About the Book

Note from the author: For this version of Parents' Handbook, I changed publishers and fixed a few typos. Now you get the same great content at a lower price. I look forward to receiving your thoughts and feedback. Roger Ellerton.

"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere found in a nurturing family."
- Virginia Satir, Family Therapist

Parenting is not an idea, a concept or a belief. It's a process and therefore is neither static nor fixed in time that results in something special being created. Your activities and responsibilities as a parent evolve with your children, taking into account their needs - physical, social, emotional and intellectual - and your ability to be aware of and to meet these needs. As an effective parent, you help your children overcome perceived limitations to do their best and to be a valued member of the family. All the while, you bump up against your own limitations - many of your own making.

Parents' Handbook: NLP & Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being provides you with tools, techniques, insights and approaches to improve the way you communicate, to be available emotionally and physically and to successfully fulfill the different roles expected of you as a parent. By the time you finish the Parents' Handbook, you will have discovered how to:

• Have meaningful, supportive conversations with your partner and children.
• Address beliefs or habits that get in the way of being an effective parent.
• Help your children address beliefs or habits that limit them.
• Support yourself and family members in achieving your respective dreams.
• Fulfill the six primary parenting roles essential for the well-being of your children.
• Support your children in learning effectively at school and at home.

Although written for parents, the material is presented at a level older teens can understand and use. With the aid of their parents, younger teens will also find most concepts in this book useful.

This book draws on an area of personal development called neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). NLP has helped hundreds of thousands discover their own potential and live the lives they desire. Make it the difference that makes a difference for your family.

About the Author: Roger is passionate about helping others get what they desire in life. As a longtime successful businessman, university professor, NLP trainer/coach, public speaker, author and parent, he has first-hand experience with the personal/professional balancing act required in these busy times. He is a former tenured faculty member at the University of New Brunswick, an executive in the Canadian federal government, a certified management consultant (CMC) and he has been listed in the "International Who's Who in Education". Roger believes that each of us can achieve the success we desire by developing our authentic selves, mastering internal and external congruence and taking charge of our lives. He is the safe, helpful person next door whom everyone should have access to. He is a certified NLP trainer and has been delivering NLP and personal growth seminars and coaching services since 1996. Participants often remark how much fun it is being in his classes, how clearly he presents the material and how ready and willing he is to answer their questions and provide insights they have long been searching for. For over twenty years, Roger has been a student of personal development methodologies. He continues to transform his own life while assisting others from all walks of life and all ages to learn, to address challenges at work and at home and to get more of what they desire in life. He is the father of four, an avid gardener and nature lover and he enjoys lending a hand to others. He is the author of five books: "Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You", "Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: 5 Step Action Plan", "Parents' Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being", "NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use" and "Win-Win Influence: How to Enhance Your Personal and Business Relationships (with NLP)" and of over seventy articles on NLP. Roger received his BSc. and MSc. from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and his PhD from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Roger is the founder and managing partner of Renewal Technologies Inc. For more information on his seminars, public speaking, coaching and consulting services, visit www.renewal.ca.