Pocket Parent

Name: Pocket Parent
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ISBN: 9780761121824

ISBN-10: 076112182X

ISBN-13: 9780761121824

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gail Reichlin, Caroline Winkler

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Written by two professional who've reared six children between them and made a career out of helping others with parenting issues, this book offers tried-and-tested advice for parents of children aged two to five.

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 4.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Gail Reichlin , a preschool teacher for 30 years, is founder and executive director of the Parents Resource Network. She cohosted a cable television program on parenting in Chicago with Caroline Winkler and is the mother of three children.

Caroline Winkler is a writer who, with Gail Reichlin, cohosted a cable television program on parenting in Chicago. She is the mother of three children.



Foreword


Parent to parent


The Cornerstones


Discipline Terms


Choosing Appropriate Consequences


Communication Terms


How to Hold a Family Meeting


Anger


Role-Playing


New baby


Bad words


Bedtime


Biting


Chores


Appropriate Tasks for Two- to Five-Year-Olds


Comparing and labeling children


Death


Discipline


Doctor and dentist visits


Fears at night


Fighting in front of your kids


Ground Rules for "Fighting Fair"


First days of preschool


Friends


Helping Kids Learn to Share


How Children of Different Ages Tend to Socialize


Tips for Hosting a Play Date


"Gimmes"


Grandparents


Gift Giving


"I hate you!"


Hitting and hurting others


Alternatives to Hitting Back


Interrupting


Listening


Lying


How Does a Two- to Five-Year-Old Think?


Manners


Mealtime


Fun with Food


Morning "crazies"


Picking up toys


Potty training


Signs of Potty Readiness


Power struggles


Self-esteem


Praise Pointers


Separation anxiety


Easing Child-Care Transitions


Sexuality


Sibling rivalry


Strangers


Tantrums


Television, video, and computers


Movie Resources for Parents


Thumb sucking


Time-out


Time-Out Tips


Traveling with the kids


Checklists for Safe Travel


Values


Whining


Wits' end


Recommended Children's Books


Index