Family Rules: Raising Responsible Children

by Kenneth Kaye

Your 15-year-old keeps breaking her curfew.
Your 10-year-old won t do his homework.
Your nagging doesn t work, and you re losing your patience.
What will it take to bring peace to this family? FAMILY RULES If you re tired of arguing and complaining, this is the book for you. Full of warmth and wisdom, this guide to parenting by respected psychologist and family therapist Kenneth Kaye explains how you can custom design for your own family a set of straightforward rules that make discipline easy principles which can be easily modified as family life improves. With clever and insightful examples, Dr. Kaye Why children need restrictions in order to handle freedom How to make rules and how to enforce them How to build your child s self-esteem When to relinquish control of your child With special advice for single, step- and divorced parents! In order to grow into happy, self-respecting adults, your children need the security of clear, consistently enforced rules. Family Rules teaches you everything you need to know to raise responsible children without yelling or nagging!

371 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

A family psychologist by profession, Kenneth Kaye earned his A.B. and Ph.D.degrees from Harvard University, and much later an MFA from Bennington College.
His early career was in academic research (developmental psychology), but in the 1980s he trained and practiced as a family therapist, and beginning about 1990 has worked exclusively on conflict resolution for owners of family firms of all sizes.

Under the name Ken Kaye, he is also the author of six books of fiction.

Reviews

[Mercedesh2o Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when my children were in elementary school. It took a little work to think up logical consequences for all their transgressions but once we established the system, I would get compliments from strangers on how well-behaved they were. I highly recommend this book!

[Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, down to earth parenting advice - encourages simple rules and associated punishments for breaking them. Nothing earth shattering, but good reminders!

[Kenneth Kaye]

photo is the mass market edition, published by St. Martins (more than 200,000 copies sold) See reviews on Amazon.com. Family Rules is now in its third edition and was also published in Mexico.

[Jued · Rating 5 out of 5]

So useful!