Dr. Dan’s Prescriptions: 1001 Behavioral Hints for Solving Parenting Problems

Ever-increasing permissiveness in our society has established a chaotic and bewildering time for parents. More and more children and teenagers have “gone wrong,” searching for an authority figure among peers when parents have vacillated or avoided the unpleasantness of confrontation.

Dr. Dan Kiley is a practicing psychologist who believes that love and responsibility go hand in hand, that mere talk – however well-intended – can only go so far in nurturing the development of responsibility in children. As children grow, they explore their strengths, testing the known boundaries of authority. If these boundaries are too flexible, the growth pattern can be dangerous, even tragic, and the too-permissive parent will have been an unwilling accessory.

Dr. Dan believes parents must establish ground rules, rules based on mutual respect. Abiding by the rules should be acknowledged as a sign of maturity, and rewards should be given; violation of the rules means a reprimand or disciplinary action.

Focusing on cure and prevention, Dr Dan’s Prescriptions is a back-to-basics guide to effective parenting, combining “loving toughness” and parental instinct to help your kids learn the self-control necessary for family survival, success, and sanity.