This book is a sequel to The Aware Baby, and focuses on children from two to eight years of age. Now translated into Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish, it provides much useful advice for coping with day-to-day problems, as well as guidelines for helping children reach their highest potential. You will learn how to help your children grow up to be compassionate, competent, nonviolent, and drug free while maintaining a relationship of mutual respect with them.
This book will teach you how to:
Increase your child's desire to cooperate.
Find effective alternatives to punishment.
Help your child overcome fears.
Deal with sibling rivalry and bedtime problems.
Respond appropriately to temper tantrums.
Create the best learning environment.
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