How to Be a Happier Parent, Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute by Dell'Antonia, K.J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction | This Could Be Fun Interlude | Ten Mantras for Happier Parents One | Mornings Are the Worst

What Goes Wrong (besides Everything) in the Morning The Single Biggest Thing We Can Change About Mornings Sell Your Kids on More Sleep Get More Sleep Yourself Changing My Morning Story Making Mornings Better

Two | Chores: More Fun if Someone Else Does Them, and Your Child Should

What Goes Wrong When Should Chores Start for Kids? But What About All That Homework? So How Do We Make Chores Happen? Settle in for the Long Haul (or, What Happened at Our House)

Three | Siblings: They Can Bring the Fun, and They Can Take It Away

What Goes Wrong Managing the Conflict, and Making It Better The Conflicts When Things Get Physical Pure Deviltry What to Say When It’s Time to Extract Yourself Increasing the Joy

Four | Sports and Activities: Fun for Everyone, Except When They’re Not

What Goes Wrong, or How the Fun Was Lost Making It Better Protect Your Sanity Protect Your Child’s Sense of Self What if Your Child Wants to Quit? Accept the Gift of Failure Don’t Be That Parent Respect That They’re Not You Protect Your Family Values Keep Sports and Activities in Their Place Embrace It (and Make Your Own Fun) Find Your Own Thing

Five | Homework: More Fun When It’s Not Yours

What Goes Wrong How to Get Happier, Homework and All Our Attitude Toward Homework How Your Kid Does the Homework How Your Kid Does Homework Now Isn’t Necessarily How She’LL Do It Forever The Homework Itself What Is This Homework, Really? What Is This Homework For? Who to Talk To, and What to Say Who Should Do the Talking? Finally: Sometimes You Will Do Things You Said You Would Not, and That’s Okay

Six | Screens Are Fun, Limiting Them Is Not

What Goes Wrong Happier Tech for Grown-Ups Kids and Teens and Screens: Limits That Leave Room to Grow Setting Limits for Happier Screen Time Tech Limits for Young Children Setting a Family Media Policy for Preteens and Teens

Seven | Discipline: This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You

What Goes Wrong Making It Better: Bring Your Best Self Connect, Teach, Enforce, Repeat Maybe You Don’t Have to Do Anything Little Kids, Little Problems. Big Kids . . . Rules for Parents

Eight | Food, Fun, and Family Time

What Goes Wrong The Right Attitude for Change Planning and Preparing Shopping Getting Food on the Table At the Table Cooking for Kids Who Won’t Eat Keeping It Simple When Things Get Complicated Pass on Your Family Food Values—and Your Respect for Others Make the Choices That Make You Happy

Nine | Free Time, Vacations, Holidays, Birthdays, and Other On-Demand “fun”

What Goes Wrong How Can We Put the Fun Back in Family Time? Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Families on the Move Holiday Travels and Travails Do Birthdays Better Savor the Calm and the Crazy

The End of the Book, Not the Journey Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography About the Author