Raising Great Kids, From Tots to Teens and in-Between, written by Jayne Kelly

How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people...who just might save the world one day. As an award-winning science journalist, Melinda Wenner Moyer was regularly asked to investigate and address all kinds of parenting questions: how to potty train, when and whether to get vaccines, and how to help kids sleep through the night. But as Melinda's children grew, she found that one huge area was ignored in the realm of parenting advice: how do we make sure our kids don't grow up to be assholes? On social media, in the news, and from the highest levels of government, kids are increasingly getting the message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes among children and teens are rising, while compassion among teens has been dropping. We know, of course, that young people have the capacity for great empathy, resilience, and action, and we all want to bring up kids who will help build a better tomorrow. But how do we actually do this? How do we raise children who are kind, considerate, and ethical inside and outside the home, who will grow into adults committed to making the world a better place? How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a deeply researched, evidence-based primer that provides a fresh, often surprising perspective on parenting issues, from toddlerhood through the teenage years. First, Melinda outlines the traits we want our children to possess—including honesty, generosity, and antiracism—and then she provides scientifically-based strategies that will help parents instill those characteristics in their kids. Learn how to raise the kind of kids you actually want to hang out with—and who just might save the world.

Provides a guide for parents that recommends an alternative approach that encourages respect for the self and others, in a reference that explains how to foster such values in children as thankfulness and unselfishness.

Practical and brilliantly helpful advice on how to give your child clear limits so that they can learn how to behave well. Time out is a vital parenting tool, and in this book parenting expert Diane Levy explains how best to use it in all situations for children of all ages. She believes children must be taught to experience and handle their emotions and they must learn self-discipline. Her two main parenting tenets - emotional support and limit setting - are crucial to an understanding of time out. The first responsibility of parents is to give children emotional support so that they will have the courage to have the experiences and do the learning that they need to become emotionally independent adults. The second responsibility is to set suitable boundaries and expectations so that they can safely tread the path from undisciplined babies to self-disciplined adults. Diane believes that time out is the ideal way to discipline children.

A celebrated guide to teaching children values, respect, and responsibilty, this worthwhile book has more than 150,000 copies in print in previous editions. "An excellent book on a vastly neglected aspect of raising children".--Dr. Fitzhugh Dodson (How to Parent, How to Father).

"Things just aren't what they used to be...When I was a kid..." SAVE IT PARENTS...Your kids don't care about when you were a kid...TIMES HAVE CHANGED!Who is this new generation? Self-Centered, selfish, lack of committment in relationships and impatient with themselves and others.IF IT FEELS GOOD...IT'S ALL RIGHT...Hmmm..."Want GREAT kids? It takes GOOD parenting!", will provide you with suggestions on teaching your children the key ingredients toward developing self esteem and choosing to possess the integrity to make good choices. It provides basic ideas to help your kids grow into well rounded, social, responsible and compassionate adults.It's about the kids, BUT it's also about YOU!

Give your children the gift of self-esteem, self-confidence and skills to succeed in life. Learn to empower children to make good decisions when they become teenagers and they're 60 miles away, going 60 miles an hour. Start when they are young by learning the Raising Able Family Management System based on: - family meetings, family chores, family dinner; - the triple e - encouragement, entitlement, empowerment; and - natural and logical consequences. Parents will be calmer and happier and be able to retire from being the house servant. Children will learn skills, time management, and responsibility. They will experience being part of a team and greater self-esteem and self-confidence. Chores counteract entitlement because it's impossible to feel entitled when youngsters clean toilets, sweep floors and rake leaves. Chores cure boredom immediately because there's always more work to be done in a home. This easy-to-read book offers time-tested advice by the mother of four children who has taught many parents the Raising Able Family Management System. The system is useful for typical children AND for special needs children. ADD recommend the Raising Able Family Management system for use with young people with ADD and ADHD.