Taking Charge: Caring Discipline That Works at Home and at School

If the children in your family or classroom are driving you crazy and you need ideas for getting back in control of the situation, this book is for you. It is a definitive guide to the art and skill of disciplining children with love and respect, for children from tots to teenagers. TAKING CHARGE is based on over forty years of parenting, teaching, and counseling experience, resulting in an overall approach that works. Solid ideas for contemporary parents and teachers. The fifth edition is available under a new title, "Caring Discipline: Practical Tools for Nurturing Happy Families and Classrooms" and is available for purchase on Amazon.

Who's In Charge? You or the Kids? What do you do when a child: Sasses you? Refuses to mind? Threatens or hurts other children? Doesn't do assigned schoolwork or chores? Whines and complains? Constantly interrupts? Won't go to bed? Pouts and sulks? Bosses? Starts smoking, cutting classes? If the children in your family or classroom are driving you crazy and you need ideas for getting back in control of the situation, this is the book for you. It is a definitive guide to the art and skill of disciplining children with love and respect, from ages three through the teens. Taking Charge is based on over forty years of parenting, teaching, and counseling experience, resulting in an overall approach that works! You'll discover how to:
Identify the four types of misbehaviors and learn to correct them
Defuse children's anger and prevent violent behaviors
Strengthen and enrich adult-child relationships
Teach children to act responsibly
Create a cooperative atmosphere in the classroom and at home
Keep from sabotaging yourself
Open two-way communication with the child's inner self
Teach children to settle their own disputes
Avoid power struggles
Give a command so it will be obeyed
Convince children they are loved unconditionally
Set healthy limits
Nurture healthy emotional growth and high self-esteem