Answering the 8 Cries of the Spirited Child

Strong Children Need Confident Parents

David Arp, Claudia Arp

• Publisher: Howard Books
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9781439122754
• Print ISBN:
  9781582292847

Besides feeling ready to pull their hair out, parents of spirited children are often convinced that their spirited child would behave better if only Mom or Dad were smarter, wiser or more patient! In their new book on"difficult" children, child development experts Claudia and David Arp remind readers that there's no such thing as a Super Parent. Having a spirited child can make parenting more intense and sometimes overwhelming, but you can begin to recognize the eight most common cries for help and what they really mean: "Look at me!" "Did I do good?" "You're not listening!" "Let me do it my way!" "You can't make me anymore!" "I hate you!" "I can do it myself!" and "I am a big kid already!" The Arps -- with humor, compassion, insights from Scripture, and the latest in research -- show you ways to develop win-win strategies for nurturing your not-so-compliant child. Help just arrived.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CRY #1“Look at Me ”
• CRY #2“Did I do Good
• CRY #3“You’re not Listening ”
• CRY #4“I Want to do it My Way ”
• CRY #5“You can’t Make Me
• CRY #6“I hate You ”
• CRY #7“I don’t Want To ”
• CRY #8“I’m a big kid Already
• CONCLUSION Maintaining your Parental Sanity
• Age level Characteristics
• What kind of parent Are You
• Surviving parent teacher Conferences
• Notes
• About the Authors About the Authors
• About Marriage Alive International Inc
• Other Resources by the Authors