Empower your family If you want your children to grow up capable, confident and resilient, this book is for you.
You will enjoy reading stories and examples to illustrate why family meetings, family dinner and family chores will nurture your family and your child's self-esteem. Parents of children from ages 2-to-22-years-old will gain many parenting strategies to use for decades.
This positive parenting approach replaces yelling, bribery, threats and punishment and reward with the Triple E -- encouragement-empowerment-expectation, and uses natural and logical consequences.
This simple system can be easily learned. It is guaranteed to turn down the conflict at your house and turn up the cooperation. Children with special needs and ADD and ADHD will also benefit from the structure. Doing a few regular chores will sweep away entitlement and teach self-discipline.
Traditional families, blended families, single-parent families can all use the techniques in "Raising Able."
"If you're sick of cooking and cleaning while your children play video games, Raising Able will get them to turn off their screens and do dishes, mow the lawn, and take out the recycling." Dr. Jane Nelsen Co-author of the Positive Discipline series
“Susan's positive parenting plan with family meetings and chores takes the burden off my doing everything around the house. Her strategies have helped more than experts in ivory towers." Sarah Watson Doolittle, mother of five, Ayer, Mass.
“Family chores remind us that we belong and that our contributions matter. By being of service to something greater than ourselves, we can find a path to our very soul. Raising Able shows families how to nourish our families, homes and souls.” Catherine Dolan-Haas, MA, ABS Psychotherapist and parenting instructor
“Susan’s positive parenting plan reminded me to take better care of myself and my marriage. I climbed out my funk, and our family is stronger. She taught me to set kind and firm limits with the children. Susan’s down-to-earth advice makes my days easier. I have more energy to welcome our third child into the world.” Bernadett Campbell, mother of three, Stoneham, Mass.