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The essentials of raising your little one Diapers, feedings, discipline, manners, daycare-with all there is to know about parenting, what's a busy parent to do? The Parent's Success Guide to Parenting tells you everything you need to know to prepare for and enjoy your child from day one to day three thousand and one. This convenient, portable guide helps you understand and guide your child (and keep your cool!), featuring parent-friendly solutions for: * Nurturing a healthy body and mind * Handling physical milestones * Successful, stress-free potty training * Teaching good behavior * Keeping your child safe and happy * Sharing in parenting (it really does take a village) Plus, in every Parent's Success Guide, you get Top Ten lists and timesaving tips!

Parenting Basics
Primary Parenting Principles
First Things First: Using This Book
The Duties and Responsibilities of a Parent
The Roles a Parent Must Play
The positive role model
The ever-present teacher
The good listener
The friend who''s still the parent
The Importance of Keeping Your Sense of Humor
From the Beginning, Communication Is Key
Talking Effectively
Teaching Basic Communication Skills
Answering Awkward Questions
Communicating with Stickers and Notes
Setting Boundaries, Being Consistent, and Following Through
Setting Boundaries for Your Children
Factors that encourage kids to thrive within the boundaries
Why kids always test boundaries, no matter what
Being Consistent with the Rules
When to be consistent
Two simple rules for you, the parent
Following Throug h by Sticking to Your Word
Choose your battles
When you say you''re going to do something, do it
Ensure that your child understands why you did it
Managing Behavior: Your Child''s and Your Own!Giving Praise
Giving Plenty of Attention
Keeping Idle Hands Busy
Projects that connect your kids with the family
Play that moves toddler/preschooler muscles and builds confidence
Toys that spark toddler/preschooler imaginations
Resources for planning fun and well-rounded activities
Keeping Your Cool with the Kids
Dealing with the "Easy" Stuff: Physical Development
But That Shirt Fit Yesterday!: Your Child''s Growth
Toddler Milestones
General development
General growth
Preschooler Milestones
General development
General growth
School-Age Milestones
School readiness skills
Skills learned through friends
General growth
Puberty
Puberty in girls
Puberty in boys
Your Own Child''s Milestones
Nurturing a Healthy Body and Mind
Establishing Healthy Eating Habits
Choosing healthy brain foods
Avoiding the picky-eater syndrome
Dieting
Snacking
Dealing with moodiness, crankiness, and hyperactivity
Taking precautions against food poisoning
Making Fitness Part of Your Kids'' Lives
Creating a fit, healthy environment at home
Getting physical education at school
Getting Good Sleep without Relying on Sheep
Ensuring That Kids Get Enough Zzzs
Making Strategic Bedtime Plans
Troubleshooting Sleep Behaviors That Need to Change
Creating a family bed
Other solutions for kids who wake up during the night
Changing habits that you started
Handling Naps
Diapers, Hit the Road
Recognizing the Signs of Readiness
Choosing the Right Time to Potty Train
Prepping for Potty Training Weekend
Let your child watch you use the toilet
Let your child practice clothed potty-sits
Let your child watch you dispose of diaper contents
Potty Training Weekend
Prepping your child and feeding for success
Step 1: Helping a doll use the potty
Step 2: Sitting on the potty
Step 3: Setting up a success chart
Step 4: Switching to training pants
Ways to Keep Potty Training Working
Guiding Your Child through the Years
What''s Going On Upstairs: Your Child''s Emotional Development
The Toddler/Preschooler Stage
What you can expect
What you can do to help
The School-Age Stage
What you can expect
What you can do to help
The Teenage Stage
What you can expect
What you can do to help
How Birth Order Affects Behavior
Parenting through Tough Times
Disciplining and Punishing Your Kids
Being in charge without being a tyrant
Using punishment as an educational tool
Dealing with the Loss of a Parent through Death or Divorce
Rebuilding physical security
Rebuilding emotional security
Responding to the longing for attention
Getting professional counseling
Moving to a New School
Family Matters
Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
Some guidelines for you, the parent
Sharing and playing together
Developing a loving, caring relationship
Communicating nicely
Responding to a new baby in the family
Being a Successful Stepfamily
Bonding with stepchildren
Battling stepsiblings
Playing the name game
Disliking a new stepchild
Disagreeing on discipline policies
Clashing about the cash
Dealing with all the relatives
Misfiring on all cylinders
Taking the High Road When Single-Parenting
Devising a co-parenting plan with your ex
Getting a tune-up if things are running rough
Avoiding the biggest mistakes made by single parents
It Takes a Village: Sharing in Parenting
Co-Parenting: Being Part of a Team
The business of having fun together
Sharing housework
Handling mutual decision-making
Sharing childcare
Finding Opposite-Sex Role Models If You''re a Single Parent
Why kids need a female role model
Why kids need a male role model
How to find role models for your kids
Finding Good Childcare
Daycare centers
Private sitters
Co-op programs
After-school programs
Questions to ask when childcare hunting
No Slurpy Soup, Please: Instilling Good Social Skills
Teaching Basic Good Manners
Maintaining Household Harmony by Setting Etiquette Expectations
Setting a good example at the table
Dining out as a family
Using courtesy regarding the telephone
Divvying up the household chores
Using fair share as an expression of courtesy
Talking to Your Children about People with Disabilities
Health and Safety
Preventing Trips to the Doctor
Developing Healthy Habits
Preventing the Spread of Germs
Taking Precautions against the Elements
Sun protection
Heat protection
Cold protection (as in weather, not the sniffles)
Knowing What to Keep in the Medicine Cabinet
Visiting Dr
Everything''ll-Be-All-Right
Establishing a Positive Child/Doctor Relationship
Scheduling Regular Checkups
Immunizations
Vision
Speech and hearing
Teeth
Dealing with Illness
Signs that your child may be sick
Sniffles and sneezes
Fevers
Ear infections
If You''re in the Market for a Doctor
Keeping Your Child Safe (In a World That Isn''t Always)
Teaching Safety Basics to Toddlers
Ensuring Safety around the House
Bedroom safety
Living/family room safety
Kitchen safety
Bathroom safety
General fire-safety devices for the home
Preventing Accidents
Burn prevention
Choking hazards
Playing don''ts
Swimming do''s
Talking about Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking
Ten Ways to Nurture Smart Kids
Ten Things to Do Every Day
Index
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