The Secret of Happy Children : A Guide for Parents

This book - a classic worldwide bestseller - aims to let parents be themselves and children grow up happy, full of self-esteem and feeling loved. Steve Biddulph lets you into the mind of your child to show how the positive ways in which you relate to a child will have a strong effect on growing self esteem, responsibility, stable emotions and present and future happiness. He shows how negative language will affect children and explains why children may rebel and how you should deal with any discipline problem that should occur. You will find out how kids experience emotions such as anger, fear, apathy. Other issues are discussed such as fathering, ages and stages, stopping tantrums before they start, and curing shyness. The book is full of scenarios, familiar dialogues and case histories with cartoons. The Secret of Happy Children - Front Cover Half-title Title Page Printer's Imprint About the Author Acknowledgements / Dedication Contents The Story Behind this Book Foreword 1. Seeds in the Mind (You hypnotise your children every single day. You may as well do it properly!) 2. What Children Really Want (It’s cheaper than video games, and healthier than ice-cream!) 3. Curing by Listening (How to help your child deal with an unkind world) 4. Kids and Emotions (What is really going on?) 5. The Assertive Parent (Firmness. Do it—now) 6. Family Shape (Dad? Who’s Dad?) 7. Ages and Stages (Do you mean this is normal?) 8. Energy and How to Save It (Good news—your children need you healthy and happy) 9. Special Situations (How you can help if you’re a teacher, a politician, a grandparent, neighbour or friend) Postscript Appendix (Further Reading etc) Parent Network Rear Cover (UK edition). Published by Thorsons 1998. First published in Australia by Bay Books 1984. Revised edition 1988. Angus & Robertson edition 1995. It's NINE O'CLOCK at night and I'm sitting in my office with a tearful fifteen-year-old girl.