How to Unspoil Your Child Fast: A Speedy, Complete Guide to Contented Children and Happy Parents

Richard Bromfield

Sourcebooks, Inc., Sep 1, 2010 - Family & Relationships - 256 pages

You don't have to say yes to prove that you love them.

"Describes helpful, pertinent, and loving ways to correct spoiled behavior before it becomes a serious problem."
-ParentWorld

Nearly 95% of parents feel like they are overindulging their children, but feel powerless to stopping themselves.

How to Unspoil Your Child Fast offers a straightforward and practical solution to fixing and preventing the problems of spoiling your children and offers concrete tips, simple strategies, and easy action steps for reversing the effects almost immediately. Feel more confident, competent, and parent more consistently while instilling character and self-reliance in your children today.

What parents are saying:

"Wonderful, trenchant, and desperately needed."

"Short, sweet and to the point for those of us who don't have time to waste."

"Truly sensible and useful."

"Although my daughters like being doted on, they think I parent better...when I utilize many of Dr. Bromfield's suggestions. I highly recommend this book."

"A snappy read, so you can't claim you don't have time. And the method's simple, so you can't pretend you aren't qualified to use it."
-Newsday

Contents

• 1 Admit It: 1
• 2 Commit: 9
• 3 Level the Playing Field: 15
• 4 Stop the Nonsense: 23
• 5 Grab Their Attention: 35
• 6 Shock and Awe Them: 41
• 7 Keep Shocking: 49
• 8 Parent Em Where It Hurts: 55
• 9 Establish End Stops: 65
• 10 Exercise Discipline: 75
• 11 Stop Explaining Yourself: 83
• 12 Take Back the Power: 91
• 13 Overcome Blind Spots: 97
• 14 Hold Your Ground: 107
• 15 Allow for Natural Consequences: 115
• 16 Refuse to Deal: 125
• 17 Buy Less: 133
• 18 Develop Real Winners: 145
• 19 Work Them: 151
• 20 Unspoil in Public: 161
• 21 Unspoil Yourself: 169
• 22 Promote SelfSufficiency: 177
• 23 Make Room for Amends: 187
• 24 Collaborate: 197
• 25 Give and Take Thanks: 205
• 26 Claim Your Rights: 211
• 27 Take a Bow: 217
• An Afterword of Caution: 221
• Also by Richard Bromfield: 223
• About the Author: 225
• Back Cover: 226

About the author

Richard Bromfield, PhD, is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A faculty member of Harvard Medical School, he writes about children, psychotherapy, and family life in both professional and popular periodicals. He is in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Unspoil Your Child Fast: A Speedy, Complete Guide to Contented Children and Happy Parents
• Author: Richard Bromfield
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010
• ISBN: 1402242123, 9781402242120
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / General