Rules of Parenting, The: A Personal Code for Bringing Up Happy, Confident Children, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (December 12, 2022) © 2023

  • Richard Templar
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A personal code for bringing up happy, confident children

Some parents make it look easy. They always seem to know the right things to do and say, however tricky the situation. They have a seemingly instinctive ability to raise happy, confident, and well-balanced children.

Is there something these parents know that the rest of don't? Is it something we could all learn? The answer is a resounding yes. They know the Rules of parenting.

The Rules of Parenting are the golden principles that will guide you smoothly through the everyday challenges of raising children. In this new edition, Richard Templar has added 10 new Rules to help you bring your whole family - across all the generations - even closer together.

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Table of contents

  • 1 Relax
  • 2 No one is perfect
  • 3 Be content
  • 4 Know what you're good at
  • 5 Almost any rule can be broken occasionally
  • 6 Don't try to do everything  
  • 7 You don't have to follow every piece of advice you get (including this one)  
  • 8 It's normal to want to escape
  • 9 You're allowed to hide from your kids
  • 10 Parents are people too
  • 11 Don't ignore your relationship with your partner
  • 12 Love is not enough
  • 13 Every recipe needs different ingredients
  • 14 Anything extreme is almost certainly wrong
  • 15 Look pleased to see them
  • 16 Treat your child with respect
  • 17 Enjoy their company
  • 18 It's not about you - it's about them
  • 19 Being tidy isn't as important as you think
  • 20 Good parenting is calculated risk taking
  • 21 Keep your worries to yourself
  • 22 See things from their point of view
  • 23 Parenting is not a competitive sport
  • 24 Never emotionally blackmail them
  • 25 Let them get on with it
  • 26 Let them go (wild)
  • 27 Teach them to think for themselves
  • 28 Use praise wisely
  • 29 Make sure they know what's important
  • 30 Show them how to lose
  • 31 Know the value of boundaries
  • 32 Bribery doesn't have to be bad
  • 33 Moods are catching
  • 34 You're setting their eating patterns for life
  • 35 Communicate
  • 36 Set clear targets
  • 37 Don't be a nag
  • 38 Present a united front
  • 39 Carrots beat sticks
  • 40 Be consistent
  • 41 Lighten up
  • 42 Focus on the problem, not the person
  • 43 Don't paint yourself into a corner
  • 44 If you lose your temper, you're the loser
  • 45 Apologise if you get it wrong
  • 46 Let them back in
  • 47 The right of expression
  • 48 Find what incentives work for your child
  • 49 Every child should have something they know they're good at
  • 50 Learn to appreciate the qualities that remind you of someone else
  • 51 Look for the similarities between you
  • 52 Find qualities to admire in them
  • 53 Let them be better than you
  • 54 Their attitude is as important as their achievements
  • 55 Keep your fears and insecurities to yourself
  • 56 Mind your programming
  • 57 Don't try to have a perfect child
  • 58 Give them each other
  • 59 Recognize that squabbling is healthy (within reason)
  • 60 Teach them to sort out their own arguments
  • 61 Work as a team
  • 62 Let them entertain each other
  • 63 Never compare children with each other
  • 64 Different children need different rules
  • 65 Don't have a favourite
  • 66 Mix and match
  • 67 Find each child's strengths
  • 68 Schooling isn't the same as education
  • 69 School comes as a package
  • 70 Fight your child's corner
  • 71 Bullying is always serious
  • 72 Teach them to stand up for themselves
  • 73 Put up with friends of theirs you don't like
  • 74 Remember you're their parent, not their teacher
  • 75 Don't mollycoddle them  
  • 76 Let up the pressure
  • 77 They have to live with their choices (and it's OK)
  • 78 Don't panic
  • 79 Remember Newton's Third Law
  • 80 Give them a voice
  • 81 Don't look under the mattress
  • 82 Running round after them doesn't help anybody
  • 83 Don't stand in front of a speeding train
  • 84 Yelling isn't the answer
  • 85 Let them have the last word
  • 86 Everything comes with strings
  • 87 Show some respect for the things they care about
  • 88 Adopt a healthy attitude to sex
  • 89 Don't use your kids as ammunition
  • 90 Let them cope in their own way
  • 91 Being younger doesn't necessarily speed everything up
  • 92 The aftershock can last forever
  • 93 Tell them what's going on
  • 94 Teach them to fail successfully
  • 95 It's better to agree than to be right
  • 96 All of your actions speak louder than any of your words
  • 97 Make sure they know they're priority no. 1
  • 98 You can't fix everything
  • 99 Back off
  • 100 Wait until they ask for advice
  • 101 Treat them as adults
  • 102 Don't try to be their best friend
  • 103 Encourage them regardless
  • 104 You can't choose who your children love
  • 105 Leave the strings off
  • 106 Don't guilt-trip them
  • 107 Remember they still need you
  • 108 It's not your fault
  • 109 Once a parent, always a parent

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