Dr. Maslin in Child Magazine
Child Magazine will feature an article on avoiding tantrums in their December issue that features Dr. Maslin's advice.
Award Nomination
Picking Your Battles has been nominated as a finalist for an award given by the MS Society - Books for a Better Life. The winner will be announced in February.PICKING YOUR BATTLES:
The complete parenting guide to raising well-behaved
kids without raising your blood pressure.
Learn how to prevent unnecessary battles as well as how to peacefully resolve conflict when it does arise — both the everyday hassles and headaches of family life as well as the battles that responsible parents must wage to keep kids safe and sound.
Discover how to easily and effectively:
- Become an expert at “kidology”: acquire a practical knowledge of your child’s development that can instantly eliminate untold skirmishes at every age.
- Break the hold of powerful but hidden no-win discipline patterns and replace them with effective discipline strategies.
- Develop a clear-eyed parenting philosophy as well as thoughtful family policies that establish a sturdy and secure home, the bedrock for raising good, low-maintenance kids.
- Learn rules of engagement: how to set limits and boundaries and then wisely decide which are worth going to the mat for using the straightforward but remarkably effective “D” scale.
- Help your children develop self-discipline and a conscience so that they can naturally take over responsibility for their own good behavior as they mature.
- Find the positive power of parental anger: Learn to express anger effectively so that it actually makes a difference in your child’s behavior — for the better.
- Implement no-nonsense discipline; replace ineffective punishment with the powerful and fair system of consequences and cost.
- Adopt winning and creative tactics for surviving the headaches and hassles of everyday life with your kids from sibling skirmishes to bedtime brawls, from mealtime meltdowns to whining wars and much, much more....
- Prevent the serious and frightening battles that every parent dreads and get help handling them effectively and safely if they ever do arise. Become a take-charge parent using the wisdom, strength, and clarity found in Picking Your Battles to keep your children safe and sound.
It is possible to keep a smile on your face as you navigate the enormous challenges of raising lovable and well-behaved kids. Picking Your Battles will show you how.