The Omnipotent Child : How to Mold, Strengthen and Perfect the Developing Child - 4th Edition

Praised by reviewers as "the most helpful book on bringing up children you're likely to find," and "an absolute blockbuster of a book," The Omnipotent Child is a realistic and practical guide to remedial parenting, written by a physician with forty years' experience as a child psychiatrist and parenting consultant.Dr. Thomas Millar argues that, for children to grow up to be healthy, happy, capable adults, they need discipline as much as they need love. The Omnipotent Child goes beyond just loving your child to explain how to train your child so that he or she develops the strengths needed to cope with the steadily widening world.This book helps parents teach their children patience and self-control, maturity, and strength of character. It addresses specific behaviors such as lying and stealing, sharing toys and treats, playing fair with friends and siblings, getting dressed in the morning and going to bed at night, and accepting reasonable authority from parents and teachers - keeping children from becoming, or being victimized by, bullies. As children cope with these challenges and build essential life skills, they develop maturity and self-discipline, and they feel a real sense of accomplishment and self-esteem. And is that not what all parents want for their children?Thomas P. Millar practiced child psychiatry in the United States and Canada for over forty years. He graduated from the Universities of British Columbia and Michigan as well as McGill University. He was also a physician, parent, playwright, poet, and novelist. In 1986, his novel Who's Afraid of Sigmund Freud? was nominated for Canada's prestigious national award for literary humor. He also wrote Rearing the Preschool Child, available from Palmer Press, which guides parents through the most successful approaches to child rearing for toddlers. Dr. Millar passed away on July 12, 2002, after a short but intense battle with cancer.