"Team-Spirited Parenting is a practical, positive guide. The Hopsons offer concrete advice to help parents work together to raise healthy, happy children. This is valuable reading for every parent."-Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Discover the Power of Team Spirit and Share the Success that Comes When You:
* Know that the past does not control you
* Accept your child's other parent for the person he/she is
* Learn to communicate your feelings openly
* Know when and how to reach out for help
* Become clear, firm, and consistent in directing your child's behavior
* Love each of your children as individuals
* Get to know your children's friends
* Open your life to joy each day
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DARLENE POWELL HOPSON, Ph.D., and DEREK S. HOPSON, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologists who head the Hopson Center for Psychological and Educational Services in Connecticut, are the authors of five books, including the bestselling Different and Wonderful and Friends, Lovers, and Soul Mates. They have been consultants to Disney Online and Mattel Toys and are on the Advisory Board of Child magazine.
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Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Make Peace with the Past: The First Principle.
Make Peace with Your Partner: The Second Principle.
Communicate Compassionately: The Third Principle.
Reach Out to Your Village: The Fourth Principle.
Direct Your Child's Behavior: The Fifth Principle.
Nurture the Sibling Bond: The Sixth Principle.
Acknowledge Peer Pressure: The Seventh Principle.
Allow Time for Spirituality and Joy: The Eighth Principle.
Index.