Raising Happy Children For Dummies (eBook)

Sue Atkins is a parenting coach, former deputy head-teacher, and mother of two. She is a licensed NLP Master Practitioner and the founder of Positive Parents - Confident Kids Coaching.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding Your Children and Yourself.

Chapter 1: Becoming a Confident Parent.

Chapter 2: Knowing What Kind of Parent You Are - and Want
to Become.

Chapter 3: Understanding Your Kids' Needs.

Part II: Improving Your Basic Parenting Skills.

Chapter 4: Beginning with the End in Mind: Establishing Goals
for Your Family.

Chapter 5: Communicating Effectively and Connecting with Your
Children.

Chapter 6: Approaching Parenting With Common Sense.

Chapter 7: Maintaining Great Relationships.

Part III: Discipline.

Chapter 8: Getting Down to Earth and Practical: Disciplining
Your Kids.

Chapter 9: Choosing Different Strategies for Different Ages.

Chapter 10: When the Going Gets Tough: Handling Conflict.

Part IV: Helping Your Child Cope with Common
Problems.

Chapter 11: Coping with School.

Chapter 12: Helping Your Child Cope with Individual
Problems.

Chapter 13: Helping Your Child Cope with Bigger Issues.

Part V: Being Different.

Chapter 14: Raising Children with Unique and Special Needs.

Chapter 15: Raising Twins, Triplets, and Multiple-Birth
Children.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Things to Do Every Single Day as a Parent.

Chapter 17: Ten Techniques to Build a Happy Home.

Chapter 18: Ten Things to Do When It All Goes Pear-Shaped.

Chapter 19: Ten (or so) Top Resources for Parents.

Index.

"the 'handbook' that every parent
needs." (Weybridge, Cobham, Esher and Walton &
Hersham News & Mail,Wednesday 23rd May 2007)

"...the lay-out makes it an easy reference betwixt
multi-tasks but also because it is scarily logical..."
(Families South East Magazine, June/July 2007)

"[an] outstanding book...goes straight to the heart of what our
children need from us." (Best, Tuesday 30th October
2007)