The only discipline book you'll ever need to raise good kids

That's what Jack Canfield, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul says about this book Don't Give Me That Attitude! 24 Rude, Selfish, Insensitive Things Kids Do and How To Stop Them by Michele Borba.

Parenting is one of the most exciting and challenging aspects of life. I have always enjoyed the opportunity to groom a future generation, especially during these times of intense change in the way we do things. So far I have taken care of children in from age 6 up to 16 as part of my social service life. I noticed how every child no matter at what age or upbringing are naturally attuned to listening to directions and advice if we give them sincere attention. I have not been a parent yet, its something I am going to become soon, so I thought I get prepared for times to come. Parenting and guiding kids as a teacher I believe is the same, except that teachers usually have a more objective approach to the matter. Parents have to contend with their personal expectations of their children and their hopes and fears of what might yet to come. That’s why parenting guides can come in handy, because they provide objective understanding of challenging situations and solutions that are equally objective that we might find insightful and even very helpful.

The books starts out with categorising various attitude problems that children may have such as–The Little Princess, Poor Little Me, The Drama Queen and so forth. After explaining a host of attitude problems it goes on to identify possible causes and also solutions that don’t work and parts that are often omitted such as “not cultivating a replacement attitude.” After that it tackles the bull by its horns, and gets down to the Twenty-Four Attitude Makeovers.

The solutions are very well thought out and provides step by step actions that can be implemented and monitored. They are not one-liners, or one-paragrapher generic advice.Each solution runs about 15 pages, there is so much here, that is not only helpful for parenting but also to introspect of on our own personal issues. Here are the 24 attitudes problems with solutions: Arrogant, Bad-Mannered, Bad-Tempered, Cheats, Cruel, Demanding, Domineering, Fresh, Greedy, Impatient, Insensitive, Irresponsible, Jealous, Judgmental, Lazy, Manipulative, Narrow-Minded, Noncompliant, Pessimistic, Poor Loser, Selfish, Uncooperative, Ungrateful, Unhelpful.