From America's leading experts on parent-child communication, authors of
"How To Talk So Kids Will Listen &; Listen So Kids Will Talk" and
"Siblings Without Rivalry," comes abreakthrough guide telling parents
and techers how to handle one of the burning issues of our day: how to
motivate kids to succeed in school at a time when schools are rife with
violence and many students are openly rebellious.
Teaming up with two award-winning teachers who well know the problems of
our faltering school system, Faber and Mazlish adapt their unique,
time-tested communication strategies to the specific concerns of the
classroom. Once aagin utilizing the dramatically effective "dialogue"
technique (what to say and how and when to say it) that has made their
work famous worldwide, they illustrate how to use this method to help
kids handle the schoolwork and behavioral and peer problems that
interfere with the learning process.