The Baffled Parent's Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior

by Kate Kelly

Winner of a 2003 National Parenting Publications Gold Award! Quick, effective solutions for stopping bad behavior and getting your family back on track Tantrums. Hitting. Open defiance. A child's bursts of bad behavior can leave parents completely baffled. But while there's no such thing as a perfect child, there are effective ways to redirect poor behavior. The Baffled Parent's Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior has fast answers to defuse any situation. Organized by topic for easy access and designed to help make family life as harmonious as possible, this hands-on guide provides advice to correct bad behavior, create new responses to previously annoying behavior, and establish an atmosphere that encourages good behavior. Inside, you'll

Genres: Family

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

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Kelly, Kate, 1950- (from Library of Congress)

As a professional writer, Kate Kelly specializes in helpful nonfiction and has more than 24 titles to her credit. Topics range from business subjects to raising teenagers; she also writes on health and wellness. Kelly works as both a collaborator with experts and as author of her own books.

Kate Kelly is well known to the media as a reliable expert on parenting and on family safety. She is frequently quoted in magazines and newspapers and appears regularly on television.

Some of her titles are The Teen Health Book (Norton), which she worked on with adolescent medicine specialist Ralph I. Lopez, M.D., and Living Safe in an Unsafe World (NAL), for which she has done a great deal of media recently because of the heightened public interest in safety. In addition, there is continuing media interest in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Parenting a Teenager.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for an overview of types of misbehavior and how to deal with it. Great for anyone working with children, expecting children, or currently parenting.

[Jae · Rating 2 out of 5]

it didn't work.