The Don't Sweat Guide for Parents Reduce Stress and Enjoy Your Kids More

by Carlson, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780786887187
• ISBN10: 0786887184
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-17
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

In this incredibly stressful world in which we live, parents seem to be the people who come under fire most. Hectic work schedules combined with chauffeuring children to extracurricular activities make us crave more quiet time with our children. The Don't Sweat Guide for Parents provides suggestions for enjoying your children more while being less stressed and more present with them in every moment of their lives. Book jacket.

Author Biography

During his life, Richard Carlson, Ph.D, was considered one of the foremost experts in happiness and stress reduction in the United States and around the world and was a frequent featured guest on many national television and radio programs. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff continued to be a publishing phenomenon with over twenty titles in the brand franchise, two of which were co-authored and authored with his beloved wife, Kris. He died of a pulmonary embolism in December 2006, at the age of forty-five.

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(4)
The Hardest Job in the World	15	(2)
The New Parent Shuffle	17	(2)
No Such Thing as Bad Kids	19	(2)
Mommy Knows Best...or Does She?	21	(2)
You've Changed (and Not Just Diapers)	23	(2)
Power Struggles	25	(2)
Your Frustrated Preschooler	27	(2)
Because I Said So	29	(2)
Please, Thank You, and Go Away!	31	(2)
Sophisticated Baby Talk	33	(2)
Traditional Role Reversal	35	(2)
Taking Your Children in Public	37	(2)
``I Love You!''	39	(2)
When Your Children Are Less Than Loving	41	(2)
Let 'Em Win...Sometimes	43	(2)
A Recipe for Peace	45	(2)
Catch the Exercise Bug	47	(2)
Raising Kids Who Care	49	(3)
Bedtime---or More Simply Put, Armageddon	52	(3)
Turning Sibling Rivalry into Sibling Chivalry	55	(2)
Pencil In Your Kids for a Family Meeting	57	(2)
Empowering Your Kids	59	(2)
Keeping Expectations to a Minimum	61	(2)
Raising Children with Morals	63	(2)
Cheat Sheet for Happiness	65	(3)
It's the Little Things That Count	68	(2)
Stress Busters	70	(3)
Listen to the Experts	73	(2)
Organize Your Life	75	(2)
Don't Baby Bottle Your Feelings	77	(2)
Surviving Separation Anxiety	79	(2)
Raising Unspoiled Kids	81	(2)
Just Who Do Our Kids Look Up To?	83	(2)
Teach Right from Wrong	85	(2)
Give Her a Boost	87	(2)
The Importance of Baby-Sitters	89	(3)
Cut Your Teenager Some Slack	92	(2)
Enjoy Your Kids Every Single Day	94	(2)
Words Not to Live By!	96	(3)
``Who Do You Love More?''	99	(2)
Choose Your Words Wisely	101	(3)
Family Game Night	104	(2)
Surviving the Family Vacation	106	(3)
Always Be Polite!	109	(2)
``I Didn't Do It''	111	(3)
It's All in a Day's Work	114	(2)
Act, Don't React, to Your Child's Misbehavior	116	(2)
Baby Bootie Camp	118	(2)
Raising Smart Kids	120	(2)
When Super-Mom Feels Less Than Super	122	(2)
Raising Friendly Kids	124	(2)
Controlling Tempers...Yours!	126	(2)
Teaching Your Children Responsibility	128	(2)
Kindergarten and First-Day Jitters	130	(2)
Is There a Tattletale in Your Midst?	132	(2)
Keeping Your Kids Safe	134	(2)
Time with Grandparents	136	(2)
Praise Versus Encouragement	138	(2)
The Working Mother Versus the Stay-at-Home Mom	140	(2)
When Dad Feels Undermined	142	(2)
``I'm Sorry''	144	(2)
A Single Parent Is Double the Parent	146	(2)
Grateful Children	148	(2)
DEAR Time: Drop Everything And Read!	150	(2)
You Are Getting Sleepy....	152	(2)
The Perfect Play Date Myth	154	(2)
Find the Humor	156	(2)
Getting Out of the House	158	(1)
Alone Time	159	(2)
Have Your Baby Call My Baby!	161	(2)
Teach Good Judgment	163	(2)
Getting Your Toddler to Listen	165	(3)
Tall Tales from Short People	168	(2)
Having ``The Talk'' with Your Kids	170	(2)
One-on-One Spouse Time	172	(2)
Cherish Your One and Only	174	(2)
Double Your Fun!	176	(2)
Time for Homework	178	(2)
Remember the Moment	180	(2)
Parenting Rule #1: Parents Don't Get Sick!	182	(2)
You Are Not Super-Parents!	184	(2)
Become an Expert in Parenting	186	(2)
Take Your Children Out for Dinner	188	(2)
Talk to Your Teenage Son	190	(2)
Talk to Your Teenage Daughter	192	(2)
A Place of Their Own	194	(2)
Give Your Kids Healthy Food	196	(2)
Take Care of Your Sick Child	198	(2)
Discipline the Positive Way	200	(2)
Finishing a Sentence	202	(2)
Get Your Kids to Cooperate	204	(2)
Monitor ``The Box''	206	(2)
Oh, Fiddlesticks!	208	(2)
Home Alone	210	(2)
What Are We Training For?	212	(2)
Reconnect with Your Former Non-Parent Self	214	(2)
There Goes the Neighborhood	216	(2)
Kick the Whine Habit	218	(2)
Don't Bribe Them---Reward Them	220	(2)
Focus on the Future	222