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From toddlers to teens, children are full of questions. While we all want to give the right answers, we don't always know whether to be detailed or discreet, protective or honest.
Drawn from the advice and experiences of dozens of psychological, medical, and educational experts, as well as countless parents, this timely and telling book offers answers to all the questions kids are bound to ask. Learn:
* How to jumpstart a conversation and simplify complicated topics
* How to know the best age to talk about sex, drugs, and other subjects
* Why once isn't always enough-and why some topics need to be revisited
* Whether some questions are best left unanswered
* How to gain a child's confidence and respect
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Where do babies come from? What happens to people when they die? Have you ever used drugs? Why did you get divorced? From toddlers to teens, children are full of questions. How do you answer them? Do you stammer and clam up? Are you truthful? Too truthful? While we all want to give the right answers, we don¿t always know whether to be detailed or discreet, protective or honest. Getting Through to Your Kids is a parent¿s personal advisor, a compendium of words to use when you¿re at loss. Drawn from the advice and experiences of dozens of psychological, medical, and educational experts, as well as countless parents, this timely and telling book offers answers to all the questions kids are bound to ask. You¿ll learn¿ How to jumpstart a conversation and simplify complicated topics How to know the best age for kids to learn about sex, drugs, and other difficult subjects Why once is not always enough¿and why some topics need to be revisited Whether some questions are best left unanswered How to gain a child¿s confidence so you can talk about anything
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Getting Through To Your Kids
Getting Through To Your Kids,Michael Popkin,Robyn Freedman Spizman,Perigee Trade,0399527508,Communication in the family,Decision making in children,Ethics & Morals,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family/Marriage,Moral education,Mores,Parent and child,Parenting - Child Rearing,Parenting - General,Values clarification,Family & Relationships / General
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