Children Are from Heaven: Positive Parenting Skills for Raising Cooperative, Confident, and Compassionate Children

A fresh new approach that really works! I raised my children in the 1980-1990 time period. At that time, the general rule was "logical consequences" in which you punished your children's misbehavior by taking away priveleges related to the incident. For my son this did now work at all and he only withdrew and misbehaved even more. You can only take away and discipline so much before it begins to backfire on you.Children Are From Heaven sets forth an easy strategy focused on getting your children to willingly cooperate with you without threats of heavy handed discipline such as yelling, spanking and take-aways. Asking, empathasizing, rewarding, dire. PLEASE do yourself the biggest favor of your life!!!!!!!!!!!!! truth seeker OMG Had I read this book or listened to this CD years ago my daughters life would'vebeen so so much better. I took two parenting courses and read many books.This book gave me answers I had no idea existed. If you know a parent or are onePLEASE do yourself the biggest favor of your life and get this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. "Must Have For Parents of Kids of any age!" according to Ken F.. Great book. Has helped a lot with raising my kids. Other parents are always asking for my secret on having such great kids. I keep buying these books when they go on sale for 50 cents so I can give them out when the subject comes up! The techniques in this book are even useful when communicating with adults!

Completing the notion that Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, he addsand Children are from Heaven.Children Are From Heaven covers different skills of parenting to help improve communication, increase cooperation, and motivate your children. After years of experience leading communication workshops, and honing his own parenting skills, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effective system that he calls positive parenting, for children of all ages; from birth through the teenage years. Central to this new approach are the five positive messages your children need to learn again and again.It's okay to be different.It's okay to make mistakes.It's okay to express negative emotions.It's okay to want more.It's okay to say no, but remember Mom and Dad are the bosses.When these messages are put into practice -- and John Gray shows you how -- your children will develop the necessary skills for successful living: forgiveness of others an

His many books have sold more than fifty million copies in fifty different languages worldwide. John Gray, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading relationship experts, and an authority on improving communication styles for couples, companies, and communities. John lives with his wife and children in northern California.John Gray, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading relationship experts, and an authority on improving communication styles for couples, companies, and

Nothing seems to be working." He suggests "Five Messages of Positive Parenting" that will facilitate such a shift: It's okay to be different. It's okay to want more. "When parents learn what their children really need, they are less motivated to create money to acquire things and more motivated to create time to enjoy their family," Gray writes. Almost all parents today are questioning both the old and the new ways of parenting. It's okay to make mistakes. "The greatest wealth for a parent today is time." --Gail Hudson. It's okay to express negative emotions. Although his parenting philosophy is not necessarily revolutionary (think "positive discipline"), Gray manages to keep this parenting primer contemporary