The Parent’s Handbook Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
The Parent’s Handbook Systematic Training for Effective Parenting by Don C. Dinkmeyer is an illustrated guide published by Step Publishers in 1997. This 138-page book aims to assist parents in navigating the complexities of raising a family in today’s world. It provides insights into effective communication, understanding misbehavior, and fostering mutual respect between parents and children.
Readers will discover a range of practical skills designed to enhance their parenting approach, including identifying the goals of misbehavior and employing discipline strategies that promote responsibility. The STEP approach emphasizes the importance of allowing children to make decisions within set limits, thereby encouraging their growth and cooperation. Each chapter includes activities such as “This Week,” “Just for You,” and “For Your Family,” which facilitate the application of the concepts discussed, ultimately guiding parents toward building a harmonious home environment.
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One of the country’s most popular parenting guides. Helps parents meet the challenges of raising a family today. The Parent’s Handbook shows parents how they can become more knowledgeable, confident and successful in relating to their children. Discusses misbehavior, communication, encouragement, natural and logical consequences, family meetings, drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
The STEP approach to parenting is based on the belief that every child and every parent has equal human worth and dignity. All are entitled to mutual respect. The system of discipline taught in STEP stresses this type of relationship. The authors believe that parents should provide opportunities for children to make decisions, within limits, allowing children to be responsible for their decisions.
Other skills that are taught:
- identifying the four goals of misbehavior
- understanding beliefs and feelings
- encouraging your child and yourself
- reflective listening and I messages
- helping children cooperate
- discipline that makes sense
Each chapter has activities titled “This Week”, “Just for You” and “For Your Family”. When you study and apply the STEP ideas, you are on your way to becoming a more effective parent, building a happy home.
There is a Spanish edition of this book available: Guía para los padres.
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