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Sue Dinwiddie of Better World PressMA Human Development |
Articles
- Setting Limits: Steering Down the Rocky Road of Childrearing
Is your child pushing the limits? Are you unsure of how strict or lenient you should be in responding to your child? Rest assured, you are not alone. This very good article first describes several different parenting styles and then provides many useful methods and suggestions to help you if your children are continually trying to test you and the boundaries that you establish.
- Effective Parenting Styles - Why Yesterday's Models Won't Work Today
Have you considered whether your parenting style was better suited to yesterday than to preparing your child for the twenty-first century? This article describes three different parenting styles and explains which one is best for today's changing world.
- Kindergarten Readiness
Is my child ready for kindergarten? What are the readiness factors for kindergarten? Should I send my child with a late summer or fall birthday to kindergarten, or should I wait another year? These are some of the questions puzzling parents as they look ahead to elementary school.
- Discipline Without Disgrace
The most effective method to help children gain a sense of responsibility for their behavior is to engage them in problem-solving. This article describes how parents can better discipline their children by turning the 5 "R's" (resentment, resistance, recalcitrance, rigidity, and revenge) into the 5 A's - agreeable, assisting, amenable, adaptable, and accountable that are characteristic of responsibility.
- I Want It My Way!- Problem-Solving Techniques with Children Two to Eight
It is in the very early years that children develop their coping skills for how they handle conflict: fighting back, running away from the conflict, or problem-solving a win-win solution. For centuries adults handled conflicts with young children by telling them what not to do. Sometimes these words were reinforced with punishments to increase compliance. This was a negative process for both children and adults, often ending in revenge. Fortunately, in this century more positive methods have evolved, culminating in problem-solving. In the adult world this process is called "conflict resolution."
About Sue Dinwiddie
The author is a former Head Teacher Bing Nursery School, Stanford University and an Instructor/Lecturer/ Trainer at Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, Stanford University, Pacific Oaks College, Kaiser Permanente, Community Colleges and is a popular presenter at national, state, local conferences; author of numerous parenting and child development articles. Sue Dinwiddie is an experienced, sensitive teacher of young children and a very effective counselor to parents. In these books, she shares her skills for guiding children's behavior in a systematic fashion.
Jeanne W. Lepper, Director, Bing Nursery School, Lecturer, Dpt. of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California said:
" Your books are a wonderful gift to all of us who are working with children. Receiving them and having a chance to absorb their wisdom, was a high part of this past year for me."
Contact Information
- Sue Dinwiddie
- Better World Press
- 543 Jackson Drive
- Palo Alto, CA 94303
- 415-325-3033 FAX: 415-326-0256
- Email: bwp@daise.com
- Website: Better World Press
