Raising a Responsible Child: How to Prepare Your Child for Today's Complex World - Paperback

by Don C. Dinkmeyer Sr. (Author), Gary D. McKay (Author), Don Dinkmeyer (Author)

From Simon & Schuster, Raising a Responsible Child describes how to prepare your child for today's complex world.

This updated edition of the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) Program includes added information on current issues such as step-parenting, the new nuclear family, AIDS, and dealing with learning disabilities. It's all in Raising a Responsible Child.

Back Jacket

Bestselling authors and founders of the STEP program Dr. Don Dinkmeyer and Dr. Gary McKay have helped millions of parents raise confident and caring children. Here, they combine new insights and time-honored wisdom to tackle such current - and crucial - issues as stepparenting, the "new" nuclear family, drugs, sex, and AIDS. Raising a Responsible Child will teach you such vital skills as understanding your children's behavior - and misbehavior; building your child's self-esteem through encouragement; using discipline methods that make your child, not you, responsible for behavior; listening to your children and respecting their feelings and opinions; and helping your child develop decision-making skills.

Author Biography

Gary D. McKay, Ph.D. (Tucson, Arizona) is the co-author of twelve books and programs, including Raisin a Responsible Child, a Simon & Schuster book.