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Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?!

How to Successfully Set Limits With Your Child

By Dianne Couris, M.S.T.D.

Are you ever looking for advice on discipline?

Do you wish you had answers when your child challenges you?

             What should a parent do when their young child hits a playmate?  Or throws a tantrum in the grocery store?  Or starts to run into a busy street?  Parents are constantly needing to set limits and discipline their children as they grow, explore and experiment in their environments.  Dianne Couris hosts a radio show, Parent-to-Parent with Dianne Couris, every Wednesday at noon.  She gives parents practical advice on positive discipline and successful communication.  She teaches parents how to set limits using simple discipline techniques.

Effective discipline is an ongoing process.  A parent’s discipline style directly affects the behaviors of their child.  Parents who are loving, firm, consistent, and respectful when setting limits, help their child behave and perform to his full potential and develop self-discipline skills that last a lifetime.

             Setting limits with children is one of the hardest responsibilities of a parent.  Fortunately, help is here with the new book Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?!  A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Changing Your Child’s Behavior by Dianne Couris [Choices & Solutions Publishing, 2004, 196 pages. $19.95].  This book teaches parents how to individualize discipline according to their child’s needs.  It includes an assessment worksheet, a Battle Plan, and an Action Plan.

Every child and every behavior has a specific motivation behind it.  Once a parent determines “WHY” a child is misbehaving, they can appropriately intervene by NOT give a child what he wants when he misbehaves and at the same time teach an alternative positive way to ask for what he wants.  Couris is committed to helping parents and children communicate with respect and without spanking.  Her techniques foster self-discipline, self-confidence, and respect for others. 

               Areas covered in Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?!:

·         Communication

·         Positive reinforcement

·         Mealtime behaviors

·         Bedtime behaviors

·         Punishment

·         Time Out

            Dianne Couris has a Master’s degree in Training and Development, has taught behavior modification and discipline techniques to parents and teachers for the past fifteen years, and has two children of her own.   For more information about the book Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?! visit the companion Web site at www.DianneCouris.com.  The site also includes a variety of useful information and tools for parents, including a forum in which she responds directly to specific questions.  This is an extremely valuable book for families with young children.

Title: Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?! How to Successfully Set Limits With Your Child• Author: Dianne Couris, MSTD • Published by: Choices & Solutions Publishing, 2004 • ISBN: 0-974202967 • Binding: Trade Paperback, 196 Pages • Price: $19.95.