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Part I The Essential Toolbox
Tools for Handling Emotions . . . What's All the Fuss about Feelings?
Tools for Engaging Cooperation . . . Feelings Schmeelings, She Has to Brush Her Teeth
Tools for Resolving Conflict . . . Avoiding Combat on the Home Front
Tools for Praise and Appreciation . . . Not All Odes Are Equal
Tools for Kids Who Are Differently Wired . . . Will This Work with My Kid?
The Basics . . . You Can't Talk Your Way Out of These
Part II The Tools In Action
The Battle at the Kitchen Table
Escaping the Intense Gravitational Pull of Your Home
Kids and the Creative Interpretation of Reality
Parents Have Feelings, Too
Snitches and Whistle-Blowers
Medicine, Shots, Blood Draws, and Other Horrors
Kids Who Take Off in the Parking Lot and Other Public Places
Hitting, Pinching, Poking, Punching, Pushing
When the Tools Don't Work.
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Part I Essential Toolbox 1 --
Chapter 1 Tools for Handling Emotions ... What's All the Fuss about Feelings?-When kids don't feel right, they can't behave right 3 --
Chapter 2 Tools for Engaging Cooperation ... Feelings Schmeelings, She Has to Brush Her Teeth-Getting kids to do what they have to do 43 --
Chapter 3 Tools for Resolving Conflict ... Avoiding Combat on the Home Front-Replacing punishment with more peaceful, effective solutions 85 --
Chapter 4 Tools for Praise and Appreciation ... Not All Odes Are Equal-Ways to praise that will help, not hinder 135 --
Chapter 5 Tools for Kids Who Are Differently Wired ... Will This Work with My Kid?-Modifications for kids with autism and sensory issues 163 --
Chapter Five and a Quarter: The Basics ... You Can't Talk Your Way Out of These-Conditions under which the tools won't work 203 --
Part II Tools in Action 213 --
1 Food Fights-The Battle at the Kitchen Table 215 --
2 Morning Madness-Escaping the Intense Gravitational Pull of Your Home 231 --
3 Sibling Rivalry-Give the Baby Back! 241 --
4 Shopping with Children-Mayhem at the Market 257 --
5 Lies-Kids and the Creative Interpretation of Reality 263 --
6 Parents Have Feelings, Too 275 --
7 Tattling-Snitches and Whistle-Blowers 283 --
8 Cleanup-The Dirtiest Word 291 --
9 Doctor's Orders-Medicine, Shots, Blood Draws, and Other Horrors 301 --
10 Shy Kids-Fear of Friendly Folks 313 --
11 Little Runaways-Kids Who Take Off in the Parking Lot and Other Public Places 321 --
12 Hitting, Pinching, Poking, Punching, Pushing-I Barely Touched Him! 331 --
13 Sleep-The Holy Grail 339 --
14 When Parents Get Angryl 357 --
15 Troubleshooting-When the Tools Don't Work 369.