A practical guide to maintaining the delicate balance between love and power to raise capable, confident children... In order for children to blossom into competent, confident adults, parents must learn to use power rationally and constructively--both for control and discipline and in nurturing responsibility and self-esteem. This book is a synthesis of Dr. Austin's 37 years of counseling parents and observing their successes and failures, problems and accomplishments. In it you will find a wealth of information on raising children infancy to the teen years, from including practical guidelines for:
Setting and enforcing limits, without stunting confidence and creativity
Instilling values while allowing sufficient freedom to explore and grow
Dealing with anger, lying, guilt, manipulation, and other problems
Coping with tough problems, such as single-parenting, drug abuse, peer pressure, and sexual abuse
- ISBN10 0471024988
- ISBN13 9780471024989
- Publish Date 16 March 1994 (first published 1 October 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 30 May 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English