If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!  THE PARENT’S TOOLSHOP: The Universal Blueprint for Building a Healthy Family     Table of Contents     Acknowledgments Introducing Your Toolshop Tour Guide Chapter 1: Touring The Parent’s Toolshop (Another Parenting Book? • What The Parent’s Toolshop Does    •   Suggestions for Use)   STEP A: PREVENTION TOOLBOX   Chapter 2: Foundation-Building Toolset Establishing a Common Language • What Are Our Parenting Goals? Parenting Styles: Over-controlling Under-controlling Balanced Parenting... (Read More ...)

  THIS CHAPTER IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REFORMATTED FOR WEB TRANSLATION. THE TEXT IN THE GRAPHICS MAY BE MISSING OR EMBEDDED ENGLISH UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS FINISHED.  PLEASE REFER TO THE PDF FOR GRAPHIC TEXT UNTIL THIS MESSAGE IS DELETED. You have my permission to reprint this content for your personal use only. If you want to reprint or distribute this to others, please complete & submit a reprint request form. Thank you!– Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, The Parent’s Toolshop, © 2000.   [PDF]   FRONT MATTER   i   PARENTING PROFESSIONALS ENDORSE THE PARENT’S TOOLSHOP This... (Read More ...)

  xi       xii    INTRODUCING YOUR TOOLSHOP TOUR GUIDE Welcome to The Parent’s Toolshop. I’m Jody, your Parent’s Toolshop “Tour Guide.” This book is part of who I am and it reflects my personal and professional life. I want to share a bit about myself so you understand my perspective and why I believe so passionately in what I teach.   My Childhood Experiences with Parent Education I’ve been involved in parent education since I was eight, when my parents took a parenting class. I was old enough to remember what my parents were like before the class and to recognize the... (Read More ...)

  THIS CHAPTER IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REFORMATTED FOR WEB TRANSLATION. THE TEXT IN THE GRAPHICS MAY BE MISSING OR EMBEDDED ENGLISH UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS FINISHED.  PLEASE REFER TO THE PDF FOR GRAPHIC TEXT UNTIL THIS MESSAGE IS DELETED. You have my permission to reprint this content for your personal use only. If you want to reprint or distribute this to others, please complete & submit a reprint request form. Thank you!– Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, The Parent’s Toolshop, © 2000.   [PDF]   Chapter 1: Touring the Parent’s Toolshop                        ... (Read More ...)

  Chapter 1: Touring the Parent’s Toolshop                                                          13   SUGGESTIONS FOR USE Before we begin our full tour of The Parent’s Toolshop, a few suggestions will help you know what to expect and what not to expect from your tour. These tips will help you get the maximum benefit from your tour and remember all you learn. 1.  The first time you read the book, read each chapter in order. Each chapter builds on information and skills from earlier chapters and follows the Universal Blueprint step by step. You need... (Read More ...)