Raising Happy Children: A Parent's Guide - Softcover

Kashani, Javad H.; Mehregany, Donna V.; Allan, Wesley D.

3.38

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9780609802090: Raising Happy Children: A Parent's Guide

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609802097 ISBN 13: 9780609802090

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 1998

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Happy Children Come from Happy Homes

This encyclopedic guide will help you to raise happy, confident, emotionally healthy children. Beginning with the basics of building a happy family, you'll learn that no matter what type of family unit you have (single-parent, blended family, traditional), you can provide the proper values and emotional stability that your child needs.

This book offers detailed instructions on dealing with every aspect of the psychological well-being of kids, from birth to adulthood, including:
Handling everyday issues on the playground, at school, and at home
Coping with and finding help for serious mental health problems
Setting a good example and fostering emotional security in your child

Discussions on specific entries give you both the general knowledge and the specific advice you need to help your child cope with a wide array of emotional problems. As indispensable as a first-aid manual, this invaluable resource will enable you to soothe the psychological cuts and bruises of growing up.

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Review:

Raising Happy Children is a hefty compendium of parenting advice designed to give parents "quick hit" answers and information on every possible parenting subject. Through a multitude of bullet-point and numbered lists, the authors cover the gamut from abuse to bedwetting to hair pulling to potty training to violent behavior, and everything in between. The emphasis is on raising "happy" kids--that is, kids who are confident, emotionally healthy, and able to cope with a wide array of emotional problems. The team of authors is comprised primarily of child psychologists, and their psychological skills and bent are best expressed in the first section of the book, which focuses on parental happiness as the key to a successful family life (check out their stress reduction techniques). Throughout the book, the authors take a safe, fairly conservative perspective on child rearing, and too often they express opposing opinions (they don't condone spanking, yet give advice for parents who do, such as, "Do not spank your child more than once a day"). Still, this book provides a vast array of encapsulated advice, and will find a happy home with parents who need a solid, encyclopedic reference book. --Ericka Lutz

About the Author:

Javad H. Kashani, M.D., is a professor and chief of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and professor of pediatrics and psychology, as well as director of children's services at Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center. His pioneering research won him the American Psychiatric Association's most prestigious award in child psychiatry, the

Blanche F. Ittleston Award. Donna V. Mehregany, M.D., is currently a clinical assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University and acting director of residency in child psychiatry.

Wesley D. Allan, M.A., is completing his doctorate in child psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and is an experienced child and family therapist. Kate Kelly is a professional writer who specializes in informational nonfiction.

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