ParentLeaders: Effective Leadership Principles for Parents

Your child is out of control and you don't know why. You've listened to all the standard tips. You've read more parenting books than you can count. You're frustrated, tired, and at the end of your rope. ParentLeaders takes a fresh approach to childrearing—an effective approach. It works because it's not about parenting per se, but about leadership. Rather than reciting the tired tips and tricks you already know by heart, Jan and Dwight Trabue show you how to: kick-start your own personal growth maintain a winning attitude in the face of adversity motivate your kids maintain an appropriate balance of power … and more We all know that leadership makes a difference in the workplace and the community. Why not learn to harness the power of leadership in your own home? It will be the best investment you can make for yourself … and your children.About the AuthorJan Trabue, MA, is a licensed professional clinical counselor, a certified school counselor, and certified as a teacher for children with special needs. Dwight Trabue, MA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Since the early 1980s, they have been helping children and their parents with the tap dance we all do to make our families work. They are the authors of KidLeaders, and have trained educators, parents, and mental health professionals on a variety of children's behavioral issues. They are currently co-CEOs of the largest child and family therapy outpatient clinic in their region. Their company, FamilyWorks Therapy & Consultation Services LLC, is a clinic with forty mental health professionals and paraprofessionals serving at-risk children over a ten-county area.