The Good Behaviour Book: How to have a better-behaved child from birth to age te

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作者	William Sears,Martha Sears
出版社	Harper Thorsons
ISBN	9780007374304
出版时间	2014-02-06
字数	424.0万
分类	Harper Thorsons,进口书,外文原版书,家庭,亲子

读书简介

In THE GOOD BEHAVIOUR BOOK, Dr. William and Martha Sears, the paediatrics specialists whose books on birth, babies, and parenting have become widely praised best-sellers, provide a definitive guide to raising happy, well-adjusted, well-behaved children. Disciplining children means equipping them with the tools to succeed in life. In this unique guide, seasoned parents of eight, Bill and Martha Sears draw on personal experience and their professional knowledge as childcare experts to provide an authoritative approach to a broad range of disciplinary issues and practices. With focus on preventing behaviour problems as well as managing them when they arise, the Searses offer clear, practical advice on everything parents need to know about disciplining young children. Believing that discipline starts at birth, the Searses discuss baby discipline, disciplining the toddler, mother-father roles in modern parenting, saying no, self-esteem as the foundation of good behaviour, helping a child to express feelings, the constructive use of anger, good nutrition for good behaviour, and sleep discipline. On handling problem behaviour, the Searses cover sibling rivalry, spanking and alternatives to spanking, breaking annoying habits, and eliminating bothersome behaviours like whining and talking back. The Searses strongly advocate teaching children values like apologising and sharing, and explain how to deal with such issues as lying, stealing, and cheating. In addition, the Searses address building healthy sexuality and discipline in special situations such as after divorce and in the single-parent household.

目录

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

A Word About Discipline from Dr Bill and Martha

I: Promoting Desirable Behaviour

Chapter 1: Our Approach to Discipline

Styles of Discipline

Discipline’s Top Ten – An Overview of This Book

Chapter 2: Birth to One Year: Getting Connected

Martha and Matthew – How They Got Connected

Attachment Parenting – The Key to Early Discipline

How Attachment Parenting Makes Discipline Easier

Chapter 3: Understanding Ones, Twos, and Threes

How Toddlers Act – And Why

Talking with Toddlers: What They Can Understand, What They Can’t

Channelling Toddler Behaviours

Providing Structure

Going from Oneness to Separateness: Behaviours to Expect

Helping a Toddler Ease into Independence

From Two to Three

Discipline Gets Easier

Chapter 4: Saying no Positively

The Importance of Saying No

Creative Alternatives to “No”

Respectfully, No!

Making Danger Discipline Stick

Chapter 5: Taming Temper Tantrums

Why Tantrums?

Preventing Tantrums

What to Do When the Volcano Erupts

Handling and Preventing Tantrums in Older Children

Chapter 6: Fathers as Disciplinarians

Becoming a Dad: Bill’s Story

Eight Tips to Help Fathers Become Disciplinarians

Chapter 7: Self-esteem: The Foundation of Good Behaviour

Ten Ways to Help Children Build Self-Confidence

Chapter 8: Helping Your Child Express Feelings

Feelings: Expressing or Bottling Up?

How to Raise an Expressive Child

Chapter 9: Making Anger Work for You

Why Kids Get Angry

How Adult Anger Affects Parenting – And Discipline

Getting a Handle on Anger

Peace for Parents

Chapter 10: Feeding Good Behaviour

Foods That Bother Behaviour

Tracking Down Feel-Bad Foods

Chapter 11: Sleep Discipline

What Every Parent Should Know About Babies’ Nighttime Needs

Principles of Nighttime Discipline

Handling Common Nighttime Discipline Problems

II: Correcting Undesirable Behaviour

Chapter 12: Smacking – No? Yes? Sometimes?

Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Child

How to Avoid Smacking

Chapter 13: Discipline by Shaping Behaviour: Alternatives to Smacking

Praise

Selective Ignoring

Time-out

Help Your Child Learn That Choices Have Consequences

Motivators

Reminders

The Art of Negotiating

Withdrawing Privileges

Chapter 14: Breaking Annoying Habits

Steps to Breaking Habits

Thumb-Sucking

Chapter 15: Disciplining Bothersome Behaviours

Biting, Hitting, Pushing, Kicking

Dressing Discipline

Supermarket Discipline

Teaching Toothbrushing

Facilitating a Facewash

Whining

Clearing Up Dirty Words

Soiling Pants

Name-calling

Grumbling

Answering Back

Exciting the Unmotivated Child

Chapter 16: Sibling Rivalry

Introducing a New Baby

Promoting Sibling Harmony

Discouraging Sibling Disharmony

III: Discipline for Life

Chapter 17: Morals and Manners

Raising a Moral Child

Why Kids Lie – What to Do

Raising a Truthful Child

Encouraging Honesty

Stealing

Cheating

Teaching Your Child to Apologize

When Your Child Interrupts

Teaching Manners

Sharing

Chapter 18: Building Healthy Sexuality

Fostering Healthy Gender Identity

Modelling Healthy Gender Roles

Curious Little Bodies

Masturbation

Chapter 19: Discipline for Special Times and Special Children

Disciplining the Hyperactive Child

Disciplining the Temperamentally Difficult Child (Aka the High-Need Child)

Disciplining the Special Needs Child

Parenting the Shy Child

Disciplining the Fearful Child

Discipline Following Divorce

Caregivers as Disciplinarians

Closing comments: Putting it all Together – A Sample Discipline Plan

Index

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