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** 1-2-3 Magic Book - Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 (4th Edition) - Author, Tom Phelan RRP: $31.96 (incl. of GST) Buy now for only: $23.95 (incl. of GST) In stock: 5   FREE 'Getting Started Guide' included with purchase of this product. Written by Parentshop’s resident psychologist Michael Hawton this 8 page ‘Getting started guide’ will help you to put into action the ideas you will find in the books and DVDs you have purchased. There are some key principles to understand and some preliminary exercises you may wish to do. For many of you, your child’s behaviour will begin to improve immediately. That’s good news! And, you’ll feel less stressed doing the most important job in the world – being a parent. This award-winning, best selling book provides easy-to-learn parenting techniques and practical advice for parents of children ages 2-12. The 4th Edition of the extremely popular 1-2-3 Magic book addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight and proven experience. What's new in the Fourth Edition? The Fourth Edition of 1-2-3 Magic has many changes. These changes reflect our own opinions about what should be different, but they also include over three dozen ideas that came from our readers, viewers, listeners and other customers. The changes include 1. A new, more thorough, easier-to-use Index 2. A new Appendix for further reading. In order to keep 1-2-3 Magic simple and easy to learn, we have not elaborated on certain topics. These topics are listed, and further readings for each are suggested, in the new Appendix. 3. New illustrations (over 90% of them). 4. Reorganized parts and new chapters: The old chapter on Stop Behaviour and Start Behaviour has been included in the new chapter, Your Three Parenting Jobs. The Kickoff Conversation and how to get started have been clarified for the each of the three parenting jobs. The Family Meeting is now part of Chapter 22, Solving Problems Together and Chapter 21, When Can You Talk? has been expanded. Chapter 24, Staying on the Wagon, is mostly new and several chapters in Part IV have new names. 5. Tweens (9-12-year olds) and the issue of kids and technology are on everyone’s minds these days. Information relevant to Tweens has been included in Chapters 12 (Handling More Serious Problems in Tweens) and also in Chapter 23 (Kids, Tweens and Tech), which examines our kids’ use of cell phones, computers, texting, social networking and so on. As always, we make specific recommendations for handling these situations, some of which may surprise you! 6. People have often asked what the relationship is between 1-2-3 Magic and emotional intelligence. We feel that the critical skill of frustration tolerance, encouraged by counting (Parenting Job #1), plus the relationship strengthening strategies of Parenting Job #3 (especially sympathetic listening) are a large part of what emotional intelligence is all about. Explanations to this effect are included throughout the book. Our goal for 1-2-3 Magic is to make a dramatic and positive difference in a fairly short period of time in the lives of the parents and other caretakers who use our program, and also in the lives of the children these folks are responsible for. We know you love your kids, but for many reasons it is critically important that you also like and enjoy your children every day. Who's In Charge At Your House? It's not easy being a parent. You want kids who listen and children you can enjoy. You want to raise happy and competent youngsters, but don't have a lot of free time to read discipline and parenting books. You also don't need advice that requires you to be a saint, genius or professional psychologist. The 3rd edition of the extremely popular 1-2-3 Magic program addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight and proven experience. Dr. Phelan simplifies the job of parenting in three straightforward steps: Step 1: Controlling Obnoxious Behaviour: Learn an amazingly simple technique to get the kids to STOP doing what you don't want them to do (whinging, arguing, tantrums, sibling rivalry, etc.). Step 2: Encouraging Good behaviour: Learn several effective methods to get your kids to START doing what you want them to do (cleaning rooms, picking up, going to bed, homework etc.). Step 3: Strengthening Your Relationship: Learn four powerful techniques that reinforce the bond between you and your children. In 1-2-3 Magic you will also learn how to manage the Six Kinds of Testing and Manipulation, how to handle misbehaviour in public and how to avoid the Talk - Persuade - Argue - Yell - Hit Syndrome. You'll also discover how your silence can speak louder than words. Read this book today and you'll be back in charge of your home tomorrow!