Love & Power: How to Raise Competent, Confident Children

By Glenn Austin

Book Overview

A practical guide to maintaining the delicate balance between love and power to raise capable, confident children... In order for children to blossom into competent, confident adults, parents must learn to use power rationally and constructively--both for control and discipline and in nurturing responsibility and self-esteem. This book is a synthesis of Dr. Austin's 37 years of counseling parents and observing their successes and failures, problems and accomplishments. In it you will find a wealth of information on raising children infancy to the teen years, from including practical guidelines for: Setting and enforcing limits, without stunting confidence and creativity Instilling values while allowing sufficient freedom to explore and grow Dealing with anger, lying, guilt, manipulation, and other problems Coping with tough problems, such as single-parenting, drug abuse, peer pressure, and sexual abuse

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471024988
• ISBN13: 9780471024989
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Taming Two Years with Dignity Sanity and Great results

What a Godsend! I was struggling with my bright and sensitive two year old. Clearly we were having power struggles. What is an intelligent first time mother to do? This book provided so many answers. My son and I are so much the better for it. Our house is much more peaceful and I can see my son's confidence and self esteem growing since I read the book a few months ago. I keep buying copies for all my friends. A terrrificly balanced guidebook for raising children. Very thoughtful and helpful.