Don't Give Me That Attitude!: 24 Rude, Selfish, Insensitive Things Kids Do and How to Stop Them - Softcover

Borba, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787973335 ISBN 13: 9780787973339

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Synopsis

• Does your kid never take no for an answer and demand things go his way?
• Do her theatrics leave you drained at the end of the day?
• Are you resorting to bribes and threats to get your kid to do chores?
• Does he cheat, complain, or blame others for his problems?
• Do you feel you’re running a hotel instead of a home?
• Are you starting to feel like your child’s personal ATM machine?

What happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!

About this title

About the Author

Michele Borba, Ed.D. – internationally renowned consultant and educator – is the recipient of the National Educator Award and the author of No More Misbehavin’, Parents Do Make a Difference, and Building Moral Intelligence, all from Jossey-Bass. She is a frequent guest expert on television and radio talk shows, including the Today show, The View, Fox & Friends, and Canada A.M. She is an honorary advisory board member for Parents Magazine. You can find her on the Web at www.MicheleBorba.com or www.moralintelligence.com.

From the Back Cover

Does Your Child Have Attitude?

• Does your kid never take no for an answer and demand things go his way?
• Do her theatrics leave you drained at the end of the day?
• Are you resorting to bribes and threats to get your kid to do chores?
• Does he cheat, complain, or blame others for his problems?
• Do you feel you re running a hotel instead of a home?
• Are you starting to feel like your child s personal ATM machine?

What happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!

• Does your kid never take no for an answer and demand things go his way?
• Do her theatrics leave you drained at the end of the day?
• Are you resorting to bribes and threats to get your kid to do chores?
• Does he cheat, complain, or blame others for his problems?
• Do you feel you’re running a hotel instead of a home?
• Are you starting to feel like your child’s personal ATM machine?

What happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787973335
• ISBN 13: 9780787973339
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432