Raising Secure, Contented Children: Going Back to the Basics

Lisa Daiker is a German-trained early childhood educator who for many years has been employed internationally as a daycare
worker, nanny, and au pair. Through study, close contact and observation of children, it became evident to her that some seriously important parenting practices were being neglected or simply forgotten—practices that not long ago were the accepted
wisdom in raising children. The result, she says, is a generation of adults, many bewildered and insecure in their role as parents, and a generation of children, whose normal, healthy development has been put at risk.

In Raising Secure, Contented Children, the author explores the importance of parents
• developing a close and lasting relationship with their children.
• working as a team in raising their children.
• serving as role models.
• acquiring the necessary parenting skills.
• setting limits and sticking to them.
• effectively dealing with bad behaviour, e.g., temper tantrums.
• properly disciplining their children.
• teaching morals and manners.
• developing in their children a sense of responsibility and respect for themselves and others.
• providing a firm foundation for their children upon which they can build happy, productive lives.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Role of the Parents
Chapter 2: Parenting Styles
Chapter 3: Child-Raising Goals
Chapter 4: Teaching Your Children
Chapter 5: Culture
Chapter 6: Morals and Manners
Chapter 7: Sex and Gender
Chapter 8: Dealing with Day-to-Day
Problems in Raising Children
Conclusion
References
Recommended Reading
About the Author