Table of Contents

Contents
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

About the Author

Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D., an educational psychologist and family therapist, provides family counseling and parent/teacher workshops for the Elk Grove School District in California. He also leads workshops nationwide on his Setting Limits program.

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