Description
Back To Top

Inspiring and insightful, 365 Ways to Raise Great Kids will help you accomplish what all parents want: to raise bright, caring, honest, respectful and creative children. In this important book, you will find a concrete, activity-based guide for nurturing and building life skills in your children that will enrich them and your entire family. Illustrated by children.

About the Author

Dedicated mother of four, prolific author, founder of community youth and mentoring programs and nationally recognized speaker on successful parenting, Sheila Ellison is the consummate mother of the millennium. Her advice has been helping more than 400,000 parents creatively feed, play with and raise their children. Ellison created and coauthored the 365 series of parenting books, including 365 Days of Creative Play and 365 Foods Kids Love to Eat. Barbara Ann Barnett is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay area, and is the mother of an adult son. It is her great hope that this book will contribute to the psychological health of families around the world, with special benefits to the children.

Hide

Table of Contents
Back To Top

Part One: About Yourself
Self-Esteem
Self-Motivation
Resourcefulness
Separate Time
Imagination

Part Two: Express Yourself
Feelings
Communication
Touch

Part Three: About Others
Caring
Friendship
Respect
Cooperation
Open to Change
Manners
Community Building

Part Four: Building Character
Courage
Truthing
Patience
Tolerance
Helpfulness
Responsibility
Discipline
Forgiveness

Part Five: Challenges
Times of Trouble
About Death

Part Six: Family Matters
Family History
Mom
Dad
Parent to Parent
Siblings
Older to Younger
Family Meetings

Part Seven: Having Fun Together
Fun & Games
Humor
Traditions