Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads
What happens to Queen Bees and Wannabes when they grow up? Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peer pressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act like theyare back in seventh grade. In Queen Bee Moms a Kingpin Dads, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficult situations involving teachers and other parents with grace. Reassuring, funny, and unfailingly honest, Wiseman reveals: ac Why PTA meetings and Back-to-School nights tap into parentsa deepest insecurities ac How to recognize the archetypal moms and dadsafrom Caveman Dad to Hovercraft Mom ac How and when to step in and step out of your childas conflicts with other children, parents, teachers, or coaches ac How to interpret the code phrases other parents use to avoid (or provoke) confrontation ac Why too many well-meaning dads sit on the sidelines, and how vital it is that they step up to the plate ac What to do and say when the playing field becomes an arena for people to bully and dominate other kids and adults ac How to have respectful yet honest conversations with other parents about sex and drugs when your values are in conflict ac How the way you handle parties, risky behavior, and academic performance affects your child ac How unspoken assumptions about race, religion, and other hot-button subjects sabotage parentsa ability to work together Queen Bee Moms a Kingpin Dads is filled with the kind of true stories that made Wisemanas New York Times bestselling book Queen Bees a Wannabes impossible to put down. There are tales of hardworking parents with whom any of us can identify, along with tales of outrageously bad parentsathe kind we all have to reckon with. For instance, what do you do when parents donate a large sum of money to a school and their child is promptly transferred into the honors programawhile your son with better grades doesnat make the cut? What about the mother who helps her daughter compose poison-pen e-mails to yours? And what do you say to the parent-coach who screams at your child when the team is losing? Wiseman offers practical advice on avoiding the most common parenting aland minesa and useful scripts to help you navigate difficult but necessary conversations. Queen Bee Moms a Kingpin Dads is essential reading for parents today. It offers us the tools to become wiser, more relaxed parentsaand the inspiration to speak out, act according to our values, show humility, and set the kind of example that will make a real difference in our childrenas lives. Also available as a Random House AudioBook and as an eBookCoping with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Rule--or Ruin --Your Childa#39;s Life Rosalind Wiseman, Elizabeth Rapoport ... Some parents are so uncomfortable talking about their childrena#39;s achievements that theya#39;ll only discuss them with their closest friends. ... writing their kidsa#39; college admissions essays, papier-mching their dioramas, and aeditinga their kidsa#39; English papers ( andanbsp;...
| Title | : | Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads |
| Author | : | Rosalind Wiseman, Elizabeth Rapoport |
| Publisher | : | Harmony - 2006-03-07 |
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