If you're a parent, you know the feeling. In one moment, with one sentence, a certain look, or a defiant act, your kid pushes your buttons — and you react in a way that you will later regret. In this beautiful, wise, and deeply insightful book, family counselor Bonnie Harris shows you how to defuse parenting "road rage" — and end the action-and-reaction cycle between you and your child once and for all.

Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids is the book you will wish your parents had read. Once you understand and apply these eight principles, you will begin to look for and see your children's qualities and capabilities rather than irritations and inadequacies. You will understand their behavior as clues rather than calamities and learn to be a detective rather than a police officer. You will learn how to connect with your children, even in the toughest times, and teach them to problem solve, take responsibility, and be accountable for their actions—without punishment or blame. And you will regain the authority that your children really do want you to have.

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When Your Kids Push Your Buttons is available on CDs, read by Bonnie.

Also a CD of her talk, Sowing the Seeds of Non-Violence.

Only available on this website.

Certified Buttons Educators may order The Buttons Workbook: A Workbook for Parents based on When Your Kids Push Your Buttons by contacting our office at 603-924-6639 or by email at carol@bonnieharris.com.