The Pocket Coach For Parent

At last, here's a book that walks you step-by-step through the process of improving challenging child behavior. It's short and to the point, exactly the right length to help you learn Present Moment Parenting and start seeing its remarkable results right away. Read the book, use the CD to listen in on Tina coaching a mom, or both!

In a unique context of sports quotations, fun, and facts, Pocket Coach to Parenthood is a parent's personal "coach", dispensing wisdom on raising children, giving pep talks when they're in a slump, and teaching them how to deal with problems before they ever arise -- kind of like a parenting "spring-training". Supported by the encouraging words of Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Babe Ruth, John Madden, Knute Rockne, and hundreds of other stars and coaches, the text inspires and guides parents to improve their play with their children. Chapters, from "WarmUp" to "Playing in the Higher League", reveal a step-by-step game plan for attaining success as a parent and in the game of life. Pocket Coach to Parenthood creates a model for busy parents that they can actually use. -- "Parenthood is as demanding a sport as football, hockey or baseball, but all too often mothers and fathers come into the game entirely unprepared for the task of 'coaching' a brand new human from infancy to adulthood. What the parents need is a good coach. Such... can be found in... Pocket Coach To Parenthood", -- Andrea Estrada, The Working Parent, August 1997

There Are Plenty of Books About Raising Children, But How About Raising Parents? Most parents don't understand how to play the game of parenthood until it's over. But it doesn't have to be that way! Your Pocket Coach for Parenthood combines experience, wit and wisdom from the world of sports to help you become the parent you always wish you had, and win the game of parenthood from day one. This Pocket Coach is specifically designed for the always-busy parent, so you can grab it and open to any page for some instant inspiration -- even when you just have time for a quick glance. A Happy Parenthood is Within Reach -- The Ball is in Your Court!

A step-by-step parenting guide to improving challenging child behavior applying Present Moment Parenting.

It's instant relief for when your 2-year-old is on the floor of the toy store, pitching a fit. Or when brother and sister discover that they can't stand each other. Or when your son can't say no to video games. The Pocket Parent is, literally, a pocket-size book of tried-and-true advice, common sense, parental wisdom, and sanity. Written by two professionals who've reared six children between them and made a career out of helping others with parenting issues, this handy book will be a lifesaver for every parent of a 2-to-5-year-old. It begins with an overall view of the Pocket Parent approach to discipline. Based on unconditional love but firm limits, and aimed at keeping the child's dignity and self-esteem intact, here are strategies that include "I" statements, modeling, family meetings, and "one word" requests. Once the ground rules are set, the guide moves to an A-to-Z compendium of common problems. Just look it up-Anger, Bad Words, Biting, Chores, Doctor Visits, Fears at Night, Lying, Separation Anxiety-and find the "Sanity Savers" list of suggestions, easy-to-follow bullets, anecdotes, and more. For the bag, glove compartment, backpack, or shelf in the kitchen, it's there for you whenever you need it.

A professor of psychology details a five-step process called "motion coaching" that allows parents to raise a child better able to cope with his or her emotions. 35,000 first printing.

The Pocket Adoption Coach is a woman’s personal tale of becoming a mother. With candour and heart, Michele Hengen invites us along on the journey of highs and lows that tracked her family’s evolution from aching couple to five-person glory, courtesy of an adoption of a little girl from Ukraine and a double adoption from a Canadian twin pregnancy. At numerous points along the way, the author was told that their plans could not be realized. But by developing a clear vision and keeping it in sight, she and her husband were at last able to realize their goal. Here, she shares the life lessons she picked up along the way, lessons that transcend the particulars of their adoptions and are applicable to anyone setting out along this rewarding—and often bewildering—path.