The Thai Adlerian Parent's Handbook: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting-STEP

About the Book

This is not only a manual for parents, but also an excellent choice for parents, guardians, caretakers, teachers and the like to bring up children or a person to be healthy-happy, confident, cooperative, responsible, who is loved and able to give love.

The original handbook was used by over 5 millions parents for more than 20 years. It’s been well updated, reasearched and compiled from parents comments, shared experiences and documents. The difference from tons of parenting books is its uniquely at the sound theoretical basis and make it well accepted as one of the most practical parenting manuals. This handbook presents an easy-to-read guide with encouragement and confidence to meet those challenges of parenting skills.

The manual was translated and initiated by well-educated and experienced Thai professionals who underwent direct training to use the manual by one of the original author’s team. It has been implemented in Thailand and has been tested for a few years before it was revised and refined as this one. The Thai version was granted to add one chapter for cultural appropriate content, i.e. on the Quaility of Parents: Loving Kindness, etc. Duties of Good Parents and Children, including duties of wife and husband. The illustrations are also drew by Thais.

Main chapter topics include: Understanding Yourself and Your Child, Understanding Beliefs and Feelings; Changing Your Response to Your Child; Communicating Respect and Encouragement While Listening and Talking; Encouraging Cooperation and Solving Problems; Using Consequences to Build Responsibility and Discipline; Deciding What to Do and Choosing Your Approach.

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