How to Parent So Children Will Learn: Strategies for Raising Happy, Achieving Children

Dr. Rimm provides practical, compassionate, no-nonsense advice for raising happy, secure, and productive children, from preschool to college. Easy-to-follow parent pointers, sample dialogues, and boxed step-by-step examples show parents how to: select appropriate rewards and punishments, decrease arguments and power struggles, encourage appropriate independence without overempowering your children, guide your children toward good study habits, encourage creativity in your children, set limits for children, and much more.