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With this practical guide parents can end daily power struggles with their preschoolers toddlers and infants and create more time for the family to spend on things that matter by encouraging early childhood independence skills Wersquove all heard the news about helicopter parents and boomerang childrenmdashbut how can parents safeguard against these trends when our childrenrsquos lives are increasingly scheduled and competitive Pediatrician Dr Alanna Levine offers a commonsense parenting approach that avoids divisive strategies and helps parents find a balanced ground between overindulgence and strict control Raising a Self-Reliant Child focuses on teachable moments where parents can instill independence such as sleep time toilet training mealtime and playtime With Dr Levinersquos practical strategies and techniques young children learn to take responsibility for their daily routines babies learn to sleep through the night toddlers learn to nap without their parents stretched out alongside and school-age children learn to dress themselves and make breakfast with little parental intervention Overprotection and micromanagement keep young children from the self-development that comes naturally from learning and doing on onersquos own And children who donrsquot learn independence skills at an appropriate age grow into adults who expect others to fix challenges and conflicts for them Dr Levine helps you break the cycle of daily power struggles so that you and your family will have more time to focus on the things that really matter.
About the Author
Dr. Alanna Levine is a practicing pediatrician and a national spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization comprised of 60,000 pediatricians. She is in private practice with Orangetown Pediatric Associates and is on staff at Nyack Hospital and Englewood Hospital & Medical Center. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
