Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days
Anyone who has dealt with a strong-willed child knows that it is
no easy task to turn bad behavior around. But the popularity of TV
programs like Supernanny and Nanny 911 shows that
parents have had it up to here and are ready to try anything to get
their children to behave. Bestselling author and psychologist Dr.
Kevin Leman is here to help.
Have a New Kid by Friday shows parents how to reverse
negative behavior in their children--fast! With his signature wit
and encouragement, Dr. Leman offers hope and real, practical,
doable strategies for regaining control and becoming the parents
they always wanted to be. Focusing on changing a child's attitude,
behavior, and character, it contains chapters for each day of the
week and a special section with advice on everything from rolling
eyes to sibling rivalry to talking back to punching walls and much,
much more. This large section of more than 100 specific topics is
indexed, allowing parents to flip immediately to any areas of
concern for witty, straightforward, and gutsy plans of action.
From the Back Cover
Change your child's behavior--fast!
Want a kid without the attitude? Without the behavior that makes
you slink away in the grocery store and pretend you're not the
parent? A kid with character who isn't a character? If you're tired
of defiant attitudes and power struggles with your little
ankle-biters or the disrespectful hormone group, read this book and
follow the simple principles, and you'll have a new kid by Friday.
Guaranteed!
Have a New Kid by Friday is your 5-day action plan--Monday
through Friday--that really works! With his signature wit and
commonsense psychology, internationally recognized family expert
Dr. Kevin Leman reveals why your kids do what they do and what you
can do about it--starting right now.
Anyone can do it. All it takes is you deciding to stand up and take
charge. Want a great kid? Want to be a great parent? Then take the
5-day challenge. Someday your kid will thank you for it.
Special Feature: "Ask Dr. Leman"
Gutsy advice on over 100 of the hottest topics for parents,
including bedtime battles, lying, argumentative attitudes, sibling
rivalry, talking back, and many more.
EXCERPT FROM CATALOG
I've got news for you. Since the beginning of time, kids have been
unionized, and they've got a game plan to drive you bonkers. Don't
believe it? Take a look around....In today's society, kids even
shorter than a yardstick are calling the shots. Some hedonistic
little suckers of the ankle-biter battalion have even graduated to
emeritus status and are holding down the hormone group division.
Then there's the already-adult children who return home to your
cozy little nest and stay and stay and stay.... You know all about
that. If you picked up this book, you picked it up for a reason.
You'd like to see a few things--or maybe many--change in your
house. You may have small concerns, or big concerns, about your
child at this point.... I'll be blunt. You got a big job to do as a
parent, and a short window to do it in. If you believe that you, as
a parent, are to be in healthy authority over your child, this book
is for you. If you don't believe that you, as a parent, are to be
in healthy authority over your child, put this book down right now
and buy another.... But I've got a Midas muffler guarantee for you.
If you stick to the simple strategies in this book--strategies that
any parent can carry out--you'll have a new kid by Friday. You can
have a great kid, and you can be a great parent. Your relationship
with your child can change in just one week.
Product Details
- Title : Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days
- Author: Leman, Dr. Kevin
- Publisher: Revell
- Publication Date: 2008
- ISBN: 9781441200020
Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, humorist, and bestselling author of The Birth Order Book and Making Children Mind without Losing Yours. He is former consulting psychologist for Good Morning America and a frequent guest on The View, The Early Show, and Focus on the Family. He and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have five children and four grandchildren.