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Temperament and Values

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One of your children is easy-going. The other one's a challenge every single minute of the day. But temperament isn't good or bad—it's just the way we are.

These books help you understand and manage your children's temperaments and instill important values in them.

Temperament

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The Way I Act

Ideal for teaching kids the vocabulary and concepts for “compassion,” “friendliness,” and “responsible,” this picture book is also full of zany characters who demonstrate and describe “curious,” “brave” and “imaginative” with behavior every child can identify with. More . . .

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Temperament Tools

Children are different from the day they're born—and they stay different no matter how they’re parented. A valuable guide to the inborn traits of young children. More . . .

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Living with the Active Alert Child

Does your child have more energy, more creativity, and more intensity than anyone you’ve ever known? Realistic advice on managing the bright, active, sensitive child. More . . .

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Understanding Temperament

How understanding the temperament of your family members can turn conflict into cooperation. More . . .

Values

The Decision Is Yours Series

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What do you want your kids to do when they're confronted with bullies? Or liquor? Or cheating? These five books introduce problems all too common for schoolchildren today.

Oriented to 7–11-year-olds, these stories provide an opportunity for parents to discuss values as well as strategies for handling issues such as peer pressure. More . . .

 Bully on the Bus
 Finders, Keepers?
 Under Whose Influence?
 First Day Blues
 Making the Grade

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Using Your Values

A guide to how temperament, learning styles, and developmental stages all impact how children learn—and demonstrate—values. More . . .

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Last updated October 19, 2010