Tired of Nagging 30 Days to Positive Parenting [Paperback]

What do parents do when the child they adore won't listen? They end up nagging, issuing orders, shouting, and sometimes even spanking. But there is a better way, and Virginia K. Stowe, a parent-child educator for more than twenty-five years, shows how to minimize friction and fighting within the household in order to maximize the pleasures of family life.

Tired of Nagging?provides thirty easy-to-use tools for solving everyday conflicts, scenarios of commonplace power struggles and illustrations of the tools in action, plus an ages and stages guide to a child's capabilities and needs. The readable, practical advice promotes a loving, yet firm approach, one that emphasizes working with the child to eliminate undesirable behavior without inhibiting self-esteem and independence.

WithTired of Nagging?,parents can stop losing their patience and begin enjoying to the fullest all the laughter and fun of their child's precious early years.Chapter 1
TIRED OF
NAGGING?:
 
An Introduction.
 
A 1½-YEAR-OLD, who normally loves going out for a leisurely walk, suddenly wants nothing to do with getting in her stroller. Mom wrestles her child in, amidst screams, kicks, and arching back.
 
A 2-year-old refuses to take Dad’s hand as they’re walking to the park. Dad clamps on even tighter. As soon as he loosens his grip, off goes his toddler, gleefully running away while the frantic father charges after.
 
A 3-year-old has demanded SpaghettiOs and fish sticks for dinner—then won’t eat.
 
A 5-year-old thinks her parents are “so stupid,” and tells them so.
 
Does any of that sound familiar? Have you been there? Preschool-aged children are wonderful and trying little human beings! As we watch them grow from squirming newborns to young children heading off for the first day of kindergarten, they enchant and delight us. And just as often, they drive l3%