The Postitive Parent: Raising Healthy, Happy, and Successful Children, Birth-Adolescence

Raising children in the 21st Century is both parenting in the worst of times and parenting in the best of times. The Positive Parent is an essential resource for navigating the challenges and opportunities that today's families face. Dr. Alvy shows parents how to help their children reach their full potential.

With humor and passion, Dr. Alvy provides important skills, helpful resources, and 16 highly practical guidelines. Learn how to:
1. Give Children Warmth, Acceptance, and Respect
2. Enjoy Your Children's Development and Be Alert to Special Needs
3. Use Firm and Fair Leadership
4. Avoid Corporal Punishment and Verbal Aggression
5. Start Early in Preparing Children for School
6. Create a Home Environment That Supports Education
7. Be an Active Partner with Your Child's School
8. Manage Your Child's Obesity and Eating-Related Problems
9. Teach Children about Their Own and Other Cultures
10. Teach Children about Substance Abuse
11. Teach Children about Sexuality
12. Teach Children to Be Financially Successful and Giving
13. Manage Your Children's Exposure and Use of Media and Technology
14. Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
15. Nurture the Relationship in Which You Are Raising Your Children
16. Set a Good Example of Life Long Learning

The Positive Parent includes selections from "The CICC Discovery Tool"–a series of age-specific questionnaires for tracking the development of children birth to 5 years of age.<br<br>"A wonderful resource for all parents. Dr. Alvy does a terrific job of taking complicated research and presenting it in every day language. What a comprehensive,
easy-to-follow book!"
–Jody Kussin, author of Catch Them Being Good

"Kerby Alvy shares his encyclopedic knowledge of parent education in an easy-reading resource. Guaranteed you'll learn 'stuff' that helps your work with parents–a recommended desktop reference."
–Don Dinkmeyer, Jr., Professor of Counseling and Student Affairs, Western Kentucky
University, Co-author, Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) Programs

"Alvy's book provides many practical parenting tips and ideas to help make parents more
confidant and effective in shaping their children's growth and development."
–Karol L. Kumpfer, Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah

"An outstanding resource….It is practical, because it offers solutions to common parenting challenges and special parenting issues. It is informational, because it offers lists of educational resources and programs parents can trust."
–Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, author of the
award-winning book, The Parent's Toolshop

"With meticulous care, insight, and skill the ingredients that are necessary for rearing
children are delineated in all of their variety."
–William S. Epps, Editor of the National Baptist Voice Magazine

"Dr. Alvy does it again. He raises our awareness of parenting in the new century and challenges us to invest in our country's future while focusing