Parenting by Temperament: The New Revised Raising CuddleBugs and BraveHearts

This book blends two powerful parenting tools. The first is a rock-solid, well researched parenting system. Responsive parent love is much more than warm feeling, and good discipline is far more than childhood crime and punishment. The authors describe both aspects of good parenting in rich detail. The second tool is the measurement of both parent and child temperament, with an understanding of the many ways in which innate temperament affects parenting outcomes. Here you are aided in tailoring the basic plan to your real child and to you as the real parent. A world of practical advice follows in such areas as how to appreciate the child who is your polar opposite, effective approaches to discipline for the very gentle child and for the slightly-wild child, helping the too-organized child to take time out, and getting the never-organized child to take some baby steps toward a to-do list. This is a book that is grounded in science, but clear and accessible in its wisdom and insight.