No More Misbehavin': 38 Difficult Behaviors and How to Stop Them

by Michele Borba

"This will be the only discipline book you'll ever need to raise good kids."
-from the Foreword by Jack Canfield, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul and Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul "Michele Borba offers insightful, realistic, and straightforward advice that is sure to get immediate results."
-Editor-in-Chief, Parents Magazine "A sensitive, thoughtful, eminently practical book that will help parents help their children change behaviors that will improve the child's, and the entire family's, well being and happiness. A wonderful contribution!"
-Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., child psychiatrist and coauthor, Over-Scheduled Child Anger, Anxiety, Biting, Bossy, Bullied, Bullying, Chore Wars, Cynical, Defiant, Doesn't Listen, Fighting, Gives Up Easily, Hitting, Homework Battles, Hooked on Rewards, Impulsivity, Intolerant, Lying and Cheating, Materialistic, Mean, Negative Peer Pressure, No Friends, Over-Perfectionism, Poor Sportsmanship, Put-Downs, Rude, Selfish, Sibling Battles, Short Attention Span, Shy, Stealing, Swearing, Talking Back, Tattling, Teased, Temper Tantrums, Whining, Yelling. Parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba tackles the most common bad behaviors that kids ages 3 to 12 repeat over and over behaviors that drive parents crazy. In this enormously useful, simple-to-use book she shows how to change these behaviors for good. For each negative behavior Dr. Borba offers a series of key tips and guidelines and outlines a step-by-step plan for a customized makeover that really works! Using the steps outlined in No More Misbehavin' will give you the help you need to raise kids with strong values and good character.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Psychology

354 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Dr. Michele Borba is an educational psychologist and an author.

Reviews

[Marijana (Find me on Storygraph, Bye Bezos!!) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the format of the book, each "issue" was addressed individually, but in all honestly, most of it was either common sense or not very useful. I feel it focused a lot on consequences. Many of these "difficult behaviours" need entire books of their own: anxiety, peer-pressure, bullying, anger, etc. and cannot be addressed with a couple of pages. If you're looking for a quick-fix, this might be the book for you. But for anyone dealing with real issues requiring long-term solutions, then skip it entirely.

[Wendy Osborn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because it addresses individual behavioral issues individually. I have a child that gives up easily and was wondering what to do about it. I like how it addresses what you as a parent can do specifically. There were 38 behaviors this author addresses from biting to laziness to inability to keep friends. I thought it was a good resource.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book addresses 38 difficult behaviors and gives several specific steps on how to eliminate them. I thought the ideas were practical and good reminders of what to do to help children change negative behavior.

[Tessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

some good suggestions. I liked how you could pick which behavior you wanted to work on, instead of having to read the WHOLE book. I only needed 1 or 2 chapters for now.

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would have had great ideas for raising children --- but I'm done, and don't want to revisit it except as a grandparent.

[Maha · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book