Go to Your Room!: Consequences That Teach [Paperback]

Shari Steelsmith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

Go to Your Room! is distinctive because it focuses on consequences rather than a general collection of techniques. It tells parents why many consequences don't work and how they can start selecting ones that will actually change their child's behavior. The author polled hundreds of parents to discover what issues were of most concern to them. The information provided for each consequence comes from a variety of sources, including parents, authors, and educators.

Editorial Reviews

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"'Must' reading for...improving [your] child's everyday behavior at home or in public." -- The Bookwatch

". . . Filled with learning-oriented consequences that help parents eliminate or modify their children's behavior problems." -- Hemet (Calif.) News

". . . Thoughtful approaches to the challenges of guiding a growing child's behavior without resorting to iron-fisted discipline . . ." -- Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune

"I really enjoyed the reading and getting helpful tips. All parents need a nudge now and then I certainly didn't enter parenthood knowing it all!" -- Virginia Evans, parent of five, elementary school teacher

"I'm recommending this book to new parents so they can get started right! It's helpful to know that others struggle too; maybe someone else's insight will work when your own doesn't." -- Regina Jergensen, parent of six

"If homework hassles, bedtime battles and sibling squabbles have you at wit's end, here are real-life solutions for your family." -- Washington (D.C.) Families Magazine

"Parents will appreciate [Steelsmith's] succinct style and her nuts-and-bolts approach to dealing with common problems." -- Chesapeake Family, Annapolis, Md.

"The specific consequences for particular issues are very useful. I will recommend this book to the parents I work with." -- Helen Neville, parent educator & author of Temperament Tools

About the Author

Shari Steelsmith has written or co-authored 10 books. Among them are "Peekaboo . . . and Other Games to Play with Your Baby," "Go to Your Room! Consequences That Teach," and the board book series, Feelings for Little Children, which includes: "When You're Happy and You Know It," "When You're Mad and You Know It," "When You're Silly and You Know It," and "When You're Shy and You Know It."

She holds a degree in English literature from Seattle Pacific University. After a decade of editing children's and parenting books, she is now a freelance writer of books and articles on family, parenting, and educational topics.

Steelsmith and her husband are the parents of three young children. She now lives near Mount Rainier.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Parenting Press; 1 edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965047725
• ISBN-13: 978-0965047722
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Must" reading for all parents., July 4, 2000

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This review is from: Go to Your Room!: Consequences That Teach (Paperback)

Go To Your Room!: Consequences That Teach was written specifically for parents with problems on getting their children to do what they want them to from! Shari Steelsmith offers addresses 59 specific bedtime misbehavior ranging from chores, homework hassles, and tattle-telling, to whining tantrums, and backtalk. Go To Your Room! focuses on consequences, and draws upon applicable, practical, workable, effective parental responses to juvenile non-compliance from a variety of sources, including parents, authors, and educators. Go To Your Room! is "must" reading for any parent that every felt the need of a common-sense guide for improving their child's everyday behavior at home or in public.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book, June 5, 2002

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for most parents. It goes into the why and the how of house rules, consequences, and follow through; very important. The use of natural and logical consequences is explained too. Gives specific examples of misbehaviors and different ways to deal with each. Ways that will TEACH the children why rules are fair or important. Ways that will reinforce your expectations when they decide to test your rules without having to resort to the sad, "Because I Said So." Children sometimes need to be reminded who is in control but the parent needn't be a dictator. If you want to teach your children, this is a good resource. If you like to tell your kids what to do, you probably wouldn't like this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny n Gives Great Ideas for Consequences, January 12, 2010

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I love this book. It gives you great ideas of consequences for kids according to what age they are. Some of the consequences make me laugh and I could see how they will be affective. I have been to parenting classes and have read through a lot of parenting material but this has been favorite so far and the most affective. I have seen a lot of changes with my two girls and I (7 yr, and 12yr old) since I have implemented some of the stuff in this book. It would make a great present for parents. I am going to buy all my sisters one.