Ginott, Haim G.

Between parent and child : the bestselling classic that revolutionized parent-child communication / Haim G. Ginott. - Rev. and updated / by Alice Ginott & H. Wallace Goddard. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2003. - xiv, 231 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-224) and index.

The code of communication : parent-child conversations -- The power of words : better ways to encourage and guide -- Self-defeating patterns : there's no right way to do a wrong thing -- Responsibility : transmitting values rather than demanding compliance -- Discipline : finding effective alternatives to punishment --A day in a child's life -- Jealousy : the tragic tradition -- Some sources of anxiety in children : providing emotional safety -- Sex and human values : sensitive handling of an important subject -- Summing up : lessons to guide your parenting -- Epilogue.

Offers advice to a current generation of parents on how to develop empathetic yet disciplined child rearing skills that place an emphasis on good communication and avoid negative reinforcements.

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Child rearing.
Parent and child.
Emotions in children.
Empathy.

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