The Manual Your Children Should Have Come With…
P.R. Contact Monique Muhlenkamp

Parenting and education expert Diana Loomans is out to help today’s harried parents connect with and lovingly raise their children in an increasingly hectic world. In her new book, What All Children Want Their Parents to Know: 12 Keys to Raising a Happy Child (New World Library, May 2005, ISBN 1-932073-13-2, $14.95) Loomans, along with daughter and co-author, Julia Godoy, turn to children themselves for keys to successful and positive child rearing.

Starting with the idea that a well-balanced adult has much more attention, energy, and love to share than an adult who is stressed, overworked, or overextended, Loomans maintains, “The image of using an oxygen mask on an airplane is fitting — only the adult who takes in enough oxygen first can be helpful to the young who are dependent on him or her for life support.”

Coming across as a parent steeped in the everyday realities and struggles of raising children, Loomans uses inspiring and heart-warming examples from both personal and professional experiences to communicate each principle while offering practical ways to implement them — one small step at a time. Building on the introductory “What All Children Want Their Parents to Know” poem she wrote with her daughter, Loomans cleverly breaks the verse into short stanzas to outline the principles covered in each chapter. Select chapter titles include allowing room to grow and make mistakes, using positive discipline with respect, giving unconditional love, teaching by example, and the art of true listening. Closing each chapter, parents are given playful, easy exercises designed to help them work the idea into their individual approach.

Using the collective voice of children and to express the desires they most want the significant adults in their life to be aware of, What All Children Want Their Parents to Know is a perennial that parents will find themselves turning to time and time again to refresh and invigorate their parenting skills.

About the Authors
Diana Loomans is the creator of The Laughing Classroom programs, and has been a pioneer in the field of innovative learning for more than twenty years. As a college teacher, she has developed and taught numerous cutting-edge programs for various universities, and has cultivated a reputation as a dynamic presenter. She is the author of several bestsellers, including The Loveables, Positively Mother Goose, and 100 Ways to Build Self-Esteem and Teach Values, and has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows as a nationally recognized speaker and author. Julia Godoy is her daughter.

WHAT ALL CHILDREN WANT THEIR PARENTS TO KNOW
By Diana Loomans with Julia Godoy
May 2005 • Parenting • Trade Paper
Price: $14.95 • ISBN 1-932073-13-2 • 256 Pages

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