New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child [Paperback]

Daniel G. Amen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2000

Parenting a child is one of the most important responsibilities any of us ever undertake. Yet it does not require any special training period or any prior experience.

Parenting difficult children requires "superior" parenting skills. This program is designed to give you the best parenting skills in a fun and practical way. It will give you clear, quick, and lasting results. Dr. Amen has taught this parenting course for the past fifteen years. It is by far one of the most effective tools for helping kids who struggle.

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About the Author

Daniel G. Amen, M.D., is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and the director of several large innovative clinics across the nation. A nationally recognized expert in the field of the brain and behavior, Dr. Amen lectures to thousands of psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists, and psychotherapists each year. A pioneer in the clinical use of brain SPECT imaging in psychiatry, his clinics have the largest database in the world of brain images relating to behavior. He has presented his groundbreaking research on brain imaging and behavior internationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 129 pages
• Publisher: Mindworks Pr; Revised edition (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886554021
• ISBN-13: 978-1886554023
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Amen is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on applying brain imaging science to clinical psychiatric practice. He is a board certified child and adult psychiatrist and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. in Newport Beach and Fairfield, California, Bellevue, Washington, and Reston, Virginia. Amen Clinics have the world's largest database of functional brain scans relating, totaling more than 60,000 scans. The clinics have seen patients from 90 countries.

Dr. Amen is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He has presented his work around the world. He is widely regarded as a gifted teacher, taking complex concepts in neuropsychiatry and imaging and making them easily accessible to other professionals.

Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world's largest brain imaging/brain rehabilitation study on professional football players, which not only demonstrated significant brain damage in a high percentage of retired players, but also the possibility for rehabilitation in many with the principles that underlie his work.

Dr. Amen is the author of 40 professional articles, the co-author of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry's chapter on Functional Imaging in Clinical Practice, 28 books, including three New York Times bestsellers: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Magnificent Mind At Any Age, and Change Your Brain, Change Your Body. He is also the author of Healing ADD, Making A Good Brain Great, Healing the Hardware of the Soul, and co-author of Unchain Your Brain, Healing Anxiety and Depression and Preventing Alzheimer's.

In 2011, Random House will release his latest book, The Amen Solution: Brain Healthy Ways to Lose Weight and Keep It Off. In late 2011, Random House will also release Dr. Amen's Upcoming book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Age (tentative title).

Dr. Amen is the producer and star of 5 highly popular shows about the brain, which have raised more than 32 million dollars for public television.

A small sample of the organizations Dr. Amen has spoken for include: the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Harvard's Learning and the Brain Conference, The Million Dollar Roundtable, Retired NFL Players Summit, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Supreme Courts of Delaware, Ohio and Wyoming. Dr. Amen's work has been featured in Newsweek, Parade Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Men's Health, and Cosmopolitan.

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book has Everything, and is Easy to Read, February 6, 2006

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This review is from: New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child (Paperback)

I have read a lot of child raising books, and I think this book is very helpful as it succinctly covers most of (what I think) are the most important topics. It is 129 pages, though is fairly large print, has charts, and bulleted items, and is easy to read/ refer back to. It is written by Dr. Daniel Amen, a child psychiatrist.

There are 25 chapters encompassed in this 129 page book. Thus each topic is quickly, and succinctly covered in an easy to read format. Some chapter titles are "Different Parenting Styles, Why Children Struggle, Why Parents Struggle, Clear Steps to Improve the Quality of your relationship with your Child, Managing Public Misbehavior, Reinforcing your child's Positive Behavior, etc. There are also checklists to check for different types of ADD/ADHD

Some points in the book are:

1. "Special Time is the Best Investment you can make with your Children"
The book also discusses, goals for parents, and children, common traps, Family Rules which Dr. Amen suggests are posted in the house (Tell the Truth, No Arguing with Parents, Respect each other's Property, Do what Mom and Dad say the First Time, etc.)
The book reviews the importance of (and how to be) Consistent, Time Outs, etc.
It sounds basic, but really parenting should be basic. I think this book fairly succinctly covers the main things parents and children need to do for an effective relationship/childraising experience. If you are familiar with other childraising books, it incorporates similar ideas to "Love and Logic", "How to Talk so Kids will Listen ...", and "Parenting the Strong Willed Child", among others.

I believe this book is excellent for giving a nice overview of the basics for raising children (often things we forget about, like not reminding/nagging, following through with consequences, and spending positive, quality time with our kids, so they want to be good and behave well. Some of the other books out there give more examples for what to do or say in each particular situation, though I think this books really has it all, and is easy to read.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book, a must read, January 11, 2007

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J. Earl (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child (Paperback)

If you are a parent who has a difficult child, or if you're just looking to sharpen your parenting skills this book is a MUST READ. By applying Dr. Amen's steps our parenting skills have gone from frantic and out of control to peaceful and in complete control. I've recommended this book to all my friends with children, whether they have difficulties with them or not.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Skills for Frazzled Parents, March 9, 2006

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Kara B. Willette (Marlborough, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual That Should Have Come With Your Child (Paperback)

What an excellent resource for parents. Practical tips that make sense. The DVD is great too.