Active Parenting Now AudioBook
for parents of children ages 5 to 12
by Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D.

4-CD AudioBook

Parenting can be easier!
Dr. Michael Popkin, one of the nation's foremost experts on parent education, shows you how to develop happier, more successful children while improving your own satisfaction and feelings of joy in your family. You'll also learn how to use effective discipline and communication skills to help your family run more smoothly. Millions of parents have used his active approach to raise cooperative, responsible children of good character and self-esteem.

This AudioBook will show you:

• How to build courage and character in your child
• Effective, non-violent discipline skills
• Why children misbehave and how to redirect them
• How to deal with the issues of drugs, sexuality, and violence
• Natural and logical consequences
• Problem-solving in families
• How to hold family meetings
• and much more!

"Read in superb cadence by broadcaster Joe Washington, the CD version is much easier for on-the-go parents in need of advice on how to develop their children's strengths while implementing enough discipline to keep them safe and health." -Youth Today June 2004

Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D., founded Active Parenting Publishers in 1983, introducing the first video-based parenting education program. Recently revised, Active Parenting Now has helped millions of parents improve their family relations. Dr. Popkin has written and produced more than a dozen video and discussion programs, including 1,2,3,4 Parents! and Active Parenting of Teens. He has appeared on over 200 TV programs, including CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show, and is the father of two.

Joe Washington is the host of "Ground Breakers," HGTV's prime-time landscaping show. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he's also been honored by the Associated Press and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, and is the host of Active Parenting's video program Active Parenting Now.

"A veteran parenting expert offers an exceptional program on how to seize the initiative when it comes to developing happy and responsible children. Regular family meetings and deftly construed interventions for misbehavior are key suggestions. The program shows how to create a communication structure within the family that clarifies values, spells out expectations, and creates a nurturing crucible for emotional development. With a tone that encourages rather than moralizes, the program holds no illusions about family life these days. It pulls no punches about drugs, sex, and violence. The advice about communication is astute and methodical. The combination of exposition, well-acted vignettes, and authentic author commentary makes the audio move quickly and hold one's attention. "

-T.W. (c) AudioFile, Aug/Sept 2004

Here’s what you’ll be learning:

• Session I:
  - What our kids will need to succeed
  - Styles of parenting
  - Mutual respect
  - "Method of choice"
• Session II:
  - Handling problems
  - Building cooperation
  - Active Communication
• Session III:
  - Teaching responsibility
  - Effective discipline techniques
  - "I" messages
  - Logical consequences

• Session IV:
  - Why children misbehave
  - Sidestepping power struggles
• Session V:
  - Think-Feel-Do cycle
  - Character, courage, self-esteem
  - Stimulating independence
  - Power of encouragement
• Session VI:
  - Parents influencing events
  - Family council meetings

"Active Parenting Now is an excellent and highly commended resource..."

-The Midwest Book Review's "Library Bookwatch,"
March 2004