 There is no one in
the world that can
influence the life and future of children
like their parents.
Parents
are the child's first teacher and guidance
counselor. How children are treated, and
the examples that set, educates them about
life.
In The NEW Power
of Positive Parenting by Dr. Kerby T.
Alvy you will find 16 guidelines for
raising healthy, happy and successful
children. Many of these guidelines emerge
from the research on effective parenting and
address the realities and challenges of raising
children in contemporary
times.
Dr. Alvy is a
nationally recognized authority on
parenting and is the author of several other
books, including The NEW Confident
Parenting, The Positive
Parent,
Black
Parenting: Strategies for
Training, and The CICC Discovery
Tool.
Dr. Alvy is the executive director of one of
the world's most productive parenting
organizations, the nonprofit Center for the
Improvement of Child Caring which he founded in
1974.
Each
guideline contains examples of the skills and
practices that are involved in carrying them out
with children, including many of the skills that
are taught in modern parenting programs like
Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.), Confident
Parenting, Systematic Training for Effective
Parenting (STEP), and Effective Black Parenting,
and the Los Ninos Bien Educados Parenting
Program.
These
guidelines work with all children of all races, in
all places. They
can also serve as standards against which parents
can evaluate what they are currently doing in
raising their chidren.
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Parent
Reactions and
Based
on research found in Bringing
Parenting Education into the Earlv Childhood Care
and Education System, parental
reactions to the original Power of
Positive
Parenting (2003) were
extremely positive and indicated that most parents
had changed how they raised their children, or
were planning to change, as a result of what they
learned from the Power of Positive
Parenting.
Other parents indicated that the Power of
Positive Parenting confirmed and reinforced
the skills and strategies they were using,
remarking that it was good to know that what they
were doing was considered to be effective
parenting.
Statistical
testing revealed that, as a result of reading and
using the Power of Positive
Parenting, significantly more parents
indicated that they were engaging or not engaging
in the following behaviors and
activities:
1. Kissing and hugging children more
often,
2. Yelling at them less,
3. Spanking less, if not stopping
spanking altogether,
4. Reminding them more often
about family rules,
5. Praising good behavior more
often,
6. Looking
at and praising their children's art
and
writing more often,
7. Giving instructions in a clear
and firm voice more often,
8. Reading to their children more
often and telling them stories,
9. Getting books or visiting the
library to learn about different cultures,
10. Getting
to know their child care providers and developing
positive relations with them,
11. Talking to their child care
providers about good ways of raising their
children,
12. Learning more about parenting
and child development by reading books,
watching television shows and videos,
13. Taking parenting classes to
become better parents, and,
14. Getting more rest, relaxation
and exercise for themselves.
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Comments
Research
also indicated that parents, teachers and
administrators were uniformly positive about
how concisely and simply the Power of Positive
Parenting was written and how they could make
use of the examples of effective parenting skills
and strategies.
Overall assessments of the Power of Positive
Parenting included such comments
as: "It
gave me perfect guidelines for raising my children
to be healthy and confident."
"It
helped me to realize what I am doing wrong and
what I am doing right."
"It made me realize
that children are a reflection of what they see at
home."
"The
Power of Positive Parenting explains and then has
examples! Easy to read with steps and guides to
each problem."
"Great
ideas! Great book to guide you. Short and
concise."
"Everyone
should have one in their home."
"It's
like a mini Bible for parents."
The vast majority of parents also indicated that
they were sharing the ideas and strategies from
the Power of Positive Parenting with
their spouses or significant others, and with
other family members and
friends.
The parents
who discussed the Power
of Positive Parenting, as part
of the parent meetings and focus groups, seemed
the most enthusiastic and committed to making
changes.
The
vast majority of parents who were interviewed over
the phone after receiving Power of Positive
Parenting months earlier were positive and
appreciative also. Some of those had the
Power of
Positive Parenting long enough to see
that the changes they had made as a result of
reading it were showing positive effects on their
children's behaviors and
feelings.
Click here to order
the loose leaf
binder version of The NEW
Power Positive Parenting at
$14.95.
Click here to order
the e-book
version of The NEW Power
Positive Parenting at
$9.95.
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 The Center for the Improvement
of Child Caring (CICC) was established in 1974 and
has grown to become one of the nation's most
influential and productive nonprofit parenting and
parenting education organizations.
For more information about CICC's many
parenting programs, services and products, go to
www.ciccparenting.org or
call toll-free (800)
325-2422.
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