The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising a Successful Child: All You Need to Encourage Your Child to Excel at Home and School (Everything Series) (Paperback)

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How do I make sure my child is successful? What defines a successful child? Is my child already "successful"?

As parents struggle with these questions on a daily basis, The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Raising a Successful Child helps put their fears to rest, providing them with professional, reassuring advice on how to raise a "successful" child according to their own standards.

The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Raising a Successful Child walks parents through all emotional, intellectual, and physical aspects of development, including:

·Building character
·Choosing—and limiting—extracurricular activities
·Disciplining effectively
·Ensuring a quality education
·Instilling morals and values
·Leading by example

The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Raising a Successful Child is the first step in establishing realistic expectations, setting boundaries, and helping shape the mind of a responsible, well-rounded, happy young adult.

About the Author

Denise D. Witmer is the Guide for About.com’s Parenting of Adolescents site. Her site and advice has been featured in US News and World Report, Better Homes and Garden’s Raising Teens Magazine, and USA Today online. Ms. Witmer is trained in PET (Parent Effectiveness Training), STEP (Support and Training for Exceptional Parents), and is the mother of three children. She also completed graduate courses at Penn State University for child and social psychology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593370431
• ISBN-13: 978-1593370435
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,489,086 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)