Raising Happy Children For Dummies

Every parent would like to have a happy, well- behaved child- but every parent also knows this is not often a reality! Raising Happy Children For Dummies helps you betterunderstand your children - from toddler to teen, boys andgirls - and is packed with practical tips from an experiencedparenting coach to improve your parenting, your child'shappiness and as a result, their behaviour.
The book helps you explore your own parenting skills, helps youto define what changes you may need to make and provides advice onhow to implement new parenting habits to improve you and yourfamily's relationships. Covering both day-to-day parentingand offering extra advice on how to help your children deal withlife's tougher challenges, this is a down to earth guide froma parenting coach and mother of two, Sue Atkins.
Raising Happy Children For Dummies covers:
* Becoming a Confident Parent
* Knowing What Kind of Parent You Are - and Want to Become
* Understanding Your Kids' Needs
* Beginning with the End in Mind: Establishing Goals for YourFamily
* Communicating Effectively and Connecting with YourChildren
* Approaching Parenting With Common Sense
* Maintaining Great Relationships
* Getting Down to Earth and Practical: Disciplining YourKids
* Choosing Different Strategies for Different Ages
* When the Going Gets Tough: Handling Conflict
* Coping With School
* Helping Your Child Cope with Individual Problems
* Helping Your Child Cope with Bigger Issues
* Raising Children with Unique and Special Needs
* Raising Twins, Triplets, and Multiple-Birth Children
* Ten Things to Do Every Single Day as a Parent
* Ten Techniques to Build a Happy Home
* Ten Things to Do When it All Goes Pear-Shaped
* Ten (or so) Top Resources for Parents