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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454443703321

Autore

Nichols Michael P

Titolo

Stop Arguing with Your Kids [[electronic resource] ] : How to Win the Battle of Wills by Making Your Children Feel Heard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, 2004

ISBN

1-281-22847-8

9786611228477

1-59385-964-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

646.7/8

Soggetti

Child psychology

Communication in families

Listening

Parent and child

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Family & Marriage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Taking Charge of Your Children Without a Battle; 2 The Five Steps of Responsive Listening; 3 How to Head Off Arguments Before They Start; 4 How to Inspire Cooperation in Your Children; 5 Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Arguing; 6 Young Children: Tears and Tantrums; 7 School Age Children Do I Have To; 8 Teenagers You Can't Tell Me What to Do; 9 The Changing Dynamics of the Adolescent Family; 10 When Arguing Seems Unavoidable; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For parents fed up with constant challenges to their authority-but who dread becoming tyrants in their own homes-this book provides a powerful new alternative to 'because I said so.' Trusted family therapist and author Michael P. Nichols takes on the number-one problem of parents today with the insight and humor that has made his earlier The



Lost Art of Listening an enduring bestseller. Presented is a simple, easy-to-follow, yet remarkably effective way to put an end to arguments by refusing to argue back. Instead, the techniques of responsive listening help parents open up better communicatio