Synopses & Reviews
A down-to-earth guide to regaining control of your kids and your family Overindulgence is not the badge of a bad parent. In fact, it comes directly from having a good and generous heart. But despite our good intentions, the abundance we heap on our kids often becomes more than they need or can handle. Family and parenting experts Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson, and David Bredehoft help you to understand:
- How damaging overindulgence can be for children
- When you are overindulging--and how to stop
- Which methods work best to establish firm rules and structure
- How to instill responsibility and independence in your kids
- What to do when family and friends are overindulging your kids
- What grandparents can do to help
Based on new research gathered over the past ten years,
How Much Is Too Much? gives you the insight and advice you need to put your children on track for a happy and successful life.
Review
Hudson Valley News, 2/26/14
Learn when you are overindulging, and how to stop.”
Synopsis
A tenth anniversary edition of How Much Is Enough? completely revised with four entirely distinct chapters and updated throughout, including new tips and advice, for the age of parenting extremes.
Synopsis
Today, overindulgence is rampantand on the rise. Media attention to overindulgence is also increasing as we become more aware of the impact it has on relationships, employment, and society in general. No matter the circumstances, all parents want to give their kids the best of everything. Despite good intentions, the abundance heaped on our kids is often more than they need or can handle. In this tenth anniversary edition (previously published as How Much Is Enough?), parenting experts Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson, and David Bredehoft explain how overindulgence can hurt and offer practical advice and strategies to repair the damage, including how to teach your child the difference between enough” and too much,” how to establish firm rules and structure, how to instill responsibility and independence in your kids, and more.
About the Author
Jean Illsley Clarke, PhD, is an internationally known parent educator whose books include
Self-Esteem and
Growing Up Again. She lives in Minnesota.
Connie Dawson, PhD, is a former counselor educator at Portland State University, an attachment-oriented therapist to adoptive families, a workshop presenter, and coauthor of Growing Up Again. She lives in Washington state.
David Bredehoft, PhD, is the Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has over twenty-seven years of experience as a researcher, marriage and family therapist, and university professor.
www.overindulgence.info