Editorial Review:

Winner of a 2003 National Parenting Publications Gold Award!

Quick, effective solutions for stopping bad behavior and getting your family back on track

Tantrums. Hitting. Open defiance. A child's bursts of bad behavior can leave parents completely baffled. But while there's no such thing as a perfect child, there are effective ways to redirect poor behavior. The Baffled Parent's Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior has fast answers to defuse any situation.

Organized by topic for easy access and designed to help make family life as harmonious as possible, this hands-on guide provides advice to correct bad behavior, create new responses to previously annoying behavior, and establish an atmosphere that encourages good behavior. Inside, you'll discover:

• How to discipline with care, caution, and consistency
• The importance of setting a good example
• How to speak to your child so that he or she will listen
• The proper use of timeouts
• How to handle tantrums
• Great ideas to stop whining
• Ways to suggest replacing "good" words for "bad" words
• And much more!

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Excellent tool box for parents:

The resources and skills in the The Baffled Parent's Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior are just the kind of help stressed-out parents need to support their children through difficult transitions. I strongly recommend this book. The solutions-based focus gets parents the help they need quickly.

Thank you Kate Kelly:

I'm not raising my own children, but sometimes I think I'm raising my grandchildren. I'm not surprised that this book won the 2003 National Parenting Publications Gold Award. It's a common sense, how-to approach to dealing with bad behavior. It's packed full of advice that works when you need to rethink your response to difficult situations. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a more effective way to hanle day-to-day parenting (or gandparenting)dilemas.

Great Resource for Parents:

This book is a great resource for parents on how to discipline their children. I thought it was easy to read and I could easily access the topics that I really need to focus on with my children. Kate Kelly understands the current struggles that parents go through and offers tips on how to effectively discipline children.

Good guide for dealing with common problem behaviors:

This is a clear, well written guide to dealing with behaviors every parent faces. It offers sound advice on how to deal with behaviors from whining to bullying and when to seek professional help. Advice is presented well with main points highlighted and clear examples of how to apply the advice. It was extremely well laid out and easy to read. I particularly enjoyed the information on causes of behaviors as well as dealing with them. By the end of the book, parents have a clear idea of how to figure out... more info

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