Perfect Parenting will give you the tools you need to feel confident as you raise your children. This handy reference book may become an indispensable part of your family s life. -- from the foreword by William Sears MD Perfect parenting is parenting with a plan. It is based on: action not reaction thoughtfulness not anger knowledge not chance common sense not nonsense This book is a practical dictionary of ideas. It is meant to inspire you to find the right answers for the many discipline and behavior issues you face every day. It presents you with many options and methods that can help you be thoughtful in your approach to raising your children. What you ll find here in a handy A-Z format are practical commonsense solutions that will make your life easier. You ll learn what to do about back talk dawdling interrupting stubbornness whining. You ll find ways to get your kids to do the chores stop ignoring you and clean up their own messes. You ll even learn what to do about other people s children! Elizabeth Pantley designed a questionnaire addressing discipline problems and sent it to hundreds of parents. Their answers shaped this book to make it the most useful practical book on discipline available today. Elizabeth Pantley is a frequent lecturer to parenting groups around the country. She is the author of one previous book Kid Cooperation. Her informative newsletter Parent Tips is distributed through schools nationwide. She lives with her husband and their three children in Washington State where she serves on an education advisory council and is the school PTA president.