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Rooted in clinical psychology, it reframes behavior as a clue to a child’s internal world and to parents’ triggers and growth areas. The approach emphasizes hope, empowerment, and self-reflection while avoiding commonly promoted tools such as time-outs, sticker charts, rewards, punishments, or ignoring. Readers learn how to shift from blaming or fixing children to understanding needs, strengthening connection, and supporting regulation.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDedication  \nTo my husband, who is the grounding force in my life, and my kids, who have taught me more than I will ever teach them.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCover  \nTitle Page  \nDedication  \nIntroduction  \nPart I: Dr. Becky’s Parenting Principles  \nChapter 1: Good Inside  \nChapter 2: Two Things Are True  \nChapter 3: Know Your Job  \nChapter 4: The Early Years Matter  \nChapter 5: It’s Not Too Late  \nChapter 6: Resilience > Happiness  \nChapter 7: Behavior Is a Window  \nChapter 8: Reduce Shame, Increase Connection  \nChapter 9: Tell the Truth  \nChapter 10: Self-Care  \nPart II: Building Connection and Addressing Behaviors  \nChapter 11: Building Connection Capital  \nChapter 12: Not Listening  \nChapter 13: Emotional Tantrums  \nChapter 14: Aggressive Tantrums (Hitting, Biting,  \nThrowing)  \nChapter 15: Sibling Rivalry  \nChapter 16: Rudeness and Defiance  \nChapter 17: Whining  \nChapter 18: Lying  \nChapter 19: Fears and Anxiety  \nChapter 20: Hesitation and Shyness  \nChapter 21: Frustration Intolerance  \nChapter 22: Food and Eating Habits  \nChapter 23: Consent  \nChapter 24: Tears  \nChapter 25: Building Confidence  \nChapter 26: Perfectionism  \nChapter 27: Separation Anxiety  \nChapter 28: Sleep  \nChapter 29: Kids Who Don’t Like Talking About Feelings (Deeply Feeling Kids)  \nConclusion  \nAcknowledgments  \nIndex  \nAbout the Author QR Code Copyright  \nAbout the Publisher  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIntroduction  \n“Dr. Becky, my five-year-old is in a stage where she’s mean to her sister, rude to us, and melting down at school. We feel totally stuck. Can you help?”  \n“Dr. Becky, why is my potty-trained child suddenly peeing allover the house? We’ve tried using rewards and punishments and nothing is changing. Can you help?”  \n“Dr. Becky, my twelve-year-old never listens to me! It’s infuriating. Can you help?”  \nYes. I can help. We can figure this out.  \nAs a clinical psychologist with a long-standing private practice, I work with parents who seek me out to problem-solve through the tricky situations that leave them feeling frustrated, depleted, and hopeless. Though on the surface the situations are unique—the smart-mouthed five-year-old, the regressing potty-trained toddler, the defiant preteen—the underlying desire is the same: all parents want to do better. I am essentially told and retold: “I know the parent I want to be. I don’t know how to get there. Please help me fill the gap.”  \nDuring our sessions, parents and I start by unpacking a problem behavior together. Behavior is a clue to what a child—and, often, an entire family system—is struggling with. As we investigate behaviors, we get to know  \nthe child better, we learn about what this child needs and what skills they’re missing, we uncover a parent’s triggers and areas for growth, and we move from a place of “What’s wrong with my child and can you fix them?” to“What is my child struggling with and what’s my role in helping them?”And hopefully also,“What’s coming up for ME about this situation?”  \nMy work with parents centers on helping them move from a place of despair and frustration to one of hope, empowerment, and even selfreflection—all without leaning on many of the most commonly promoted parenting strategies. You will not see me recommend time-outs, sticker charts, punishments, rewards, or ignoring as a response to challenging behaviors. What do I recommend? First and foremost, an understanding that behaviors are only the tip of the iceberg, and that below the surface is a child’s entire internal world, just begging to be understood.  \nLet’s Do Something Different  \nWhen I was in my clinical psychology PhD program at Columbia and working in the clinic, I did play therapy with kids. While I loved treating children, I quickly grew frustrated by the limited contact I had with parents, often wishing I was also working with the parents rather than working directly with the child and talking to the parent adjunctively. 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