Complex Kids, Simple Solutions: How to raise resilient, confident, likeable kids

Grounded in science and written by three child behavioral specialists, Complex Kids, Simple Solutions is your comprehensive guide to raising cooperative, resilient and likeable kids.Parenting is one of the most challenging yet rewarding jobs — and it’s one we are never prepared for. Yet everywhere we turn there is information (and misinformation) about how best to raise our children.Complex Kids, Simple Solutions offers a research-based antidote to help you get to grips with effective parenting approaches. Penned by two child psychologists and a behavioral analyst, the book weaves together theories and principles from the fields of developmental, cognitive and clinical psychology. It offers proven parenting approaches, used by the authors over decades of working with children and families, and based on three essential fundamentals: Prepare. Teach. Motivate.The book explains how these concepts apply to almost any situation, from the mundane to the meltdown. Once you understand and master them, you will be able to tackle just about anything with confidence, precision and consistency. Covering everything from the morning rush to helping your child handle big emotions, from minimizing screens to the proactive power of spending quality time with your child, Complex Kids, Simple Solutions is a reader-friendly, sometimes humorous manual that gives you practical solutions to parenting problems.  Read more