Positive Discipline for Working Parents: Raising Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful Children When You Work Outside the Home [Paperback]

Jane Nelsen (Author), Lisa Larson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 3, 2003 | Series: Positive Discipline

As a working parent, do you struggle to find a balance between work and family? Do you feel frustrated or helpless when it comes to enforcing family rules and discipline? You are not alone. Tens of millions of parents share these common concerns. But help has arrived! Over the years, parents just like you have come to trust the POSITIVE DISCIPLINE series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing. Positive Discipline for Working Parents is an invaluable resource to nurturing cooperation, good character, and positive life skills in children. You'll learn how to:

• Avoid power struggles with your children
• Maintain schedules, plan meals, and reduce stress through effective time management
• Learn the power of family meetings in tackling discipline and developmental problems
• Help those who care for your children understand the important philosophy of kindness and firmness in setting boundaries
• And much more!

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About the Author

JANE NELSEN, Ed.D., coauthor of the bestselling Positive Discipline series, is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist. Her books have sold over a million copies.

LISA LARSON, M.A., is a marriage and family therapist and a popular keynote speaker, parent educator, and corporate trainer. She lives with her family in Sacramento, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (June 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761525106
• ISBN-13: 978-0761525103
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book I wish I'd found 18 months ago, May 11, 2009

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reidwrites (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Positive Discipline for Working Parents: Raising Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful Children When You Work Outside the Home (Paperback)

I'm a fan of the Positive Discipline approach and I've cherry picked lessons from several of the books and audio lectures. When I checked this book out from the local library, I wondered if it would have anything new for me, or would just be repackaging the same stuff I'd already read/ heard. Wow. This book was not what I expected, but just what I needed. The last half, it seems, is mostly about taking care of YOU-- your work/life balance, your health, your marriage-- so that you can take care of your children. This is precisely where I was lacking. My perfectionism has been driving me to obsess over work and parenting and to let my anxiety and fatigue eat at everything else in my life. The book even recommended some PD techniques (kind but firm) for dealing with your spouse, which might sound funny or insulting, but it's been really effective and liberating for us. When my book came due back at the library, I bought myself a copy from Amazon. And I'm thinking about buying a copy for all my working-parent friends. I'd give it 5 stars except that the rest of the book was a little too theoretical and one-approach-fits-all-ages; I had hoped for a little more practical advice for dealing with toddlers (I have an 18-month-old).

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, August 12, 2004

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This review is from: Positive Discipline for Working Parents: Raising Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful Children When You Work Outside the Home (Paperback)

I think this book is excellent. It brought up a lot of new ideas that I have never come across in other child-rearing books or articles. There are many ideas regarding ways of thinking, and practical suggestions, for making the child's and parent's lives calmer and happier. It is a very useful book in understanding that everything we do and say truly effects what kind people our children become. A good portion of the book can really be for anybody, but there are many ideas that are specific to working parents.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even close!, November 23, 2004

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Susan Dickenson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Positive Discipline for Working Parents: Raising Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful Children When You Work Outside the Home (Paperback)

In all my years of reading parenting books I have never seen a book miss its mark by so far. The authors have no grasp on what really motivates good behavior in kids...teaching them to do the right thing, nurturing a conscience and helping them strengthen their capacity for self control....the struggles working parents may have disciplining their kids is only related to their knowledge about good parenting and has little to do with working! Next time these two write a book they really should take a moment and actually learn about what they want to educate the public about. In the meantime..stay clear!