Every Kid’s Guide to Handling Disagreements
Joy Berry
eBook
(Watkins Publishing House, LLC, July 18, 2013)
Age Level: 6-12The Living Skills books are a series of 27 books by award-winning author Joy Berry. Like all of the Joy Berry books, this series stresses individual responsibility. The purpose is to help kids develop into self-sufficient, intelligent, independent thinking young adults. The books in the Joy Berry “classics” have sold over 85 million copies and helped hundreds of thousands of parents and kids over the past twenty years.The way that one works to resolve a disagreement can go a long way in making sure both parties feel the resolution is fair and just. In Every Kid’s Guide to Handling Disagreements, Joy Berry discusses how this can be done without hurting the other party. The information for handling disagreements presented in this book can be a framework for a lifetime of successful conflict resolution. Topics include:• what it means to disagree,• what causes people to disagree,• feelings caused by disagreements,• problems caused by disagreements,• avoiding problems caused by disagreements,• facts about disagreements, and• resolving disagreements.The book features colorful cartoons on every page that both amuse and engage the reader.The 27 books in the Living Skills series are:Being SpecialCoping With Childhood TraumasBeing a CommunicatorResponding to DangerDecision Making and Problem SolvingHandling Family ArgumentsFamily Rules and ResponsibilitiesHandling Fights with Brothers or SistersGood MannersHandling DisagreementsHandling FeelingsUnderstanding Human RightsHandling IllnessIntelligent SpendingThe Juvenile Justice SystemLaws That Relate to School and WorkLaws that Relate to Kids in the CommunityLaws that Relate to Parents and ChildrenMaking FriendsMaking and Managing MoneyUnderstanding NightmaresNutrition and Health CareOvercoming Prejudice and DiscriminationUnderstanding ParentsThinking and LearningUsing Time WiselyWatching TV Intelligently