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Caring for your children : a practical guide / Martin Herbert.

By: Herbert, Martin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : B. Blackwell, 1985Description: vi, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0631138242 ; 0631144269 .Subject(s): Child development | Children -- Conduct of lifeDDC classification: 649.1
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: What, why and how -- What is problem behaviour? -- Why does problem behaviour occur? -- Learning to be a problem child -- Part II: Social training within the family -- The bonds of love -- The spoiled child -- Knowing right from wrong -- Aggression and bad temper -- Social skills and relationships -- Part III: School and its problems -- She could do better! -- Absent without leave -- 'Hyperactive' children -- Children's fears -- Part IV: Issues that worry parents -- Being a parent -- Fighting and feuding -- How should I discipline my child? -- How can I change my child? -- This hurts me more than it hurts you ... -- Sex and sex education -- All the king's horses and all the king's men ...

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-255) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: What, why and how -- What is problem behaviour? -- Why does problem behaviour occur? -- Learning to be a problem child -- Part II: Social training within the family -- The bonds of love -- The spoiled child -- Knowing right from wrong -- Aggression and bad temper -- Social skills and relationships -- Part III: School and its problems -- She could do better! -- Absent without leave -- 'Hyperactive' children -- Children's fears -- Part IV: Issues that worry parents -- Being a parent -- Fighting and feuding -- How should I discipline my child? -- How can I change my child? -- This hurts me more than it hurts you ... -- Sex and sex education -- All the king's horses and all the king's men ...

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