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| New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel G. Amen
Publisher: Mindworks Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 112334
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 129
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1886554021
Dewey Decimal Number: 649
EAN: 9781886554023
ASIN: 1886554021
Publication Date: May 2000
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Book Description
Parenting a child is one of the most important responsibilities any of us ever undertake. Yet it does not require any special training period or any prior experience. Parenting difficult children requires "superior" parenting skills. This program is designed to give you the best parenting skills in a fun and practical way. It will give you clear, quick, and lasting results. Dr. Amen has taught this parenting course for the past fifteen years. It is by far one of the most effective tools for helping kids who struggle.
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Outstanding Book, a must read January 11, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you are a parent who has a difficult child, or if you're just looking to sharpen your parenting skills this book is a MUST READ. By applying Dr. Amen's steps our parenting skills have gone from frantic and out of control to peaceful and in complete control. I've recommended this book to all my friends with children, whether they have difficulties with them or not.
 Very good resource March 30, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a great book and seems to be very comprehensive in it's considerations for you to think about as you approach parenting. I think it was a good investment!
New Skills for Frazzled Parents March 9, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
What an excellent resource for parents. Practical tips that make sense. The DVD is great too.
This Book has Everything, and is Easy to Read February 6, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I have read a lot of child raising books, and I think this book is very helpful as it succinctly covers most of (what I think) are the most important topics. It is 129 pages, though is fairly large print, has charts, and bulleted items, and is easy to read/ refer back to. It is written by Dr. Daniel Amen, a child psychiatrist.
There are 25 chapters encompassed in this 129 page book. Thus each topic is quickly, and succinctly covered in an easy to read format. Some chapter titles are "Different Parenting Styles, Why Children Struggle, Why Parents Struggle, Clear Steps to Improve the Quality of your relationship with your Child, Managing Public Misbehavior, Reinforcing your child's Positive Behavior, etc. There are also checklists to check for different types of ADD/ADHD
Some points in the book are:
1. "Special Time is the Best Investment you can make with your Children"
The book also discusses, goals for parents, and children, common traps, Family Rules which Dr. Amen suggests are posted in the house (Tell the Truth, No Arguing with Parents, Respect each other's Property, Do what Mom and Dad say the First Time, etc.)
The book reviews the importance of (and how to be) Consistent, Time Outs, etc.
It sounds basic, but really parenting should be basic. I think this book fairly succinctly covers the main things parents and children need to do for an effective relationship/childraising experience. If you are familiar with other childraising books, it incorporates similar ideas to "Love and Logic", "How to Talk so Kids will Listen ...", and "Parenting the Strong Willed Child", among others.
I believe this book is excellent for giving a nice overview of the basics for raising children (often things we forget about, like not reminding/nagging, following through with consequences, and spending positive, quality time with our kids, so they want to be good and behave well. Some of the other books out there give more examples for what to do or say in each particular situation, though I think this books really has it all, and is easy to read.
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