Happy Families

A Parents' Guide to the Non-Violent Resistance Approach

Carmelite Avraham-Krehwinkel and David Aldridge

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May 2010, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 96pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-084-5, BIC 2: VFX JMF

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Parenting a severely disruptive child can be exhausting and demoralizing to the point where breaking the cycle of bad behaviour seems an impossible task. Happy Families offers a realistic, step-by-step, practical approach to tackling destructive behaviour that helps parents regain control and establish harmony within the family.

Using hands-on techniques based on the principles of non-violent resistance, each chapter deals with a different stage of the process - from communicating to the child an unwavering determination that the situation will change and enlisting the support of family and friends, to taking positive action in a way that avoids escalation. General advice such as how to respond constructively and consistently to provocation is included throughout, and morale-boosting tips encourage flagging parents to persevere with the approach.

Happy Families will empower despairing parents and caregivers who seek to contain, counter and positively re-direct the aggression they face from children in distress, resulting in deep-felt and lasting change.

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Author information

• Carmelite Avraham-Krehwinkel
• David Aldridge

Subject areas

• Parenting
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• adolescence,
• anger management,
• anxiety,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• challenging behaviour,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• communication,
• counselling,
• domestic abuse,
• emotions,
• families,
• parenting,
• relationships,
• resilience,
• self esteem,
• social skills,
• social work,
• teenagers,
• trauma,
• violence,
• youthwork