Available Now for Purchase!As a parent of a young child, you have likely seen your child do lots of things that give you pause, worry, and frustrate you. Yet, too few parents feel comfortable talking about the challenges of parenting young children for fear of judgement, worries that other parents will think there is something “wrong” with their child, or concerns that daycare providers and teachers will suggest they are not good parents.
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We are here to help, first by acknowledging that parenting young children has so many rewards, but can also be incredibly challenging. So, we have updated this clinically-proven, five week program to acknowledge the diversity of families parenting young children while also highlighting their common challenges.
Parents like you will:
Parents like you will:
- Learn skills to increase the “fit” between your parenting and your child’s emotional and behavioral strengths and challenges.
- Understand how your parenting “superpower”, your attention, can be harnessed to improve your confidence as a parent and your child’s self-esteem and behavior
- Use the combination of your superpower and consequences to help your child regulate their behavior and feelings at home, school/daycare and with friends and siblings
- Cut yourself some slack as do your best to parent amidst a fast-paced changing world with real stress and tension in the media and our own communities that of course seeps its way into our homes
Table of Contents
PART I - UNDERSTANDING STRONG-WILLED BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 1 What Is Strong-Willed Behavior (and Is It Okay If My Child Is Strong-Willed)? 3
CHAPTER 2 Strong-Willed Temperament and Behavior: Chicken or Egg? 13
CHAPTER 3 Parents Are Stressed! 31
CHAPTER 4 Does My Child Have ADHD? 45
PART II - ADDRESSING STRONG-WILLED BEHAVIOR: A FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM
CHAPTER 5 What Behaviors Do I Want to Increase (and Decrease)? 65
CHAPTER 6 Week 1: Attending 81
CHAPTER 7 Week 2: Rewarding 99
CHAPTER 8 Week 3: “Effortful” Ignoring 119
CHAPTER 9 Week 4: Giving Clear Instructions 135
CHAPTER 10 Week 5: Using Time-Outs for Noncompliance 151
CHAPTER 11 Reviewing and Integrating the Five Skills 175
PART III - USING YOUR NEW SKILLS EARLY, OFTEN, AND CONSISTENTLY!
CHAPTER 12 Aggression, Rule Breaking, and Other Challenging Behaviors—Oh My! 189
CHAPTER 13 Using Your Skills Throughout the Day (and Every Day!) 203
CHAPTER 14 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream When It Comes to Navigating Screen Time! 219
CHAPTER 15 Positive Parenting Grows Healthy and Happy Kids! 239
PART IV - (DE-)STRESSING YOUR PARENTING
CHAPTER 16 Self-Care: Put on Your Oxygen Mask First 257
CHAPTER 17 I Think, Therefore I Am (or I Think, Therefore My Child Is)! 279
CHAPTER 18 It Takes a Village to Raise a Child (and Requires That the Villagers Talk
Openly and Often)! 291
APPENDIX Additional Guidance for Parents and Professionals 311
Index 325
CHAPTER 1 What Is Strong-Willed Behavior (and Is It Okay If My Child Is Strong-Willed)? 3
CHAPTER 2 Strong-Willed Temperament and Behavior: Chicken or Egg? 13
CHAPTER 3 Parents Are Stressed! 31
CHAPTER 4 Does My Child Have ADHD? 45
PART II - ADDRESSING STRONG-WILLED BEHAVIOR: A FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM
CHAPTER 5 What Behaviors Do I Want to Increase (and Decrease)? 65
CHAPTER 6 Week 1: Attending 81
CHAPTER 7 Week 2: Rewarding 99
CHAPTER 8 Week 3: “Effortful” Ignoring 119
CHAPTER 9 Week 4: Giving Clear Instructions 135
CHAPTER 10 Week 5: Using Time-Outs for Noncompliance 151
CHAPTER 11 Reviewing and Integrating the Five Skills 175
PART III - USING YOUR NEW SKILLS EARLY, OFTEN, AND CONSISTENTLY!
CHAPTER 12 Aggression, Rule Breaking, and Other Challenging Behaviors—Oh My! 189
CHAPTER 13 Using Your Skills Throughout the Day (and Every Day!) 203
CHAPTER 14 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream When It Comes to Navigating Screen Time! 219
CHAPTER 15 Positive Parenting Grows Healthy and Happy Kids! 239
PART IV - (DE-)STRESSING YOUR PARENTING
CHAPTER 16 Self-Care: Put on Your Oxygen Mask First 257
CHAPTER 17 I Think, Therefore I Am (or I Think, Therefore My Child Is)! 279
CHAPTER 18 It Takes a Village to Raise a Child (and Requires That the Villagers Talk
Openly and Often)! 291
APPENDIX Additional Guidance for Parents and Professionals 311
Index 325