Nancy Samalin’s proven approach to child raising is dedicated to two principles: teaching parents to set clear and consistent guidelines and enhancing children’s self-esteem.As a director of Parent Guidance Workshops, Nancy Samalin has helped thousands of parents learn to communicate effectively with their children and adolescents. She understands the immense frustration faced by loving parents whose children behave badly, and in this book she offers proven techniques for dealing with such daunting disciplinary problems as fighting, temper tantrums, sibling rivalry, and refusal to do schoolwork.
Samalin’s approach is dedicated to preserving the child’s self-esteem while setting clear and consistent behavioral guidelines. She shows parents how to express anger without saying things they’ll regret later; how to use discipline without being punitive to children; and how to feel less guilty and more in control by adopting positive alternatives to yelling, nagging, bribing, and threatening.