Whale Done Parenting (eBook)

What does raising children have to do with training killer whales? Bestselling author Blanchard teams up again with his 'Whale Done' coauthors to show how positive reinforcement techniques used by trainers at Seaworld can help parents bring out the best in their children.

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';How is it they can get a killer whale to urinate on cue, and we can't get our son to pee into the toilet?' Amy Sheldrake, young mother and killer whale trainer-in-training, marvels at the complex behaviors her superiors at SeaWorld are able to coax out of these enormous beasts, while she and her husband struggle to make their belovedand much smallerson Josh obey the simplest rules. Using the story approach popularized by Ken Blanchard in his many bestsellers, this unique parenting book draws on the experiences of two of the coauthorsas both pioneering marine mammal trainers and as parentsto show how the same principles that induce killer whales to leap into the air can persuade young children to go quietly to bed. Like Amy and her husband Matt, once you get the hang of the three Whale Done principles, you'll see a dramatic difference in overcoming challenges like following bedtime routines, dealing with tantrums, introducing new foods, sharing, avoiding overuse of the word no, learning to care for a pet, and instituting time-outs.