A Full Complement of Child-Raising Resources

DR. JANE NELSEN, AUTHOR OF Positive Discipline for Parents says, "We often act as though we have forgotten that love and joy are the whole point of living and working with children, and find ourselves acting out of fear, judgment, expectations, blame, disappointment and anger. Then we wonder why we feel so miserable." Once the initial bliss of having a newborn child begins to wane, parents discover the hard truth of child rearing-their beautiful baby did not arrive with an instruction manual, and raising him is hard work! As much as you hate to admit it, you may find yourself get- ting angry, frustrated with your child, then feeling a bit guilty.