"Between Parent & Child
Book Club & Discussion Group."

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COURSE DESCRIPTION BETWEEN PARENT & CHILD BY HAIM GINOTT;

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BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD

The Best Selling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication
DR. HAIM G. GINOTT REVISED AND UPDATED BY DR ALICE GINOTT & DR H. WALLACE GODDARD
New York: THREE RIVERS PRESS 2003 edition

8 Sessions. 2 hours each. Please login 15-20 minutes prior to this book club meeting for a meet
& greet and for troubleshooting login problems.

Please note that there is no audiobook or CD available yet for this book Between Parent and
Child thus book club participants will be invited to volunteer to share in the reading a few
paragraphs or pages of the book out-loud. Then the next volunteer may pick up where the last
volunteer left off and so on.

Participants and reading volunteers may share their experiences and feelings or ask questions
about the topic that was discussed in the book.

Session 1. Intro. The Code of Communication: Parent-Child Conversations….....Ch. 1. Pg 1 – 29

Session 2. The Power Of Words: Better Ways to Encourage and Guide…………Ch 2. Pg 30 – 57

Session 3. Self-defeating Patterns: There’s No Right Way to Do a Wrong Thing. Ch.3 Pg 58 - 75

Session 4. Responsibility Transmitting Values
Rather Than Demanding Compliance……………………………………………….Ch. 4 Pg. 76 – 111

Session 5. Discipline: Finding Effective Alternatives to Punishment……………..Ch. 5 Pg 112- 133

Positive Parenting: A Day in a Child’s Life……………………………………….......Ch. 6 Pg. 134- 148

Session 6. Jealousy: The Tragic Tradition……………………………………………Ch. 7 Pg 149 – 163

Some Sources Of Anxiety in Children
Providing Emotional Safety…………………………………………………………….Ch. 8 Pg 164- 174

Session 7. Sex & Human Values:
Sensitive Handling of an Important Subject………………………………...............Ch. 9 Pg 175 – 191

Session 8. Summing Up: Lessons Learned to Guide Your Parenting…………… Ch. 10 Pg 192 – 204
Epilogue,
Appendix A: How Children Can Be Helped
Appendix B: How Child Psychotherapists
Deal with Their Own Children
Appendix C: Additional Resources……………………………………………………........Pg. 205- 224

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