Why Good Parents Have Bad Kids: How to Make Sure That Your Child Grows Up Right

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Even well-meaning parents can, through lack of awareness, neglect their children's most basic needs. And neglect can take many forms-from overindulgence to lack of communications. E. Kent Hayes has spent a lifetime working to advocate for children and their family. He has gleaned those lessons into this guidebook that explains how to avoid trouble before it starts and how to- . Instill the value of delayed gratification in children who want it now .Create a flexible day-to-day structure .Talk with a noncommunicative teenager .Balance permissiveness and discipline .Help your child deal with negative peer pressure .Handle problems, such as drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and vandalism .Laugh with your child .Build a lifelong loving relationship with your child Why Good Parents Have Bad Kidsisessential reading for every parent, written by a noted child advocate and juvenile criminologist.