How to Have a Happy Child: Responding to Your Childs Emotional Needs from 4 - 12

Happy children learn better, look forward to new experiences, and are better equipped to navigate life's setbacks. Raising a contented, well-adjusted child in today's high-pressure world isn't easy, but it is possible with common sense...and some good advice. Through practical exercises and instruction on how children interact with their world, parents can help their kids ages 4-12 grow emotionally, intellectually, and socially. The advice helps parents as much as children, providing a deeper understanding of how to most effectively approach such things as reward and punishment, gender differences, managing the needy or detached child, and much more.