Beyond Time-out: From Chaos to Calm (Hardback)

TV's Supernanny regularly captures kids wildly, unbelievably out of control. How did our families get to such a state? Child psychologist Dr. Beth Grosshans has the answer and mothers and fathers everywhere are listening. In what is sure to become a much-discussed blockbuster, Dr. Grosshans reveals why she believes nearly half-century of parenting advice - with its emphasis on talking, exalting children's self-esteem and time-outs - is largely to blame for today's lack of discipline. Her innovative ideas and techniques challenge this prevailing culture, proving that power and authority are as essential as love and good intentions to effective parenting. She persuasively explains why children can only grow up healthy and strong when firmly led by their parents' experience and better judgment and provides a clear, easy five step program to follow. She enables parents to look at themselves clearly and identify their child-rearing style.