Pick Up Your Socks, And Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children [Paperback]

Elizabeth Crary (Author), Pati Casebolt (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 1990

Responsibility is a skill you can teach. Hard to believe? Not with the no-nonsense advice in this classic book. For more than a decade, parents have been relying on Elizabeth Crary's step-by-step guyide to getting kids to both accept and learn responsibility. Whether you're teaching a small child to pick up his socks or a teenager to handle peer pressure, you'll appreciate the real-life examaples, complete with consequences. Crary also helps parents be realistic in their expectations. She explains normal developmental stages and learning styles, so we understand how our kids best absorb and retain information.

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". . . encourages flexibility and realistic expectations in parents and care givers." -- Vivian Orr

"I was able to use ideas with my husband and grown daughter." (Patty Laik, parent) "Very helpful. Exercises are great. They allow me to think things out myself." -- Andrew Johnson, parent

From the Publisher

Responsibility is a skill you can teach. Hard to believe? Not with the no-nonsense advice in this book.

For years, parents have been relying on Crary's step-by-step guide to getting kids to both accept and learn responsibility. Whether you're teaching a small child to pick up his socks or a teenager to handle peer pressure, you'll appreciate the real-life examples and consequences.

This book also helps parents be realistic in their expectations. Crary spells out normal developmental stages and learning styles, so we understand how our kids best absorb and retain information.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Parenting Pr; 1 edition (January 2, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943990521
• ISBN-13: 978-0943990521
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sanity for Parents!, October 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pick Up Your Socks, And Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children (Paperback)

No parent wants to raise a child who is a slob, a couch potato and a brat. But how to help them grow from a toddler to a responsible teen is a daunting task. This book helps parents get a gameplan for teaching their children self-respect as well as respect for others. It also reduces frustration by helping you see what is realistic for different ages. With large doses of humor and many practical tips, this is a VERY helpful book.

Your children's college roommates and future spouses will thank you... :)

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great resource for parents who want to instill discipline, December 2, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Pick Up Your Socks, And Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children (Paperback)

I recommend this book all the time to friends who complain about having lazy kids. My son's hardly perfect, but he's done his own laundry since he was 4! This book helps you figure out what to reasonably expect and how to get the whole family to participate (so that you don't have to nag). It's great--even if cleaning house isn't your life's focus. It has tons of information about learning styles, developmental stages, and so on.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Highly Recommend This Book!, October 18, 2001

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This review is from: Pick Up Your Socks, And Other Skills Growing Children Need!: A Practical Guide to Raising Responsible Children (Paperback)

Elizabeth Crary really impressed me. This book was very well structured with content logically presented for parents to assist their children in developing skills and then developing self-motivation. She provides ample references to other authors for further reading as well.

Our child is in pre-school. We have just about finished potty training, and have told him how proud we are when he makes. I learned in this book how important it is that we verbalize that we are proud of him and he should be proud of himself as well.

Most of the material in the book is for children older than preschool but there is plenty here for preschool parents to think about. We will refer to this book for many years to come. I am definitely interested in reading more books by Elizabeth Crary. I highly recommend this book!