From a child development specialist comes a unique guide to parenting children aged two to six, featuring practical advice on how to handle the "hard stuff" - from sibling rivalry and the food wars to questions about death, sex, and "Whyyyy?". "Just Tell Me What to Say" gives parents sensible language and explanations for handling specific situations inevitable in raising young children.Parents are often perplexed by their children's typical behaviours and endless questions. In this book, down-to-earth advice is delivered with humour and derived from her expertise as a child development specialist and parent educator who has worked with hundreds of children and families. Through her 'Tips and Scripts,' she offers parents tools and confidence to deal with: How do I make my child listen? discipline do's and don'ts; How did the baby get in your tummy? learning about the birds and the bees; Why is my goldfish floating in the toilet? learning about death; Is the fire coming to our house? and, talking about natural disasters, terrorism, and war.

About the Author

Betsy Brown Braun is a child development specialist, parent educator, and multiple birth parenting consultant. With a masters degree in Human Development and teaching credentials she has more than 30 years of experience in early childhood and elementary education, and as a parenting educator. She has taught in both public and private schools and has been a school director.

Reviews

"Betsy Brown Braun is a master teacher and one of the wisest parenting experts I have ever known."----Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., author of Children of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life