Common Sense Parenting: Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged Children

Common Sense Parenting is for parents of children ages 6 to 16 facing a myriad of family challenges: a teen who's defiant; siblings who constantly bicker; a child having trouble in school; or parents and kids who occupy the same house but don't communicate or have fun together anymore.

Common Sense Parenting provides a menu of proven techniques that will help you build strong family relationships, prevent and correct misbehaviour, teach valuable social skills, use consequences to improve behaviour and promote self-control and staying calm in emotional situations. We show you how to approach discipline as positive teaching rather than punishment for children, and as each new parenting strategy is introduced, we explain each step, provide many clear examples, and give you an action plan for using it in your home.

This updated edition shows parents how to approach discipline as positive teaching rather than punishment. As each new parenting technique is introduced, the authors explain each step, provide many clear examples, and give you an action plan for implementing it in your home. Also addressed are topics of special interest - how to deal with school problems, computer misuse, and Internet and social media dangers.

With Common Sense Parenting, everyone in your family can benefit!