Zip Your Lips
Published on 5. August 1999
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-86204-401-2 (ISBN)
Description
Designed as a parent's user-freindly answer to communication with their children, this guide illustrates ways to communicate effectively, to discipline firmly yet positively, and to encourage and empower children.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Illustrations
b&w line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 128 mm
Weight
167 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86204-401-2 (9781862044012)
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Content
Brevity works best; stick to the issue; labels can be limiting; zip your lips; lecture no.537, or how to win attention and influence children; "why?" doesn't work; how to say "no" - and mean it; the "you can do it" approach; when to join the opposition; the 1-2-3 method; saving face; consequences and choices instead of punishment; keep your word; listen and learn; the storytelling technique; helping children talk about difficult subjects; got those old guilty-feeling blues?; the team approach -when parents disagree; when nothing works; praise is powerful; phrases to eliminate from your parenting vocabulary; phrases to incorporate on a daily basis; conclusion.