Your Child’s Unique Temperament: Insights and Strategies for Responsive Parenting
McClowry, S. G. (2003). Your Child’s Unique Temperament: Insights and Strategies for Responsive Parenting. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
Finally, a self-help parenting book that assists parents in appreciating how temperament (personality) influences the development of their school-age children. This book describes the normal variations in behavior that exist among children. Temperament explain a child’s innate strengths and other respective characteristics that are likely to concern parents and other caregivers. Then the book offers responsive, effective strategies that match the child’s unique temperament.
Based on the research and clinical practice of the author, Dr. McClowry, this book aids parents in recognizing their child’s temperament and provides an assortment of strategies that can be applied to manage his or her behavior. These same strategies have proven to be successful for parents who participated in a clinical trial conducted by Dr. McClowry. This book is also intended for clinicians who work with children and their parents.