Parenting For Dummies - Softcover

Your Essential Parenting Reference for the next millennium!

This book is for You if you have kids, would like to have kids, know someone who has kids, live next door to someone who has kids, or were, at one time or another, a kid. You know that being a parent is a tough, yet rewarding job with long hours, no salary or benefits, and no instruction manual. Everywhere you turn there's some dull book on parenting techniques written by someone who may not even have kids! The help you need is here in Parenting For DummiesŪ, written by parents for parents! Get the inside scoop on parenting basics for dealing with everyday issues like discipline, potty training, finding good day care, dealing with bathtime, bedtime, and more.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

• Use the friendly advice for dealing with kids from newborns to pre-teens
• Find helpful hints that only an experienced parent can offer
• Discover answers to the most common parenting questions
• Uncover tips for dealing with cranky babies, dining out, and squabbling siblings
• Create guidelines for co-parenting (the two-party system)
• Communicate effectively with your children
• Uncover suggestions for household rules and other parenting dos and don'ts