DO THIS NOT THAT PA

Thereare loads of books covering the basics of getting along with and discipliningchildren, but as every parent knows, each kid is different, and there's notelling what will or won't work. Anna Glas and Åse Teiner have many years ofexperience as certified parental coaches, and being mothers themselves, theyrealized that looking at problems from different angles and using novelapproaches can have pleasantly-surprising results. Do This! Not That! tells forty-ninereal stories of parents using unconventional methods in everyday situations.Every story starts with a short background of the problem, shows the parentstrying out a wacky solution, and then follows them to see the result andsuggests other creative methods of dealing with the problem. What happens whenyou give your son ice cream before dinner, when you pay a teen from theneighborhood to take your baby for a ride in the stroller while you catch up onsleep, or when you let your daughter eat cookies on her way to preschool? Dividedinto three sections-Grow as an Adult, Break Everyday Patterns, and Say "Yes!"-Do This! Not That! will show you thatthinking outside the box may be just what you need to get a handle on thoserascals.