town Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1936734982

Set up your child and yourself for success and learn how discipline can be more about teaching than punishment, and more positive than negative for parents and children. Time- and research-tested Common Sense Parenting® skills have been adapted to meet the needs of parents and caregivers of young children ages 2-5. In this second edition, parents are given enhanced parenting skills with updated parent steps and clearer explanations for how and why to use these steps with children: Set reasonable expectations based on your child’s age, development, and abilities.Give your child the nurturing, love, and praise he or she needs to thrive.Use a parent’s version of “show and tell” to both prevent problems and correct misbehavior.Create plans for staying calm – for you and your child. Parents will benefit from Boys Town’s decades of experience in working with kids to help moms, dads and other caregivers enhance their child-rearing skills and develop a calm, skill-focused approach to discipline.

Blubber

Blubber
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665980737

“Blubber is a good name for her,” the note from Caroline said about Linda. Jill crumpled it up and left it on the corner of her school desk. She didn’t want to think about Linda or her dumb report on whales just then. Jill wanted to think about Halloween. But Robby grabbed the note and before Linda stopped talking it had gone halfway around the room. There was something about Linda that made a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they could go…but nobody, Jill least of all, expected the fun to end where it did.

Lots of Love and a Spanking!

Lots of Love and a Spanking!
Author: Jamie Pritchett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-06
Genre: Corporal punishment of children
ISBN: 9780965608725

This book is for parents who want a close relationship with their children, and want their children to learn self-control, but don't know how to get there. Refuting the ineffective psycho-babble of today's discipline "experts," this book focuses on love & communication, and details the careful use of controlled spanking as a deterrent to misbehavior. Revised edition with lots of personal comments from happy customers.