Offers insights and provides tips for handling difficult and "spirited children," who place greater than average demands on parents

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic

Parenting & Relationships

KURCINKA, MARY SHEEDY

Parenting

Harpercollins

Does bedtime mean struggle time, with your child negotiating for "just another ten minutes" every single night? Do most school mornings end with your child in tears or you bellowing as you race through breakfast in order to catch the bus? Do your children sit stone-faced in front of the TV, despite your repeated requests that they get up and do their chores? You don't have all day to negotiate--and after all, aren't you supposed to be the one in charge?
Parents and kids pitted against one another, opposing forces pulling in different directions--both determined to win! Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs that can create daily hassles. But power struggles aren't just about winning or losing. They provide rich opportunities for learning how to deal with strong emotions and for parents and children to solve problems together.
Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles helps you to unravel the mysteries of power struggles by offering insights into differences and normal growth patterns, recognizing that every child is unique and every discipline situation different. In a new light, Kurcinka views power struggles as an opportunity to teach your child essential life skills such as how to calm herself, to be assertive rather than aggressive, to solve problems, and to work cooperatively with you and others.INCLUDED ARE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR:<ul>
<li>Understanding emotions</li>
<li>Managing intensity </li>
<li>Identifying triggers</li>
</ul>
Hard as it may seem in the heat of battle, conflict really does present an opportunity to connect with your child.

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning For a Lifetime

Reference

Harper

Does your child refuse to cooperate in the morning? Get into trouble for not listening? "Lose it" over seemingly insignificant issues? Seem to resist sleep? Are you tired? Really tired?
An estimated 70 million American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Could your child be one of them? Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the connection between children's sleep habits and their behavioral and health problems has remained, until now, largely unrecognized.
In this warm and practical guide, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka shows you how to:
<ul>
<li>recognize whether your child is misbehaving or missing sleep</li>
<li>identify the normal, everyday activities that may be innocently disrupting your child's sleep</li>
<li>end the bedtime and nighttime struggles, and as a result, stop the "misbehaviors" during the day</li>
<li>get the sleep your whole family deserves</li>
</ul>
Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors. With her characteristic enthusiasm, pragmatism, and extensive experience as a teacher and parent educator, Kurcinka explains that often what our misbehaving kids really need is not more "consequences" or more medication, but more sleep. Integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach, Sleepless in America enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.
When we choose sleep, we choose a happier, healthier, and more successful life for our families. With Sleepless in America, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka helps us make that choice.

Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?

Does your child <ul>
<li>Refuse to cooperate in the morning? </li> <li>Get into trouble for not listening? </li> <li>"Lose it" over seemingly insignificant issues? </li> <li>Seem to resist sleep? </li> </ul>
 An estimated 69 percent of American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Often what our misbehaving kids really need isn't more "consequences" or more medication but more sleep. Sleepless in America offers weary and frustrated parents a helping hand and an exciting new approach to managing challenging behaviors by integrating research on stress, sleep, and temperament with practical strategies and a five-step approach that enables parents to help their "tired and wired" children get the sleep they so desperately need.

Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep?

Harper-perennial

Newly revised, featuring the most up-to-date research, effective strategies, and real-life stories
The spirited child—often called "difficult" or "strong-willed"—possesses traits we value in adults yet find challenging in children. Research shows that spirited kids are wired to be "more"—by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. In this revised edition of the award-winning classic, voted one of the top twenty books for parents, Kurcinka provides vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint. Raising Your Spirited Child will help you:
<ul>
<li>understand your child's—and your own—temperamental traits </li>
<li>discover the power of positive—rather than negative—labels </li>
<li>cope with the tantrums and power struggles when they do occur </li>
<li>plan for success with a simple four-step program </li>
<li>develop strategies for handling mealtimes, sibling rivalry, bedtimes, holidays, and school, among other situations</li>
</ul>

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Health, Fitness & Dieting

William Morrow

The spirited child -- often called "difficult" -- can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate. Spirited kids are, in fact simply more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling their spirited child. She will help you:
<ul>
<li>Understand your child's -- and your own -- temperamental traits</li>
<li>Discover the power of positive -- rather than negative -- labels</li>
<li>Cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur</li>
<li>Develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school, and many other situations</li>
</ul>
Filled with personal insight and authoritative advice, Raising Your Spirited Child can help make parenting the joy it should be, rather than the trial it can be.

Raising Your Spirited Child CD

HarperAudio

Harper Paperbacks

End Those Power Struggles and Begin Connecting with Your Child
Noted family educator Mary Sheedy Kurcinka struck a national chord with her bestselling Raising Your Spirited Child. Now she hits upon another crucial parenting topic: coping with the everyday challenges of disciplining your child, while understanding the issues behind his or her behavior. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, she offers unique approaches to solving the daily, and often draining, power struggles between you and your child. Kurcinka views these conflicts as rich opportunities to teach your child essential life skills, like how to deal with strong emotions and problem solve. With her successful strategies, you'll be able to identify the trigger situations that set off these struggles and get to the root of the emotions and needs of you and your child.

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime

William Morrow Paperbacks

The Essential Companion Workbook To The National Bestseller Raising Your Spirited Child,
 In this companion workbook, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka brings readers into her world-famous workshops, where she offers parents and educators insights, emotional support and proven strategies for dealing with spirited children. The key word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is "more" -- more intense, more persistent, more sensitive and more uncomfortable with change. Through exercises, observations and dialogue from actual groups, Kurcinka helps readers learn to identify the triggers that lead to tantrums and challenging behaviors. Included are 
<ul>
<li>clues to help you identify the little things that can make or break a day</li>
<li>tips for profiling your child's temperament and your own</li>
<li>cues that indicate intensity is rising</li>
<li>successful strategies for reducing and eliminating power struggles</li>
</ul>
By combining the intuition and compassion gained from parenting a spirited child with the wisdom of an expert who has worked with thousands of families, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka helps parents and educators view their unique challenge with perseverance, flexibility, sensitivity, and, most of all, enjoyment.

Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook (Spirited Series)

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller—voted one of the top twenty parenting books—provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children.
Do you ever wonder why your child acts the way he or she does? Are you at a loss regarding your child’s emotional intelligence and how to prevent meltdowns? Do you find yourself getting frustrated and feeling like you’re at the end of your rope?
You are not alone! Many parents are dealing with the same challenges.
In Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition, parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D, offers ALL parents a glimpse into what makes their children behave the way they do. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, this invaluable guide offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling the toughest times. Dr. Kurcinka has devised a plan for success with a simple, four-step program that will help you discover the power of positive—rather than negative—labels, understand your child's and your own temperamental traits, cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur, develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school, and many other situations. 
In this third revised edition, you will find:
<ul>
<li> More practical strategies to help you manage your own intensity (keep your cool)</li> <li> Effective discipline tips—including how to win cooperation and establish clear expectations and limits</li> <li> New strategies for managing the meltdowns—including how to prevent them in the future</li> <li> Revised tips for helping your spirited child fall asleep and stay asleep</li> <li> Revised tips for finding the school that “fits” your child</li> <li> Ideas for working with your child when he or she does not want to talk about emotions</li> <li> Steps to teaching your child how to be “problem solvers,” work well with others, and be more flexible</li> <li> … and more!</li>
</ul>
Including charts and quick tips for today’s time-challenged parents, this newly updated edition of Raising Your Spirited Child will help you foster a supportive, encouraging, and loving environment for your children.

Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic (Spirited Series)

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Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic

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Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?

Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep?

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Raising Your Spirited Child CD

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime

Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook (Spirited Series)

Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic (Spirited Series)