Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Difficult

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Difficult Parents in Your Child's Life

What happens to Queen Bees and Wannabes when they grow up?

Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peer pressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act like theyâ€™re back in seventh grade. In Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficult situations involving teachers and other parents with grace. Reassuring, funny, and unfailingly honest, Wiseman reveals:

â€¢ Why PTA meetings and Back-to-School nights tap into parentsâ€™ deepest insecurities

â€¢ How to recognize the archetypal moms and dadsâ€”from Caveman Dad to Hovercraft Mom

â€¢ How and when to step in and step out of your childâ€™s conflicts with other children, parents, teachers, or coaches

â€¢ How to interpret the code phrases other parents use to avoid (or provoke) confrontation

â€¢ Why too many well-meaning dads sit on the sidelines, and how vital it is that they step up to the plate

â€¢ What to do and say when the playing field becomes an arena for people to bully and dominate other kids and adults

â€¢ How to have respectful yet honest conversations with other parents about sex and drugs when your values are in conflict

â€¢ How the way you handle parties, risky behavior, and academic performance affects your child

â€¢ How unspoken assumptions about race, religion, and other hot-button subjects sabotage parentsâ€™ ability to work together

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads is filled with the kind of true stories that made Wisemanâ€™s New York Times bestselling book Queen Bees & Wannabes impossible to put down. There are tales of hardworking parents with whom any of us can identify, along with tales of outrageously bad parentsâ€”the kind we all have to reckon with. For instance, what do you do when parents donate a large sum of money to a school and their child is promptly transferred into the honors programâ€“while your son with better grades doesnâ€™t make the cut? What about the mother who helps her daughter compose poison-pen e-mails to yours? And what do you say to the parent-coach who screams at your child when the team is losing? Wiseman offers practical advice on avoiding the most common parenting â€œland minesâ€ and useful scripts to help you navigate difficult but necessary conversations.

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads is essential reading for parents today. It offers us the tools to become wiser, more relaxed parentsâ€“and the inspiration to speak out, act according to our values, show humility, and set the kind of example that will make a real difference in our childrenâ€™s lives.

Also available as a Random House AudioBook and as an eBook
Country USA
Brand Harmony Books
Manufacturer Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400083015
Color White
ReleaseDate 2007-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400083015

Country	USA
Brand	Harmony Books
Manufacturer	Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781400083015
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2007-01-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400083015

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads: Dealing with the Difficult Parents in Your Child's Life

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