Ongoing Parenting...

Just when you thought you had gotten through to your child or children on the rules and consequences of breaking them, they seem to challenge you again. It is always a surprise, especially when they get older and are supposed to understand the concept of cause and effect. But, the stages of development are many and beyond my relatively limited parenting expertise. But, as they say, parenting is a life-long role. It never stops. So, what do we do? We talk to friends with children and learn about their experiences and what they have tried. We read books (I am a big fan of books and have a wide collection of these!), we watch tv shows (sometimes helpful, sometimes not - Everytime I watch Super Nanny I think I have the most well-behaved children ever!) and we attend classes. I am including a few of these below, but it is only a partial list as we know. Good luck and never stop learning about how you can be the best parent ever!

Books:

Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman - http://www.booksreadall.com/books-Have-a-New-Kid-by-Friday-How-to-Change-Your-Child-s-Attitude-Behavior-Character-in-5-Days.html

I Break for Meltdowns by Michelle Nicholasen - http://www.amazon.com/Brake-Meltdowns-Exasperating-Behavior-5-year-old/dp/0738211672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233503690&sr=1-1

Setting Limits with your Strong-willed Child by Dr. Robert MacKenzie - http://www.amazon.com/Setting-Limits-Your-Strong-Willed-Child/dp/0761521364/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233503651&sr=8-1

These books (and more on the subject) are available at Amazon.com.

Classes:

Parenting for Peace is a class taught in the East Bay which is supposed to be very effective. They have workshops, seminars and individual counseling. http://www.peaceparenting.org/

Putting Kids First online classes - http://puttingkidsfirst.org/parentingclassinformation.html

Positive Parenting in Ojai has a newsletter and book store that could prove helpful. http://puttingkidsfirst.org/parentingclassinformation.html

Life Matters - a good site for online classes, videos and other resources. Worth perusing. http://www.lifematters.com/parentn.asp

Online Articles:

Kidsource.com has quite a few articles to check out - http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/parenting.general.html