Setting Limits: How to Raise Responsible, Independent Children by Providing Clear Boundaries

Do your children misbehave? Do they repeatedly ignore or refuse your requests for proper behavior? Are you constantly fluctuating between permissive and authoritarian parenting, with little or no success? Are you convinced there has to be a better way? There is. Setting Limits will help you establish the positive, respectful, and instructional groundwork your children need for proper ethical and behavioral development

In this revised and expanded edition of his popular book, Robert MacKenzie, Ed.D., demonstrates proven techniques and procedures that not only correct misbehavior but instill the cooperation and conduct you want and expect from your children. This book shows parents how to:

·Enforce clear, firm, and effective boundaries

·Put an end to conflicts and power struggles

·Establish rules that encourage cooperation

·Teach children important problem-solving skills

·Apply logical consequences of misbehavior

Children need limits to guide their development. With MacKenzie's expert guidance, you will learn how to build and enforce the instructive boundaries necessary for a happy and rewarding family life.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why Limits Are Important

Chapter 2: How Parents Teach Their Rules

Chapter 3: How Children Learn Your Rules

Chapter 4: The Family Dance

Chapter 5: Are Your Limits Firm or Soft?

Chapter 6: Getting off the Dance Floor

Chapter 7: Encouragement: The Language of Cooperation

Chapter 8: Teaching Problem-Solving Skills

Chapter 9: Supporting Your Rules with Consequences

Chapter 10: Setting Limits with Teens

Chapter 11: Helping Children with Hyperactivity and Inattention

Chapter 12: Handling Chores

Chapter 13: The Homework Dance

Chapter 14: Preparing for Change

Appendix: Starting a Parent Study Group

Suggested Reading

Index