Table of Contents Introduction Attitude of Parents Encouraging Creativity Communicating with Your Children Reading to Your Children Earning Your Child’s Trust Eating Together Parents As Role Models Natural Rebelliousness in Children Other Influences Making Do with Compromises Rules of behavior Reasoning with Small Children Bargaining and Threats Not Eating Properly Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Bringing up a child is no sinecure. In fact, responsible parents are very afraid that they may possibly not be bringing up their child in a proper manner. There is a difference between allowing your child to grow up, and you bringing them up. Good parenting is not something that you are going to learn from books. It comes out of experience. This book is going to give you plenty of information about how you can raise really responsible, morally strong, remarkable and praiseworthy children. I remember an instance, when I went on a family excursion with a couple of my relatives, and their children were along too. The children were smart, witty, good-natured, intelligent, high-spirited, self-confident, considerate, and well behaved. During most of the trip, I noticed other people also present during that trip looking at these children admiringly. Most of them must have been feeling how the parents had managed to bring up these well-balanced and happy kids. The parents were reassured that these children were living up to their potential and would become well-balanced adults, and successful in any field they chose. In fact, they were kids, of which any parent could be proud. When confronted with such examples, your first instinct is to ask, how is that these children have turned out so well? Has it something to do with having intelligent and responsible parents? Has it something to do with the gene line? Or has it everything to do with the upbringing? What did the parents do or not do while they were bringing up these youngsters? What did parents have to do to raise kids as remarkable as these children, I had encountered in the family excursion, all three of them, all brilliant, good-looking, smart, humorous and sensible. Being a parent yourself, you are also going to be eager and keen to know the answers to these particular questions. Well, I decided to go around asking all my friends and acquaintances, all of them experienced parents, and got commonsense information, tips, techniques, and methods of bringing up children in a proper manner.

This is the ultimate guide to raising our daughters right—from parenting authority and trusted family counselor Dr. James Dobson. Peer pressure. Eating disorders. Decisions about love, romance, and sex. Academic demands. Life goals and how to achieve them. These are just some of the challenges that girls face today—and the age at which they encounter them is getting younger and younger. As a parent, how are you guiding your daughter on her journey to womanhood? Are you equipping her to make wise choices? Whether she’s still playing with dolls or in the midst of the often-turbulent teen years, is she truly secure in her identity as your valued and loved daughter? In the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls, Dr. James Dobson will help you face the challenges of raising your daughters to become strong, healthy, and confident women who excel in life.

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A breakthrough parenting book that redefines the meaning of 'geek' and inspires parents to free themselves and their kids from the 'culture of cool.' In a world of superficial values, peer pressure, and out-of-control consumerism, the world needs more GEEKS: Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids. Today's 'culture of cool' has changed the way kids grow up. Rather than enjoying innocent childhoods while developing strong, authentic characters, today's kids can become cynical 'even jaded' as they absorb the dangerous messages and harmful influences of a dominant popular culture that encourages materialism, high-risk behaviors, and a state of pseudo-adulthood. Author and mother of four Marybeth Hicks suggests an alternative: bringing up geeks. In this groundbreaking book, she shows parents how they can help their children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their passions, not just the latest fashions; the confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behaviors; the love of learning that helps them excel at school and in life; and the maturity to value family as well as friends, as well as make good moral decisions. With a foundation like that, kids will grow up to be the coolest adults.