ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids is an award-winning guide to raising confident, healthy, whole human beings from toddler to teen. Groundbreaking in both its scope and methodology, ParentShift is particularly beneficial for parents who are experiencing power struggles with their kids, or stuck in an endless cycle of bribery, rewards, threats and consequences. Child development experts Linda and Ty Hatfield, along with award-winning journalist and author Wendy Thomas Russell have brought us an award-winning book that marries modern research and science with the work of some of the greatest child psychologists of our time. All children — regardless of geography, ethnicity or socio-economic status — are bound together by ten universal truths. These truths account for the vast majority of children's everyday behavior, both positive and negative. ParentShift explains each principle then offers countless practical tools guaranteed to result in stronger parent-child relationships and happier families - not only in the short run, but in the long run. The advice in this extraordinary guidebook applies to children of any age, and is built into a flexible, common-sense approach. ParentShift transforms families by showing parents precisely how to solve short-term challenges, prevent long-term problems and build strong relationships with kids — all at the same time. In this book, readers will learn to: • Respond thoughtfully to outbursts and tantrums. • Set age-appropriate limits and boundaries. • Prepare children to meet life's challenges. • Ensure kids become strong boundary-setters. • Curtail power struggles and sibling rivalry. • Move beyond timeouts, reward charts and other outdated tactics. • Build open, trusting parent-child bonds that keep kids turning to parents, instead of peers, for guidance.
