8 Simple Tools For Raising Great Kids by Todd Cartmell

8 Simple Tools For Raising Great Kids by Todd Cartmell

I love my child, but parenting is hard.

Whether you find parenting intuitive or impossible, we could all use a hand here and there. Let child psychologist and father Todd Cartmell walk you through the nuts and bolts of healthy, effective parenting.

Using examples from his home and 20 years of professional practice, Todd gives eight essential and practical tools to help you:

• Maintain a healthy relationship with your child
• Develop a nurturing home culture
• Correct behavior in lasting ways

Designed for busy parents, 8 Simple Tools breaks each tool into five short chapters that include a summary tip and application questions. Use even half of the tools in your parenting, and you'll help your child flourish and your family thrive.

8 Simple Tools is intensely practical, easy to read, heartwarming, and downright funny. You need a proven game plan for raising healthy kids who will grow up into great adults--and this is it!¿--Arlene Pellicane, author of 31 Days to Becoming a Happy Mom and Growing Up Social

Todd Cartmell, Psy.D., practices as a child psychologist in Wheaton, Illinois. He is married with two children and the author of The Parent Survival Guide and Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry. For parenting advice, workshop information, and more, go to www.drtodd.net.