Parenting Difficult Child

Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out? In an era when most parenting books focus on the child, this book supports parents in dealing more positively with themselves, as well as their toddler-to-school-age children, offering specific tools to stop policing and pleading with kids and start being the parents we want to be. Based on Dr. Bailey's more than 25 years of work with children, this book explains that how we discipline ourselves is ultimately how we discipline our children.

Christina Mars' comprehensive guide, "Parenting Teens: 7 Steps to Escape Communication Breakdown and Cultivate a Calm, Loving, Productive Relationship with Your Teenager," might just be the lifeline you need. Mars offers a multifaceted approach to the challenges of parenting adolescents.

Transforming the Difficult Child brings to life a new way of shifting intense children to a solid life of success. The Nurtured Heart Approach puts a refreshing spin on both parenting and teaching, and reveals new techniques and strategies that create thoroughly positive behaviors.

Instant Help for Parents of Adult Children 400+ copies bought this month Stop Raising Adult-Children: Break the Cycle of Blame and Take Your Life Back If you feel trapped supporting an adult child who won’t launch, paying their bills, absorbing their anger, and sacrificing your own peace, you’re not failing as a parent. You’re caught in a cultural pattern no one warned you about, and there is a way out that doesn’t require abandoning your child or yourself. Today’s parents are raising legal adults who still expect to be treated like children, while blaming their parents for every ...

Most parents misguidedly prioritize behavior. The why and how to instill character. Behavior modification does not guarantee good character qualities. Character influences decisions. It’s evidenced in our speech, actions, and attitudes. It’s about who we are and what we do. The world competes for the hearts of our kids—and we see its negative impact in their pride, laziness, and entitlement. As Christians, however, we want to see the character of Jesus Christ in our children.

Do you feel like every conversation with your son turns into a power struggle? Are you exhausted from arguing, correcting, threatening consequences, and seeing the same behavior repeat anyway? Raising a strong-willed boy can leave even the most committed father feeling frustrated, drained, and unsure of what to try next. The intensity. The defiance. The emotional explosions. It can feel like you’re losing ground in your own home and damaging the father-son relationship you’re trying to protect. But what if your son’s strongest traits, his independence, drive, and fire, aren’t ...

You love your mother, but she drives you crazy. She controls, criticizes, and butts into your life constantly. Then when you try and set boundaries, the pushback and resulting guilt are so bad you tell yourself...it's just not worth it. Is your mother narcissistic, borderline, or just plain difficult? Are you empathetic, sensitive, and kind? If so, chances are you have fallen into one or all of the hidden psychological traps that constitute the Good Daughter Syndrome.

The book highlights the importance of setting realistic boundaries and consistency, showing how to involve your child in setting these limits to promote ownership and cooperation. Positive discipline techniques, such as natural consequences and reward systems, are explored in depth to help you guide your child's behavior constructively. The key to the approach is empathy. You'll learn how to see the world through your child's eyes, validate their feelings, and build an emotional vocabulary that helps them express their complex emotions. Effective communication strategies, such as active ...

The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful. You can emotionally separate without guilt: Inspired by her own journey, Anderson's Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters shows women how to emotionally separate from their mothers without guilt and anxiety so they can finally create a life based on their own values, desires, needs, and preferences.

Why Boys Don’t Listen to Their Mothers reveals eye-opening principles and techniques designed to train adults on the best ways to manage, guide, and treat boys with behavioral problems. It does not disappoint as the content is filled with step-by-step instructions, stories, examples, and scenarios to help you get the results you’ve been searching for.

Understand your childhood, reclaim your power and create a future free from the patterns of the past. Break free from the patterns of emotionally immature parenting. If you’ve ever felt unseen, like you weren’t good enough, or that your struggles don’t quite fit into books about childhood...

Are you exhausted from constant tantrums, defiance, or full-on meltdowns—wondering if anything will ever work? You're not alone. Many parents are silently drowning in guilt, confusion, and fear that they’ve somehow failed their child. Especially when traditional discipline methods backfire, and advice from professionals only leads to more frustration—or worse, pushes you toward medication as a first resort. This book offers a way out. A real one. Discipline Systems That Work for Out-of-Control Kids is a no-nonsense, deeply practical guide for parents, guardians, and caregivers who are...

A simple, fail-proof road map for parents raising even the most challenging children—including those with ADHD, autism, sensory processing challenges, or big emotions—from the founder of the life-changing Calm the Chaos methodology and the popular parenting blog Lemon Lime Adventures...

Breaking the Cycle: Practical Crisis Management Skills for Parents and Caregivers by Samuel Alden Do behavioral crises, emotional meltdowns, and escalating conflicts leave you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or unsure what to do next? Many parents and caregivers struggle to manage challenging behaviors without constant power struggles, emotional burnout, or repeated cycles of crisis. When emotions run high, it can feel impossible to stay calm and regain control of the situation. In Breaking the Cycle: Practical Crisis Management Skills for Parents and Caregivers, Samuel Alden provides clear...

The Different Drum: A Guide For Adults Who Love Children With ADHD They can remember every detail of their favorite video game but not where they put their shoes five minutes ago. They hyperfocus for hours on what fascinates them but cannot sit through ten minutes of homework. They feel everything intensely, love fiercely, and struggle daily in a world not designed for how their brains work. If you are raising, teaching, or caring for a child with ADHD, you know the confusion, the frustration, and the heartbreak of watching them struggle while not fully understanding why. This book is ...

OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER POSITIVE PARENTING A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Strategies to Help Their Child Develop Better Have you ever wondered how a child could tip you over the edge with effortless ease? Maybe you’ve had an encounter with a kid who bit deep into the sinus of your emotions with blank indifference and apathy? You’re not alone—and there’s a way to turn things around. In the real sense, even the best-behaved children can be uncooperative and hostile at times. This may arise because of their desire to get or reject something....

Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys’ specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons’ inner world. But today, things have changed. It’s girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and...

Nobody warned you that some children are harder to raise. You love your child. That is not in question. But love alone has not made this easier. The meltdowns still come. The defiance still pushes. The sleepless nights still stack up. And somewhere between the public moments and the private confessions you have never said out loud, you have quietly wondered if something is wrong with you. It is not. Raising the Child Who Challenges Everything is a book for the parent who has tried every approach, read every article, and still feels like they are barely keeping up. Drawing on real ...

You hung up the phone and sat there for a second. Nothing dramatic happened. No blowup, no obvious wound. Just that familiar hollowness you've carried since childhood and never quite found a word for. This book is the word. It isn't about monster parents or nightmare childhoods. It's about something far more common and far more confusing — the parent who loved you and still couldn't see you. Who sacrificed and controlled in the same breath. Who made it exhausting to be known by them, and sent you into adulthood fluent in everyone else's emotions but a stranger to your own. Emotionally ...

Do you know what it takes to raise well a highly sensitive child? Are you confident that you can help your child reach their maximum potential, while also keeping them healthy and happy? If you are not quite sure about how to do so, then this book is the right choice for you. Highly sensitive children are often misunderstood not just by their peers, but also by their families, teachers, and caretakers.