What great parents do : 75 simple strategies for raising kids who thrive

What great parents do 75 simple strategies for raising kids who thrive

Erica Reischer

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Subjects
Parenting.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Parent and child.
Published
New York, New York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Erica Reischer (author)
Physical Description
xx, 220 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220).
ISBN
9780399176692
  • Introduction
  • 1. Great parents do what they say they are going to do
  • 2. Great parents do what they know
  • 3. Great parents change themselves first
  • 4. Great parents focus near and far
  • 5. Great parents see parenting as a skill
  • 6. Great parents practice empathy
  • 7. Great parents watch out for "buts"
  • 8. Great parents respect their children's reality
  • 9. Great parents accept their kids just as they are
  • 10. Great parents avoid these toxic phrases
  • 11. Great parents teach kids to feel their feelings and choose their actions
  • 12. Great parents aren't perfect
  • 13. Great parents let kids make mistakes and experience failure
  • 14. Great parents resist the urge to "fix" feelings
  • 15. Great parents take ownership of their feelings
  • 16. Great parents acknowledge their moods and feelings
  • 17. Great parents pay attention
  • 18. Great parents cultivate self-awareness
  • 19. Great parents practice positive touch
  • 20. Great parents help kids develop positive habits
  • 21. Great parents distinguish between goals and methods
  • 22. Great parents show kids the way
  • 23. Great parents don't gratify behavior they don't want repeated
  • 24. Great parents "catch" kids being good (and tell kids specifically what they liked)
  • 25. Great parents discipline lovingly
  • 26. Great parents discipline in private
  • 27. Great parents avoid disciplining when tired or hungry
  • 28. Great parents see the goal of discipline as learning, not punishment
  • 29. Great parents understand that children's brains are different
  • 30. Great parents notice what they say and how they say it
  • 31. Great parents see that actions speak louder than words
  • 32. Great parents practice emotion coaching
  • 33. Great parents promote self-control
  • 34. Great parents view kids as little explorers and scientists
  • 35. Great parents give previews
  • 36. Great parents give kids the benefit of the doubt
  • 37. Great parents share their power
  • 38. Great parents are in charge
  • 39. Great parents maintain a warm and affectionate attitude
  • 40. Great parents treat their kids with respect, consideration, and kindness
  • 41. Great parents expect their kids to treat them with respect, consideration, and kindness
  • 42. Great parents rarely say "Good job!" or "You are so smart!"
  • 43. Great parents (mostly) avoid labels
  • 44. Great parents play it straight
  • 45. Great parents use scaffolding
  • 46. Great parents give a reason
  • 47. Great parents give fair warning
  • 48. Great parents are transparent about their decision-making process
  • 49. Great parents know that reasoning has its limits
  • 50. Great parents harness the power of natural consequences
  • 51. Great parents give speeding tickets
  • 52. Great parents create speed bumps
  • 53. Great parents are consistent
  • 54. Great parents strive to be matter-of-fact
  • 55. Great parents teach happiness habits (and also practice them)
  • 56. Great parents teach kids the three Ps
  • 57. Great parents protect playtime
  • 58. Great parents prioritize sleep
  • 59. Great parents encourage sensible risk taking
  • 60. Great parents encourage their kids to "do good"
  • 61. Great parents avoid power struggles
  • 62. Great parents avoid reward economies
  • 63. Great parents make time to give kids their full attention
  • 64. Great parents take care of themselves
  • 65. Great parents pivot
  • 66. Great parents use placeholders
  • 67. Great parents reframe
  • 68. Great parents focus on the positive
  • 69. Great parents can change the mood (be silly and playful)
  • 70. Great parents avoid drama
  • 71. Great parents stop the action
  • 72. Great parents offer replays
  • 73. Great parents stage rehearsals
  • 74. Great parents focus on the relationship
  • 75. Great parents start where they are
  • Notes
Review by Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Psychologist Reischer's parenting style might be best described as evidence-based. In her parenting workshops and this book, she distills research on children's social and emotional development into a set of best parenting practices. Each of the book's 75 strategies is presented in a separate, numbered chapter with a descriptive title (e.g., Great parents give fair warning, Great parents are consistent), making it easy for busy parents to spot the ones that best fit a given situation. In addition, the chapters contain extensive (sometimes to the point of being distracting) cross-references to related and complementary strategies. Reischer summarizes psychological research and her clinical experience in a simple, straightforward manner mostly free of jargon. She is at her best in the Try This section at the end of each chapter, which includes real-life examples and step-by-step instructions for applying the strategy in a challenging parenting situation. Like many authors of parenting books, Reischer wrote the one book she was unable to find when her first child was born. She has ensured that parents of young children no longer have that problem.--Harmon, Lindsay Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Library Journal Review

Clinical psychologist and parenting educator Reischer delivers a back-to-basics look at parenting via simple, action-oriented tips and a big-picture perspective. Underlying all of her advice are the "ABCs" of great parenting: acceptance, boundaries, and consistency. Organized by sections such as "Great Parents Cultivate Self Awareness," strategies are accompanied by descriptions of the technique's psychological impact (e.g., people who have developed self-awareness "tend to be more empathetic"). A "try this" section rounds out the volume and provides information that ranges from self-reflection for parents to sample dialogs to tools for avoiding typical outbursts or meltdowns. -VERDICT Covering everything from discipline to encouraging curiosity, -Reischer's gentle yet firm model is simple and powerful. Parents who read one tip per day will have a sound rubric for child rearing through the years. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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