Backtalk: Four Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids by Audrey Ricker

Backtalk: Four Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids by Audrey Ricker

"So what? All the other kids get to do it!"
Few behavioral problems challenge and frustrate parents, caregivers, and teachers as does verbal rudeness in children of any age. Reinforced by the wise-cracking kids on TV and in the movies, backtalk has become all too common among today's youngsters. But there is nothing cute about this behavior. Remarks like "Yeah, right," "Big deal," and "Make me" -- form children as young as three -- get in the way of real communication between parents and kids, and can also be detrimental to a child's social and intellectual development.
Now two experts in the field share their simple and specific four-step program for ending backtalk and restoring balance in relationships between parents and children, from preschoolers to teens. You'll learn how to recognize backtalk, how to choose and enact a response that will make sense to you and the backtalker, and when to disengage from the struggle and move forward. Full of advice and encouragement as well as suggestions on how to keep track of what works and what doesn't, Backtalk can be put to use immediately, before you hear another "Whatever."

Ricker, Audrey: - Audrey Ricker, PhD, is a mother and a teacher who has worked with children of all ages, including high school and college students.

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ISBN 13	9780684841243
ISBN 10	068484124X
Title	Backtalk: Four Steps to Ending Rude Behavior in Your Kids
Author	Audrey Ricker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
Year published	1998-03-01
Number of pages	178
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