29 Rules for Smart Parenting: How to Raise Children without Being a Tyrant [Hardcover]

If we could look into the hearts and minds of our children, we would often realize how little contact there is when we are teaching them. Teaching without a relationship is like swimming without water! This means you cannot raise a child if there is no real relationship. Of course, it is all about the kind of relationship which you as the adult establish towards the children. This is not a partnership and our children are not our friends  they are something else and more: They need our adult voice, but also affection and guidance  in a positive, i.e., horizon-broadening, security-giving, and also a boundary-marking way. This book is about the concept of inclusive parenting and teaching. The 29 Rules for Smart Parenting are intended to help the reader to become more effective as parents and teachers.Rolf Arnold, PhD, obtained his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg, worked thereafter in an International Adult Education Centre, obtained his postdoctoral qualification at the Distance University of Hagen, Germany, in 1987, and has been working since 1990 at the Department of Pedagogics (in the fields of Vocational and Adult Education) at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also Scientific Director of the Distance and Independent Studies Center (DISC), and the Speaker of the Virtual Campus Rhineland-Palatinate (VCRP).You want to improve your parenting skills? This book skillfully guides you in thinking about your role as a parent and teacher. It shows how you can build a special parent-child relationship based on a loving responsibility for your childs growth and the development of an individual personality. Dr. Klaus Hurrelmann, professor of Public Health and Education, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

Preface: Parenting requires substance and underpinning
Rule 1: When you feel your child or adolescent is difficult, before reacting out of anger or disappointment, go back to the source of your love!
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