Who's Running Things Around Here Anyway?! A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Changing Your Child's Behavior

An entertaining parenting book that teaches simple discipline techniques. Readers learn effective communication skills and positive discipline. The book is a resource parents refer back to again and again as needed.

(PRWEB) June 1, 2004 --Are you ever looking for advice on discipline?

Do you wish there was a discipline hotline only a phone call away?

Do you wish you had answers to your questions on discipline?
   
What should a parent do when their young child hits a playmate? Or throws a tantrum in the grocery store? Or starts to run into a busy street? Parents are constantly needing to set limits and discipline their children as they grow, explore and experiment in their environments. Dianne Couris hosts a radio show, Parent-to-Parent with Dianne Couris, every Wednesday at noon. She gives parents practical advice on positive discipline and successful communication. She teaches parents how to set limits using simple discipline techniques.

Effective discipline is an ongoing process. A parents discipline style directly affects the behaviors of their child. Parents who are loving, firm, consistent, and respectful when setting limits, help their child behave and perform to his full potential and develop self-discipline skills that last a lifetime.
   
Setting limits with children is one of the hardest responsibilities of a parent. Fortunately, help is here with the new book Whos Running Things Around Here Anyway?! A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Changing Your Childs Behavior by Dianne Couris (Choices & Solutions Publishing, 2004, 196 pages, $19.95). This book teaches parents how to individualize discipline according to their childs needs.

Every child and every behavior has a specific motivation behind it.

Once a parent determines WHY" a child is misbehaving, they can appropriately intervene by NOT give a child what he wants when he misbehaves and at the same time teach an alternative positive way to ask for what he wants. Couris is committed to helping parents and children communicate with respect and without spanking. Her techniques foster self-discipline, self-confidence, and respect for others ...in children.

Areas covered in Whos Running Things Around Here Anyway?!:
·   Communication
·   Positive reinforcement
·   Mealtime behaviors
·   Bedtime behaviors
·   Positive Discipline & Punishment
·   Time Out
   
Dianne Couris has a Masters degree in Training and Development, has taught behavior modification and discipline techniques to parents and teachers for the past fifteen years, and has two children of her own. For more information about the book Whos Running Things Around Here Anyway?! visit the companion Web site at www.whosrunningthings.com. The site also includes a variety of useful information and tools for parents, including a forum in which she responds directly to specific questions. This is an extremely valuable book for families with young children.
                   
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Title: Whos Running Things Around Here Anyway?! A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Changing Your Childs Behavior • Author: Dianne Couris, MSTD • Published by: Choices & Solutions Publishing, 2004 727)772-6695• ISBN: 0-974202967 • Binding: Trade Paperback, 196 Pages • Price: $19.95.