The Self-Aware Parent: Resolving Conflict and Building a Better Bond with Your Child

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, 7 de dez. de 2010 - 256 páginas

A healthy relationship based on mutual trust is every parent's wish. The bond between infant and parent is a natural phenomenon, but as children reach their preteens and form their own personalities, fireworks between the child and parent can ensue. Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience and new theories on attachment, family therapist and consultant to Parents magazine Dr. Fran Walfish argues that parents need to distinguish their own personality types in order to make more informed decisions about how they interact and raise their own children.

This step-by-step guide shows parents:
* how to recognize the strength and weaknesses of your parenting style and how it affects your child;
* the ways your style might clash with your child's nature, and how to negotiate a common ground;
* the vital importance of establishing trust with a preteen to better prepare for turbulent teen years.

Written with warmth, authority, and wit, Dr. Walfish holds a gentle mirror up to parents and helps them understand themselves in order to create a closer relationship with their child.

 

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INTRODUCTION
1
CHAPTER ONE The Importance of Knowing Yourself as a Parent
5
CHAPTER TWO Separating Your Child from You
16
CHAPTER THREE Managing Your Parental Worries and Concerns
31
CHAPTER FOUR The Helicopter Parent
46
CHAPTER FIVE Dealing with Your Parental Doubt
63
Learning the Value of Saying No
75
CHAPTER SEVEN Controlling Negativity in Your Communication
88
CHAPTER TEN The Importance of Bonding Solidly with Your Child
130
CHAPTER ELEVEN When One Parent Travels
144
CHAPTER TWELVE Handling Special Circumstances
159
CHAPTER THIRTEEN What to Do When the Chemistry Doesnt Mix
175
CHAPTER FOURTEEN WinWin Parenting
190
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Where Do I Fall as a Parent?
204
The Process of Change
217
Notes
231

Raising Awareness to Angry Feelings So Your Temper Doesnt Creep Up on You ...
102
CHAPTER NINE Its About Your Child Not You
116
Index
237
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Sobre o autor (2010)

Frances Walfish, Psy.D., MFT, is a leading child and family therapist in private practice. She is a consultant for Parenting Teens Resource Network, Parents magazine, Little Soul Productions, Los Angeles City Crisis Intervention Counselors, Momlogic.com and chairs the Governing Board of the Early Childhood Parenting Center, founded at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She lives in Beverly Hills, CA.

Informações bibliográficas

TítuloThe Self-Aware Parent: Resolving Conflict and Building a Better Bond with Your Child
AutorFran Walfish
EditoraSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010
ISBN0230120261, 9780230120266
Num. págs.256 páginas
  
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