Product Description

'A wonderful resource full of effective ways to minimize the stresses of parenthood and raise happy, unspoiled children' - Jack Canfield, coauthor, "Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul". 'Nancy Samalin's wonderfully wise book belies the notion that children don't come with an instruction manual. This is it! Her practical advice on setting loving limits takes parents well beyond discipline and provides lasting lessons in raising caring, confident kids' - Ann Pleshette Murphy, Parenting Correspondent, ABC's "Good Morning America," and "Mother Know How" columnist for "Family Circle". 'Wonderful advice with specific ideas to help in those frustrating parenting moments. Read it from cover to cover or flip through to find help with your problem-du-jour. Either way, these warmly shared words of wisdom will enrich your life as well as your parenting skills' - Vicki Lansky, author, "Feed Me I'm Yours", "Games Babies Play", and "Practical Parenting Tips".No parent wants to raise a spoiled kid. We want to raise children who are caring, compassionate, honest, and responsible. In "Loving Without Spoiling", bestselling author Nancy Samalin gives you effective ways to set loving limits without spoiling or overindulging your child, including: power struggles: tame the tantrums, stop the whining, set rules that stick; the communication gap: stop repeating yourself, keep it simple, connect with your kids; sibling rivalry: nix the tattling, get out of the fairness trap, minimize the fighting; and, everyday clashes: win the bedtime wars, avoid homework battles, diminish dawdling, cure the "gimmes".Nancy Samalin, M.S., is the bestselling author of Loving Your Child Is Not Enough, Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma, and Loving Each One Best. She is the founder and director of Parent Guidance Workshops in New York City and has appeared on many national TV shows, including "Today," "Good Morning America," "20/20," "Dateline NBC," "CBS This Morning," and CNN. Catherine Whitney is a professional writer who has collaborated on numerous award-winning and bestselling nonfiction books. She lives in South Nyack, New York.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #856121 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From the Back Cover

"A wonderful resource full of effective ways to minimize the stresses of parenthood and raise happy, unspoiled children."--Jack Canfield, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul

"Nancy Samalin's wonderfully wise book belies the notion that children don't come with an instruction manual. This is it! Her practical advice on setting loving limits takes parents well beyond discipline and provides lasting lessons in raising caring, confident kids."

--Ann Pleshette Murphy, Parenting Correspondent, ABC's "Good Morning America," and "Mother Know How" columnist for Family Circle

"Wonderful advice with specific ideas to help in those frustrating parenting moments. Read it from cover to cover or flip through to find help with your problem-du-jour. Either way, these warmly shared words of wisdom will enrich your life as well as your parenting skills."

--Vicki Lansky, author, Feed Me I'm Yours, Games Babies Play, and Practical Parenting Tips

No parent wants to raise a spoiled kid. We want to raise children who are caring, compassionate, honest, and responsible. In Loving Without Spoiling, bestselling author Nancy Samalin gives you effective ways to set loving limits without spoiling or overindulging your child, including:

• Power struggles: tame the tantrums, stop the whining, set rules that stick
• The communication gap: stop repeating yourself, keep it simple, connect with your kids
• Sibling rivalry: nix the tattling, get out of the fairness trap, minimize the fighting
• Everyday clashes: win the bedtime wars, avoid homework battles, diminish dawdling, cure the "gimmes"

Nancy Samalin, M.S., is the bestselling author of Loving Your Child Is Not Enough, Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma, and Loving Each One Best. She is the founder and director of Parent Guidance Workshops in New York City and has appeared on many national TV shows, including "Today," "Good Morning America," "20/20," "Dateline NBC," "CBS This Morning," and CNN.

Catherine Whitney is a professional writer who has collaborated on numerous award-winning and bestselling nonfiction books. She lives in South Nyack, New York.

About the Author

Nancy Samalin is the bestselling author of Loving Your Child Is Not Enough, Love and Anger, and Loving Each One Best. She is the founder and director of Parent Guidance Workshops. Samalin was a contributing editor to Parents magazine and is a regular guest on "Good Morning America," "Today," "20/20," and "Dateline NBC."

Catherine Whitney has cowritten numerous award-winning and bestselling nonfiction books.

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Customer Reviews

Oodles of Quick Read Tips That Really Work!
I am a fan of Nancy Samalin's positive discipline techniques that are based on Dr. Hiam Ginott's philosophy of teaching kids right from wrong. I love this book because it covers so many issues and so many tips and techniques to try with children of all ages-- tots through teens. I don't have the time nor the desire to read an entire book cover to cover that only addresses one subject. I just want the "how to's" in a nutshell. This book is arranged so that I may easily consult it--even in the heat of the moment, when I 'm at a loss of what to do instead of my knee-jerk automatic reactions of yelling, threatening, criticizing and nagging that simply aren't working anyway. I find that I get more cooperation from my kids (including my husband) when I am able to first change my approach. I realize that it is often HOW I say "it" that will determine whether I get the compliance I'm after. I would also like to highly recommend a wonderful pocketsized paperback based on the very same philosophy. So, if you have preschoolers like me, "The Pocket Parent" is written exclusively for parents and teachers of 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's and is formatted alphabetically by behavior ( such as bad words, biting, gimmes, hitting, lying, whining, etc.) These two books offer many, many options about how communication can change for the better, still enforcing the necessary limits, while responding with understanding and empathy for the child's feelings. This approach includes many sensible, humane ways to solve problems that often require quite a bit of practice. I feel like I'm a much better parent when I am able to use this philosophy.