Teaching Your Children Good Manners: A Go Parents! Guide [Paperback]

Lauri Berkenkamp (Author), Steven C. Atkins PsyD (Author), Charlie Woglom (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Go Parents! Guide | Publication Date: October 1, 2001

For parents everywhere who have had lovely family dinners ruined by misbehaving children, help is at hand. This guide provides a humorous, hands-on, parent-friendly approach to teaching children of all ages good manners in a wide variety of social situations, from accepting gifts graciously to which foods are OK to eat with fingers. Each chapter tackles a different situation, gives a brief outline of what manners are appropriate for it, and offers advice on how to teach and reinforce them to children of different ages. There is also a “What to Expect” chart broken down by age, and a Q & A section devoted to questions concerning children and manners.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A genuinely entertaining guide that gives parents important guidelines when it comes to teaching their children good manners." -- Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D., author, Raising A Thinking Preteen

"Filled with sensible advice . . . gives frazzled parents practical tools to teach kids to treat others with respect, kindness, and consideration." -- Armin Brott, author, The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-Be and A Dad’s Guide to the Toddler Years

About the Author

Lauri Berkenkamp is a mother of four children whose manners are improving daily and the author of Fern House: A Year in an Artist’s Garden and In My Garden Journal. She lives in Strafford, Vermont. Steven C. Atkins, PsyD, is an instructor and clinical associate at Dartmouth Medical School’s Department of Child Psychiatry. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Nomad Press (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965925811
• ISBN-13: 978-0965925815
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finnally a Useful Book on Manners, November 7, 2001

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This review is from: Teaching Your Children Good Manners: A Go Parents! Guide (Paperback)

Thank You. Finally someone has written a useful as well as funny book on teaching (or trying to) your children good manners. The book offers excellent and practical advice on a host of issues that every parent confronts on a daily basis. The illustrations are hilarious, the writing is insightful, and was obviously written by someone who's been there, done that. Miss Manners for the new millenium

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manners, December 7, 2001

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This review is from: Teaching Your Children Good Manners: A Go Parents! Guide (Paperback)

This is a delightful humorous book dealing with everyday situations. Every parent can relate to many of the examples used in the book. My children are now grown but the issues dealt with in the book are the same now as then. I wish the guide had ben available to refer to when I was raising my children. Now it will serve as a guide for my grandchildren.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, practical advice!, December 8, 2001

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This review is from: Teaching Your Children Good Manners: A Go Parents! Guide (Paperback)

Normally I'm skeptical of "how-to-parent" books, but this one actually delivers what it promises! As a parent, I found this book to be a realistic, sensitive approach to helping kids develop good manners. I'm definitely going to check out the rest of the Go Parents! series based on this book.