Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Common sense parenting : using your head as well as your heart to raise school-aged children / by Ray Burke, Ron Herron, and Bridget A. Barnes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextCopyright date: Boys Town, Neb. : Boys Town Press, ©2006Edition: Third editionDescription: 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1889322709 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ769 .B87 2006
Partial contents:
Introduction - Discipline through positive teaching -- Setting reasonable expectations -- Giving clear messages -- Giving consequences to change behavior -- Using reasons to encourage improvement -- Praise is powerful -- Teaching to prevent problems -- Reaching goals using charts and contracts -- Staying calm -- Correcting misbehavior -- Teaching self-control -- Teaching social skills -- Making decisions and solving problems -- Holding family meetings -- Establishing family routines and traditions -- Making a parenting plan -- Helping children succeed in school -- Handling peer pressure.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Janis P. Bellack Library General Stacks PAR CHIR COMM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36349000008051

"New chapters on positive teaching, creating family routines adn traditions, and setting expectations. New charts and Q & As to help parents" -- cover.

"For parents of children ages 6-16" -- back cover.

Introduction - Discipline through positive teaching -- Setting reasonable expectations -- Giving clear messages -- Giving consequences to change behavior -- Using reasons to encourage improvement -- Praise is powerful -- Teaching to prevent problems -- Reaching goals using charts and contracts -- Staying calm -- Correcting misbehavior -- Teaching self-control -- Teaching social skills -- Making decisions and solving problems -- Holding family meetings -- Establishing family routines and traditions -- Making a parenting plan -- Helping children succeed in school -- Handling peer pressure.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 First Avenue
Boston, MA 02129-4557
(617) 726-2947

Powered by Koha