The Frazzled Family

Finally,here is the manual that was supposed to come with your baby! A book for parents with CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. The Frazzled Family: Parenting Made Easy has been written especially for today s busy parents- parents who face today s problems, parents who are overwhelmed by stress. This book is based on the premise that stress has invaded our lives big time and has changed most families dynamics. Now parents walk around in clouds of stress, which makes them irritable, impatient and cross. They mirror or reflect to their children their own behavior. If they are intense, their children will be intense. But if they are calm, their children will be calm as well. The author, Roberta Roth, CSW, believes that we all fall into behavioral patterns that we repeat. These patterns become deeply ingrained and cause us to instinctively react without thought. Stress and the harried lives we lead cause many of these automatic responses to become negative. They are born of our irritability, impatience and exhaustion, and can be harmful and destructive to both our families and ourselves. These patterns are based on her Thermometer theory. Parents must learn to lower their own thermometers first so they can implement well thought out strategies. In clear, plain, nontechnical language, it tells parents exactly how to use techniques that have consistently worked for hundreds of the author s counseling patients. This book is not just about ideas; it s about resolving real problems. It begins by teaching readers how to manage their stress first and then discusses how they can organize themselves and their children to make their lives easier. It also instructs them on how to set boundaries, establish acceptable morning behavior, have stress-free homework, manage sibling rivalry and much, much more.