Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

Informative, inspiring, and enlightening,Becoming the Parent You Want to Beprovides parents with the building blocks they need to discover their own parenting philosophy and develop effective parenting strategies. Through in-depth information, practical suggestions, and many lively first-person stories, the authors address the many dilemmas and joys that the parent of young children encounter and demonstrate a range of solutions to the major issues that arise in the raising of babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Full of warmth, clarity, humor, and respect,Becoming the Parent You Want to Begives parents permission to be human: to question, to learn, to make mistakes, to struggle and to grow, and, most of all, to have fun with their children.

Janis Keyser teaches in the Early Childhood Education department at Cabrillo College in California.

Acknowledgments
Preface: The Parent I Wanted to Be
Preface: The Teacher I Wanted to Be
Introduction: The Parenting Journey
Developing a Vision for Your Family	p. 3
Learning About Children	p. 8
Cultivating a Spirit of Optimism About Your Children	p. 15
Understanding that Parents Are Always Growing	p. 26
Learning to Value Struggle and Disequilibrium	p. 30
Working Toward a Balance of Needs	p. 41
Teaching Children to Feel Safe, Strong, and Good About Their World	p. 51
Being Human: When You're Not Yet the Parent You Want to Be	p. 57
Building a Supportive Community	p. 67
Learning About Feelings	p. 83
Responding to Crying and Tantrums	p. 90
Helping Your Children Deal with Fear	p. 103
The Dance of Separation	p. 116
Helping Children Sleep	p. 135
Children and Eating: Building a Healthy Relationship to Food	p. 153
From Toilet Training to Toilet Learning	p. 176
Learning About Bodies	p. 190
Understanding Difficult Behavior	p. 211
Moving Beyond Punishment	p. 218
Putting It All Together: When Children Test Limits	p. 240
Negotiating Conflicts Between Parent and Child	p. 267
Supporting Children's Play and Learning	p. 283
Children's Friendships: Cooperation and Conflict	p. 304
What Enables Children to Share?	p. 320
"But Girls Can't Do That": Helping Children Move Beyond Limiting Gender Roles	p. 329
Preparing Children to Live in a Richly Diverse World	p. 354
Parenting with a Partner	p. 377
Building Strong Sibling Relationships	p. 395
Afterword: Growing Up, Growing Together	p. 415
Index	p. 416
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