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Introduction
Breaking a Child’s Spirit or Promoting Clear Expectations? Parents As “Friends”
The Leadership Framework
Tell Me What You Are Thinking
Know Your Child’s Temperament
Turning Concept Into Action
The Format and Style of This Book
Chapter One
Intentions
Identifying Your Intentions
Thinking versus Thinking about Thinking
Parenting Intentions
Chapter Two
Actions
Leaders Make Decisions and Direct Behavior:
Turning Intention to Action:
Summing Up
Chapter Three
The Tau of No: When Kids Have No Choice
Cutting Short the Back Talk
Have I Already Given In Too Much?
Turning Intention to Action
Temperamental Variability and The Rule of 1000
Summing Up
Chapter Four
Limit Setting
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The Intentional Parent by Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D.
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