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  • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children

    Thomas Gordon

    Paperback (Harmony, Oct. 31, 2000)
    UPDATED 2019 EDITION • The pioneering book that’s guided millions of parents to more effectively resolve conflicts, communicate, and create loving relationships with their children—from Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Thomas Gordon P.E.T., or Parent Effectiveness Training, began in 1962 as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and offer step-by-step advice to resolve family conflicts so everybody wins. This beloved classic is the most studied, highly praised, and proven parenting program in the world—and it will work for you. Now revised and updated, this groundbreaking guide will show you: • How to avoid being a permissive parent • How to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to you • How to teach your children to “own” their problems and to solve them • How to apply the “No Lose” method to resolve conflicts Using the timeless methods of P.E.T. will have immediate results: less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, no need for punishment. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you’ll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your child will thrive.
  • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children

    Dr Thomas Gordon

    eBook (Harmony, June 3, 2008)
    P.E.T., or Parent Effectiveness Training, began almost forty years ago as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and offer step-by-step advice to resolving family conflicts so everybody wins. This beloved classic is the most studied, highly praised, and proven parenting program in the world -- and it will work for you. Now revised for the first time since its initial publication, this groundbreaking guide will show you:How to avoid being a permissive parentHow to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to youHow to teach your children to "own" their problems and to solve themHow to use the "No-Lose" method to resolve conflictsUsing the timeless methods of P.E.T. will have immediate results: less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, no need for punishment. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you'll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your child will thrive.From the Trade Paperback edition.
  • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children, 30th Anniversary Revised

    Thomas Gordon, Jamie MacKenzie

    Audio CD (Dreamscape Media, Aug. 28, 2018)
    P.E.T. began over 45 years ago as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and to offer step-by-step advice for resolving family conflict so that everybody wins. This beloved classic is the most studied, highly-praised, and proven parenting program in the world. This groundbreaking book will teach you the following lessons: • How to avoid being a permissive parent • How to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to you • How to teach your children to own their problems and to solve them • How to use the No-Lose method to resolve conflicts Using the timeless methods of P.E.T. will have immediate results: less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, and no need for punishment. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you'll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your children will t
  • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children

    Dr Thomas Gordon, Jamie Mackenzie

    Audio Cassette (Random House Audio, Oct. 31, 2000)
    Read by4 cassettes/ 6 hoursP.E.T., or Parent Effectiveness Training, has been called "the 'no lose' method that has become the national movement" by The New York Times. For the first time since its 1970 publication, Dr. Gordon has revised and updated his classic guide.Designed for toddlers through teens, P.E.T. pioneered active listening, encouraging kids to negotiate win/win solutions and resolve conflicts. This comapssionate guide helps parents teach their children self-discipline and stresses the ineffectiveness of external punishment.Update with contemporary example throughout,and featuring a new introduction, this edition of Parent Effectiveness Training will introduce a whole new generation of parents to the country's most trusted and widely recognized program for raising happy, responsible children in a conflict-free home.
  • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children, 30th Anniversary Revised

    Thomas Gordon, Jamie MacKenzie

    Audio CD (Dreamscape Media, Aug. 28, 2018)
    P.E.T. began over 45 years ago as the first national parent-training program to teach parents how to communicate more effectively with kids and to offer step-by-step advice for resolving family conflict so that everybody wins. This beloved classic is the most studied, highly-praised, and proven parenting program in the world. This groundbreaking book will teach you the following lessons: • How to avoid being a permissive parent • How to listen so kids will talk to you and talk so kids will listen to you • How to teach your children to own their problems and to solve them • How to use the No-Lose method to resolve conflicts Using the timeless methods of P.E.T. will have immediate results: less fighting, fewer tantrums and lies, and no need for punishment. Whether you have a toddler striking out for independence or a teenager who has already started rebelling, you'll find P.E.T. a compassionate, effective way to instill responsibility and create a nurturing family environment in which your children will t