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The Discipline Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better-Behaved Child - From Birth to Age 10
The Discipline Book Everything You Need to Know to Have a BetterBehaved Child From Birth to Age 10 Author:William Sears MD, Martha Sears RN From the bestselling authors of The Baby Book and The Birth Book comes The Discipline Book, the definitive guide to raising happy, well-adjusted, well-behaved children. Seasoned parents of eight, Bill and Martha Sears draw on personal experience and their professional knowledge as childcare experts to provide an authoritative approach to a broad... more » range of disciplinary issues and practices.
With a focus on preventing behavior problems as well as managing them when they arise, the Searses offer clear, practical advice on everything parents need to know about disciplining young children. Believing that discipline starts at birth, the Searses discuss baby discipline, discipling the toddler, mother-father roles in modern parenting, saying no, self-esteem as the foundation of good behavior, helping a child to express feelings, the constructive use of anger, good nutrition for good behavior, and sleep discipline. On handling problem behavior, the Seares cover sibling rivalry, spanking and alternatives to spanking, breaking annoying habits and eliminating bothersome behaviors like whining and talking back.
The Searses strongly advocate teaching children values like apologizing and sharing, and explain how to deal with such issues as lying, stealing and cheating. In addition, the Searses address building healthy sexuality and discipline in special situations such as after divorce and in the single-parent household.« less