TABLE OF CONTENTS Tips and Tools for Getting Thru to Kids 25 Great Ways to Communicate with Children and Teenagers By Phillip Mountrose Table of Contents   Excerpt from Book   What People are Saying   Ordering

PART 1: HELPING YOURSELF, HELPING KIDS

CHAPTER ONE
Taking Communication to the Next Level

CHAPTER TWO
Finding the Balance

CHAPTER THREE
Mapping Your Course

PART 2: GETTING TO THE BASICS

CHAPTER FOUR
Building Trust

CHAPTER FIVE
Breaking the Ice

CHAPTER SIX
Learning to Listen

CHAPTER SEVEN
Exploring Feelings

CHAPTER EIGHT
Handling Anger

CHAPTER NINE
Setting Good Boundaries

PART 3: MAKING GROWTH CHOICES

CHAPTER TEN
Encouraging Kids to Answer

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Learning From Our Mistakes

CHAPTER TWELVE
Helping Kids with Remorse

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Developing Honesty

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Understanding Courage and Risk-Taking

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Determining the Right Consequences

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Being Consistent

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Dealing with Complaining

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Getting Results

EPILOGUE
Increasing Awareness

Table of Tools

TOOL 1: Affirmations For Growth

TOOL 2: Developing an Attitude of Gratitude

TOOL 3: Establishing Trust

TOOL 4: Jump Starting the Discussion Checklist

TOOL 5: Phrasing For Validation

TOOL 6: Phrasing For Empathy

TOOL 7: Beginning the Feeling Exploration

TOOL 8: Defusing Anger

TOOL 9: Using “I Statements” to Express Anger

TOOL 10: Defining Boundaries

TOOL 11: Turn Telling Into Asking

TOOL 12: Phrases and Tips to Avoid Lecturing

TOOL 13: Learning From Your Mistakes

TOOL 14: Affirmations For Healthy Remorse

TOOL 15: Acting as an Honorable Person

TOOL 16: Honesty and Its Benefits

TOOL 17: Catch Children Being Honest

TOOL 18: Exploring Courage

TOOL 19: Courage to Play the Fool

TOOL 20: Effective Consequences Checklist

TOOL 21: Finding the Lesson and Alternatives

TOOL 22: Asked and Answered

TOOL 23: Developing Consistency

TOOL 24: The “I Know” Technique

TOOL 25: Improving Your Results