Practical Parenting: Successful Strategies for Solving Your Child's Behaviour Problems. - Review - book review

Adolescence, Spring, 2001

STENHOUSE, Glen. Practical Parenting: Successful Strategies for Solving Your Child's Behaviour Problems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. l66pp. $21.95 (p).

All parents encounter problems and challenges in brining up their children. Practical Parenting deals with the most common difficulties and disorders that can cause distress and worry for parents and children. It also offers positive advice on developing self-esteem and personal potential in children, and discusses some core concerns in parenting. Stenhouse's approach is reassuring, and his suggestions are both sensible and easy to implement. Topics covered include: night waking, bedwetting, toilet training, toddler terrorism, aggression, sibling rivalry, hyperactivity, sexual behaviour, specific learning disability, smacking, time-out, television watching, encouraging good communication, effects of parental separation, fostering development, and nurturing self-esteem.