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Being. A Better Parent
DESIGN CEN
Author offers guide based on
science of effective parenting.
existing books for parents and found
that many of them were not ground-
ed in the best and most current sci-
aurence Steinberg turned a
ence."
speech into a book, and it's been
Steinberg explains to parents, in
translated into 10 languages.
separate chapters, how what they do
The 10 Basic Principles of Good
matters and why they cannot be too
Parenting (Simon & Schuster
loving. He goes on to explore the
Paperbacks; $12) condenses scientific
effects of being involved in their
research into easy-to-read text.
children's lives, adapting their par-
"At the time I decided to write, I was enting to fit their children, establish-
ing rules and setting limits,
helping to foster independ-
ence, being consistent,
avoiding harsh discipline,
Leading
explaining rules and deci-
One of America's
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Experts Tells Yott
sions and treating each
What You, Need . to Kttoto
child with respect.
"Of all the books I've
written, this book is closest
to what I study on a day-
to-day basis," says
Steinberg, who has partic-
ipated in professional
•
conferences held in
Michigan. "I don't prac-
tice clinically. My work is
divided between teach-
ing, doing research and
doing administrative
work at the university"
When Steinberg does
studies, he works with
children who are not
having psychological
flee
,
difficulties: He is not
and dad, in the %rem
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allowed to track them
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through religion.
"Having been
Truly effective parenting means just not relying
on natural instincts, but also on knowing what
raised in a Jewish
works and why.
household, I think
that a lot of the ways
serving as president of the Society for
in which Jewish parents interact with
Research on Adolescence says
•
their kids is useful in promoting
Steinberg, 53, professor of psycholo-
intellectual development because it is
gy at Temple University in
the kind of give and take and
Philadelphia. "I was preparing for my explanatory style of parenting that
outgoing address and decided to
has been shown to be helpful for
write it on what we knew about par-
kids," says Steinberg, married with a
enting and its effects on youth devel- college-age son.
opment.
"I think, in general, the kind of
"In preparing that, it struck me
teachings in Judaism that influence
that a lot of the" informationwe knew parents' behavior toward their kids
and maybe, in some senses, just took are very consistent with what
for granted was information that
research says about good
parents could really use and didn't
parenting." 0
have access to. I began looking at the
Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News
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