The discipline debate -- Understanding discipline -- Defining terms and clarifying meanings -- The traditional reward-and-punish approach -- Why we can't count on rewards working -- The deficiencies and dangers of punishment -- How children really react to control -- Alternatives to disciplining children -- Methods to get children to change behavior -- New ways of governing families and classro…
Introduction: Strengthening families -- Changes in American families -- Importance of community support -- The national experience with child care and parent education -- Assessing options for serving families -- Providing services directly to families -- Exemplary state programs -- Strengthening families through public schools -- Conclusion: Enhancing the well-being of children, families, and …
Includes bibliographical references.
Children are from heaven -- What makes the five messages work -- New skills to create cooperation -- New skills to minimize resistence -- New skills form improving communication -- New skills for increasing motivation -- New skills for asserting leadership -- New skills for maintaining control -- It's okay to be different -- It's okay to make mistakes -- It's okay to express negative emotions -…
Includes bibliographical references (page 305) and index.
Marriage. Interpersonal relations. Life cycle, Human. Interpersonal relations. Life cycle, Human.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-404) and index.