Being Destructive

Help Me Be Good!

by Joy Berry, John Costanza (Illustrator)

Lets Talk About Being Destructive was written by Joy Wilt Berry. Lets Talk About Being Destructive was published by Children's Press. Subjects of Lets Talk About Being Destructive include Behavior, Babies & Toddlers, Conduct of life, Human behavior, and Juvenile literature. Very young children often develop irresponsible behavior when they are not encouraged to assume responsibility for their actions and reactions. Parents often foster irresponsible behavior when they perceive children as helpless and incapable of assuming responsibility for their lives. The purpose of this book is to help parents begin the process of shifting the responsibility for a child’s behavior from the parent to the child.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Self Help

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

With over 85 million copies of her books sold, Joy Berry’s message has helped children around the world lead more responsible lives.

Joy Berry, pioneering educator, trusted child-development and parenting specialist, is the bestselling author of Joy Berry Classics for children with more than 250 titles and 85 million copies of her books sold. Joy Berry’s lifelong mission is to help kids help themselves by providing the information and motivation children need to lead responsible lives. Simply put, Joy Berry knows and understands children.

“Children should be 100% responsible for all of their choices and decisions by the time they are 12 years of age,” Joy Berry says. “In order for this to happen, parents need to encourage their children to make as many choices and decisions as possible as early in their lives as possible.”


Joy’s understanding of children and her pragmatic approach to educating and empowering children, has given rise to one of the most extensive juvenile product lines in the world.

Reviews

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great lesson.

[Talea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little book from the Help Me Be Good series. It helped my kids understand their behaviour and ways to deal with it a little more.

[Dee · Rating 1 out of 5]

The child gets "punished" rather than disciplined for accidents and carelessness more than being purposely destructive.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up on these books and absolutely love them! The Help Me Be Good books are great for young children. My children also loved them when they were young.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved these books as a kid and I still think they’re a brilliant series that can’t be extremely useful own teaching some very difficult lessons.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great book for kids and adults to read together!! Joy Berry has a wonderful way of bringing things to a kids level to help them understand things better. Sometimes as an adult we forget kids see and process the world differently than us.

Beautifully illustrated to help kids pay attention while learning valuable life lessons!

This series is wonderful for any home or classroom! I want them for he community center where I work!! I am also thrilled they are being made available as ebooks!!

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an entertaining book in the Help Me Be Good series that teaches children about ethical and moral themes.

I thought that this was an engaging story about conserving resources and not being destructive. The narrative is short and easy to read aloud and the illustrations are colorful and cartoonish, if a bit dated.

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good little book from the series. I do wish, though, that the stuff about punishment wasn't worded that way. Thinking about these things as logical consequences makes far more sense. Instead the book frames them squarely as punishments, but I suppose kids understand anyway, especially if this is explained.

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read!

My kids love these books just as much as I did as a child. This books helps them to understand the different ways they can be destructive, including being careless.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for kids that are too careless.