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Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World: A Guide for Parents and Educators is a practical resource of tips that parents and educators can use to help kids acquire, practice and/or correct behaviors that are needed to become responsible and successful adults. Most examples are presented from a parent-child perspective, although by altering a few words or phrases, often demonstrated, educators can achieve excellent results in their classrooms or with individual students. It is a guide that parents and educators can use to assist their children or students develop and refine skills most need to be successful at school and in life. It offers a broad range of strategies that emphasize:

  • -how to teach and model the values and attitudes of success
  • -how to talk effectively so kids will listen
  • -how to anticipate possible consequences before acting
  • -how to equip children and teenagers with skills they can use if they feel anxious, overwhelmed, bullied or faced

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter One: The Challenge of Raising Kids to Thrive

    Chapter Two: Tips for Educators when Offering Suggestions

    Chapter Three: What Children Need from Parents and Caregivers

    Chapter Four: Paving the Road to Success

    Chapter Five: How to Promote Responsibility

    Chapter Six: Limits, Rewards, Consequences

    Chapter Seven: Communicating effectively with your kids

    Chapter Eight: Helping your kids solve people problems

    Chapter Nine: What to do when kids push your buttons

    Chapter Ten: Helping your kids handle stress

    Chapter Eleven: Take good emotional care of yourself

    Chapter Twelve: Conclusion

    Appendix A: Conversation Starters

    Bibliography and Resourcesa

    About the Author

Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World

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    Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
    Publication Date: 1/15/2023 12:11:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781475872316, 978-1475872316
    ISBN10: 1475872313
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World: A Guide for Parents and Educators is a practical resource of tips that parents and educators can use to help kids acquire, practice and/or correct behaviors that are needed to become responsible and successful adults. Most examples are presented from a parent-child perspective, although by altering a few words or phrases, often demonstrated, educators can achieve excellent results in their classrooms or with individual students. It is a guide that parents and educators can use to assist their children or students develop and refine skills most need to be successful at school and in life. It offers a broad range of strategies that emphasize:

    • -how to teach and model the values and attitudes of success
    • -how to talk effectively so kids will listen
    • -how to anticipate possible consequences before acting
    • -how to equip children and teenagers with skills they can use if they feel anxious, overwhelmed, bullied or faced

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter One: The Challenge of Raising Kids to Thrive

      Chapter Two: Tips for Educators when Offering Suggestions

      Chapter Three: What Children Need from Parents and Caregivers

      Chapter Four: Paving the Road to Success

      Chapter Five: How to Promote Responsibility

      Chapter Six: Limits, Rewards, Consequences

      Chapter Seven: Communicating effectively with your kids

      Chapter Eight: Helping your kids solve people problems

      Chapter Nine: What to do when kids push your buttons

      Chapter Ten: Helping your kids handle stress

      Chapter Eleven: Take good emotional care of yourself

      Chapter Twelve: Conclusion

      Appendix A: Conversation Starters

      Bibliography and Resourcesa

      About the Author

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