Thinking Parent, Thinking Child: How to Turn Your Most Challenging Everyday Problems into Solutions

In this book, internationally acclaimed author Dr. Myrna B. Shure shows how to apply I Can Problem Solve techniques to the top concerns of parents and children from preschoolers through preteens. The important lessons presented in this book go far beyond how to control specific problems. Instead, the goal is to help children find their own best solutions to problems from getting homework done to test anxiety to being teased to peer pressure.Grouped into four parts, the 18 chapters in this book provide sound advice on the following topics. Part 1: Dealing with Feelings (Anger, Frustration and Disappointment, Stress, Worries, Fears, and Trauma, Coping with Loss, Caring and Empathy, and Self-Esteem and Sense of Control) Part 2: Handling and Preventing Problems (Time and Timing, Possessiveness, Defiance, Tattling, and Lying, Physical Aggression, Bullies, and Victims, Emotional Aggression, and Talking with Kids about Safe Behaviors) Part 3: Nurturing Relationships (Family Ties, Sibling Rivalry, and Peers) Part 4: Building Life Skills (Listening, Responsibility, and School, Homework, and Learning)