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Kurcinka knows very well what it is to have children who operate at full throttle all the time and updates this classic with the latest research on how to make living in a whirlwind a positive experience for both parent and child. She explains these children's high spirits and ways to exercise parenting, including diffusing strong reactions, keeping cool, choosing battles, helping children hear directions, making positive use of their energy and need for regularity, and spotting triggers for tantrums. She gives advice on planning for high and low points, dealing with sibling rivalry, getting through the night and meals, dressing, socializing, getting through holidays and working well in school.
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Kurcinka knows very well what it is to have children who operate at full throttle all the time and updates this classic with the latest research on how to make living in a whirlwind a positive experience for both parent and child. She explains these children's high spirits and ways to exercise parenting, including diffusing strong reactions, keeping cool, choosing battles, helping children hear directions, making positive use of their energy and need for regularity, and spotting triggers for tantrums. She gives advice on planning for high and low points, dealing with sibling rivalry, getting through the night and meals, dressing, socializing, getting through holidays and working well in school. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Now in a NEW UPDATED version, Kurcinka offers parents the most up–to–date research, effective strategies and real life stories for:

•Managing intensity – not just the kids, but parents too

•Getting the sleep every family needs and deserves,

•Choosing their battles

•Helping children to hear their instructions

•Assisting children in getting along with siblings and peers, and

•Being successful in school and at home.

Spirited children possess traits we value in adults, yet find challenging in children. Studies now show that these children are "wired" to be more reactive to the world around them. The solution, rather than medication or punishment, is understanding temperament and working with it. Kurcinka in a supportive, warm style is able to reveal to parents how to do it, often leading them to ask, "How did she get into my home?" Winner of the Parents' Choice Award, voted one of the top twenty books for parents, and a "real life saver" for parents, this updated version is eagerly awaited by parents and professionals.

The essential companion to "Raising Your Spirited Child," this workbook brings readers right into Kurcinka's world-famous workshops. Through exercises, observations, and dialogue from actual groups, readers learn to identify the "triggers" that lead to tantrums and challenging behaviors.

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, M.A., has more than twenty years of experience as an award-winning educator and is the bestselling author of Raising Your Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles. She lives in Minnesota.