Book
Kids, parents, and power struggles : winning for a lifetime
Edition
1st Quill ed.
Publication Information
New York : HarperCollins, 2001, c2000.
Physical Description
xv, 318 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
- A new perspective on power struggles
- Winning for a lifetime
- Building the connections
- Emotion coaching : the decision to connect
- Bringing down the intensity : you're the role model
- Enforcing your standards and staying connected
- Stopping the tantrums : teaching kids how to soothe and calm themselves
- Empathy : what really keeps kids working with you
- Caring : knowing yourself and your child
- what fuels power struggles : identifying the real feelings and needs
- Why you blow : understanding your temperament
- Why your child loses it : understanding your child's temperament
- The "silent treatment" vs. the talking machine : understanding introverts and extroverts
- Too sensitive or too analytical : how we make decisions
- When the struggles are more than normal: recognizing medical issues
- Developing competence : teaching life's essential skills
- Stressed-out kids : learning to deal with life's ups and downs
- I will, I won't : balancing boundaries and independence
- You're not my boss : learning to be assertive rather than aggressive
- Can we talk about this : learning to get along with others
- Celebrating the child who is more : caring, competent, and connected.