Are people in your family mad?Those pesky mads! They are part of being human, but they do keep us steaming and stewing. They make us irrational. They pop out at the wrong times. They make us say and do things we regret later.There must be a better way!The Mad Family Book gives choices!In this book, you can find out how to:*deal with an angry child by giving him positive alternatives.*help your child understand his angry feelings.*express anger in ways that do not hurt others or self.*learn safe and fun ideas for anger release.*learn to speak negative feelings to increase self-esteem.

Help children and parents to deal with their anger with fifty things they can say and do to express their anger constructively. Children will respond to the large type and colorful illustrations.

With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Featuring the long-established children's classics and the most recent library sensations, these hand-picked stories address kids' struggles - from the everyday to life-changing - while offering adults the information they need to make the right choices for their kids. Also includes useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children.

With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Annotated with helpful commentary, these titles cover everything from kids' everyday trials (losing baby teeth, starting school, having a bad day) to more emotionally stressful events (death of a pet, moving, illness), giving adults all the information they need to choose the right books. Also features useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children. For more information, visit the Healing Stories Web site.

"This will be the only discipline book you'll ever need to raise good kids." -from the Foreword by Jack Canfield, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul and Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul "Michele Borba offers insightful, realistic, and straightforward advice that is sure to get immediate results." -Editor-in-Chief, Parents Magazine "A sensitive, thoughtful, eminently practical book that will help parents help their children change behaviors that will improve the child's, and the entire family's, well being and happiness. A wonderful contribution!" -Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., child psychiatrist and coauthor, Over-Scheduled Child Anger, Anxiety, Biting, Bossy, Bullied, Bullying, Chore Wars, Cynical, Defiant, Doesn't Listen, Fighting, Gives Up Easily, Hitting, Homework Battles, Hooked on Rewards, Impulsivity, Intolerant, Lying and Cheating, Materialistic, Mean, Negative Peer Pressure, No Friends, Over-Perfectionism, Poor Sportsmanship, Put-Downs, Rude, Selfish, Sibling Battles, Short Attention Span, Shy, Stealing, Swearing, Talking Back, Tattling, Teased, Temper Tantrums, Whining, Yelling. Parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba tackles the most common bad behaviors that kids ages 3 to 12 repeat over and over behaviors that drive parents crazy. In this enormously useful, simple-to-use book she shows how to change these behaviors for good. For each negative behavior Dr. Borba offers a series of key tips and guidelines and outlines a step-by-step plan for a customized makeover that really works! Using the steps outlined in No More Misbehavin' will give you the help you need to raise kids with strong values and good character.

Does your kid never take no for an answer and demand things gohis way? Do her theatrics leave you drained at the end of the day? Are you resorting to bribes and threats to get your kid to dochores? Does he cheat, complain, or blame others for his problems? Do you feel you’re running a hotel instead of ahome? Are you starting to feel like your child’s personal ATMmachine? What happened? You thought you were doing the best for yourchild and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive,spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me ThatAttitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you aneffective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work withyour child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthfulcharacteristic, attitude. If you have a child who isarrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding,domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible,jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded,noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative,ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!