1st Edition

Duct Tape Parenting A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible and Resilient Kids

By Vicki Hoefle Copyright 2012
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids-respect, responsibility, and resilience-to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive-yet much more effective-approach: for parents to sit on their... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Section I Before We Get the Duct Tape, Let’s See What Needs Fixing: Note, It’s Not the Kids, Section II Get out the Duct Tape and Take a Leap of Faith, Afterword: Ode to Mom and Dad: The Kids’ Perspective, Resource

Biography

Vicki Hoefle is a professional parent educator, author, parent coach, and national speaker with over twenty years of experience teaching parents, educators, and caregivers how to raise respectful, responsible, and resilient children. Hoefle combines her expertise in Adlerian psychology and as an International Coaching Federation certified coach to bring parents sustainable and proactive parenting strategies that provide time-tested tools for harvesting a happy and peaceful family life. The Straight Talk on Parenting: A No-Nonsense Approach on How to Grow a Grown-Up (Bibliomotion, 2015) is Hoefle's second book; she is also the author of Duct Tape Parenting: A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible and Resilient Children (Bibliomotion, 2012.) Her informative and highly engaging presentation style keeps her in demand as a speaker, facilitator and educator. Hoefle is a mother of six and lives in Middlebury, Vermont. Alex Kajitani was named California Teacher of the Year and a Top-4 Finalist for 2009 National Teacher of the Year.