The Secret of Happy Children: Why Children Behave the Way They Do--and What You Can Do to Help Them to Be Optimistic, Loving, Capable, and H

by SteveBiddulph (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2002

  $21.21

  Psychologist and family counselor Steve Biddulph has been hailed as a childhood guru (The Guardian) and a publishing phenomenon (the Times, London), and this is his landmark book, the foundation for his major international reputation. With unparalleled clarity, common sense, and warmth, The Secret of Happy Children instructs all parents about parent-child communication from babyhood to teens. It gives parents confidence to be more themselves as parentsstronger, more loving, more definite, more relaxed. Biddulph reveals what is really happening inside kids' minds and what to do about it. He covers a wide variety of issues important to a child'sand a parent'shappiness, including stopping tantrums before they begin, curing shyness, the link between food and behavior, and much more. Parents will find themselves letting go of old, negative approaches and freeing up more energy to enjoy their kids and their own lives.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.45

  This book - a classic worldwide bestseller - aims to let parents be themselves and children grow up happy, full of self-esteem and feeling loved. Steve Biddulph lets you into the mind of your child to show how the positive ways in which you relate to a child will have a strong effect on growing self esteem, responsibility, stable emotions and present and future happiness. He shows how negative language will affect children and explains why children may rebel and how you should deal with any discipline problem that should occur. You will find out how kids experience emotions such as anger, fear, apathy. Other issues are discussed such as fathering, ages and stages, stopping tantrums before they start, and curing shyness. The book is full of scenarios, familiar dialogues and case histories with cartoons.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1985

  $3.45

  Teaching parent-child communication, this book includes sections on the subject the author is most often asked about stopping tantrums before they start, curing shyness in children, being a single parent - how to make it easier, kids and TV, how to stop whingeing kids, food and behaviour, the skills of fathering, the ten minutes that can save a marriage, and lots more.