Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World : A Handbook of Strategies, Examples, and Suggestions for Educators and Parents

Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World: A Guide for Parents and Educators is a practical resource of tips that parents and educators can use to help kids acquire, practice and/or correct behaviors that are needed to become responsible and successful adults. Most examples are presented from a parent-child perspective, although by altering a few words or phrases, often demonstrated, educators can achieve excellent results in their classrooms or with individual students. It is a guide that parents and educators can use to assist their children or students develop and refine skills most need to be successful at school and in life. It offers a broad range of strategies that emphasize:

• -how to teach and model the values and attitudes of success
• -how to talk effectively so kids will listen
• -how to anticipate possible consequences before acting
• -how to equip children and teenagers with skills they can use if they feel anxious, overwhelmed, bullied or faced with difficult challenges
• -what to do when kids ‘push buttons’ and test limits