Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents - Softcover

Braun, Betsy Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061452971 ISBN 13: 9780061452970

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviors and inevitable questions. This down-to-earth guide provides "Tips and Scripts" for handling everything from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, divorce, sex, and "whyyyy?" Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question--from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair!"--Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to explain the world to your growing child.

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Review:

"Parents of young children will find themselves reaching for this wonderful book by Betsy Brown Braun over and over again!"----Reveta Bowers, Head of School, The Center for Early Education

"Betsy Brown Braun is a master teacher and one of the wisest parenting experts I have ever known."----Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., author of Children of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life

"Betsy Brown Braun is a fine observer of children....This is a book I will recommend to all my parents."----Robert M. Landaw, M.D., Pediatrician and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA

Synopsis:

From a child development specialist comes a unique guide to parenting children aged two to six, featuring practical advice on how to handle the "hard stuff" - from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, sex, and "Whyyyy?". "Just Tell Me What to Say" gives parents sensible language and explanations for handling specific situations inevitable in raising young children.Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviours and endless questions. In this book, down-to-earth advice is delivered with humour and derived from her expertise as a child development specialist and parent educator who has worked with hundreds of children and families. Through her 'Tips and Scripts,' she offers parents tools and confidence to deal with: How do I make my child listen? discipline do's and don'ts; How did the baby get in your tummy? learning about the birds and the bees; Why is my goldfish floating in the toilet? learning about death; Is the fire coming to our house? and, talking about natural disasters, terrorism, and war.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061452971
• ISBN 13: 9780061452970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256