Book on Parenting

Supernanny
How to Get the Best from Your Children
by Jo Frost

If for nothing else, I love that the Supernanny televsision show helps
to show that there are almost always alternatives for specific parenting
problems when what you are doing isn't working.

Are you too permissive? Or too authoritarian and strict? Is your house a
zoo because you have no control over your kids? Do your kids want to
stay up all night? The Supernanny can help you get things under control.

However, if you don't want your family and all of your problems on TV
for everyone to see, the Supernanny book is a good alternative to being
on the show.

In addition to outlining her basic techniques, the first few chapters
offer some great general tips, such as:

* have realistic expectations about what your kids can understand
* let little things go and just 'focus on the big stuff'
* instead of offering a lot of choices, simply 'offer a toddler a choice
between two acceptable alternatives'
* understand that rules and boundaries are important because the child
who gets everything he wants whenever he wants is unlikely to be happy

The Supernanny also teaches you how to talk to your child and how to use
avoidance strategies, the involvement technique, and the naughty step
technique (similar to time-out) to discipline your child.

The Troubleshooting chapters will be the most useful for most parents.
Each section, whether dealing with dressing, toilet training, eating,
social skills, or bedtime, has plenty of examples and a discussion of
what to do and ends with her 'top ten rules' and how they apply to each
topic.

These 'rules' are the key to the book and include a lot of basic
discipline techniques that are discussed in most other parenting books.
For example, she talks about being consistent, having a routine, using
warnings, and restraint (don't lose control and shout at your kids).

Unlike many other books, the Supernanny writes in an easy to read style
and book is well formated, with lots of pictures, to help parents get
through it quickly.

Most parents will find Supernanny a great read and offers 'commonsense
ways of dealing with the type of ordinary challenges and problems that
most parents of children under five face most days of the week.

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