Quick Tips for Busy Families: Sneaky Strategies for Raising Great Kids

Quick Tips for Busy Families: Sneaky Strategies for Raising Great Kids

by Jay Payleitner
Quick Tips for Busy Families: Sneaky Strategies for Raising Great Kids

Quick Tips for Busy Families: Sneaky Strategies for Raising Great Kids

by Jay Payleitner

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Overview

Ingenious Parenting Shortcuts Every Mom and Dad Should Know

Parenting can be hard work, and our lives continue to get busier and busier. Is it possible to lighten the load but still raise great kids?

From his experiences as a dad as well as interacting with countless other parents, Jay Payleitner has gathered scores of secrets worth passing along--simple things veteran moms and dads have learned over the years. Things as simple as passing along truths during TV commercials. Or connecting with your children as you tuck them in at night. Or learning how to laugh over spilt milk.

Some of the ideas are old-school secrets that were passed from one generation to the next; others deal with issues that would have never crossed Grandma and Grandpa's minds. All of them are easy to implement.

This book is designed for a quick, breezy reading experience, letting parents pick and choose those ideas that will make their lives easier, their kids happier, and their futures even brighter.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441230928
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 02/14/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

As a family advocate, life pundit, and humorist, Jay Payleitner has sold some half-million books, including the bestselling 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad. He speaks nationwide on parenting, marriage, creativity, and finding your life purpose. Jay and his wife live in the Chicago area where they raised five great kids, loved on ten foster babies, and are cherishing grandparenthood. You can track him down at jaypayleitner.com.
Prior to becoming a full-time author and speaker, Jay Payleitner (www.jaypayleitner.com) served as freelance radio producer for a wide range of international movements, including the Salvation Army, Prison Fellowship, Bible League, Voice of the Martyrs, and National Center for Fathering.

As a family advocate, life pundit, and humorist, Jay has sold some half-million books, including 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, Lifeology, and What If God Wrote Your Bucket List? His books have been translated into French, German, Spanish, Slovenian, and Russian.

Jay is a national speaker for conferences, retreats, and weekend services with messages on parenting, marriage, creativity, storytelling, and finding your life purpose. He has been a guest multiple times on The Harvest Show, 100 Huntley Street, and Focus on the Family. Jay also served as Executive Director of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative.
Jay and his high school sweetheart, Rita, live in the Chicago area where they raised five great kids, loved on ten foster babies, and are cherishing grandparenthood.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Strategies

1 Realize Every Kid Is Different 13

2 Candy Land Penance 15

3 Six Games for Road Trips 17

4 Don't Hide Your Yearbook 19

5 Blasting Classical Music 20

6 Honor Apologies 21

7 Stash Markers and Poster Boards 23

8 PEZ Dispenser Magic 24

9 Twenty-one Things to Write on a Sticky Note 25

10 Take Two-Person Photos 26

11 Buy Them One Thing 27

12 Celebrate Moments of Maturity 28

13 The Library Card Initiation 29

14 If It's Important to Your Kids, It's Important to You 30

15 Dad Tucks In 31

16 Plan to Flex 33

17 Throw Paper or Rock Accordingly 34

18 Keep the GPS Option Open 35

19 Use the Needlepoint Metaphor 37

20 Happy Everything 39

21 Scrub Pots Together 40

22 Stop Scrubbing Pots Long Enough to Make a Serendipitous Memory 41

23 Insert Name Here 43

24 Make Room in the Fridge 45

25 Repetitively Repeat Important Lessons Redundantly 47

26 Let Them Set Their Own Video Game Boundaries 49

27 Snap a Lost-Kid Photo 52

28 Everybody Out 53

29 The Simple Compliment 54

30 Never Just Walk by a Tree Stump 55

31 Kids on Business Trips 57

32 Buy a House With Sidewalks 59

33 Back-to-School Night 60

34 Prepping for the Next Unit 62

35 Sock Rings 64

36 Doubling Productivity 65

37 The Slurpee Solution 67

38 Basic, Basic, Basic Astronomy 68

39 Lunar Eclipse Lesson 70

40 Stress Not About Stuff That Just Doesn't Matter 71

41 Teach the Birds and Bees Before Your Local Schools Do 72

42 Be the Bad Guy 74

43 "I Think You're Done for the Day" 76

44 Clean Stuff Besides Dishes in the Dishwasher 77

45 Amusement Park Hacks 78

46 Homeowner Secrets 79

47 Visit Colleges 81

48 Personalized Pancakes 83

49 Your Response to Their Frustrations 84

50 Pegs 86

51 Field Trip Frugality 88

52 Asking for Kid Insight 90

53 How to Convince Your Son He Needs a Haircut 92

54 Envision Your Kids As Parents 93

55 Camping Out in the Bathroom 94

56 Expectations and Disappointment 96

57 Nine Times Anything 98

58 Sibling Math Races 100

59 The Art of Pausing 102

60 Oil Their Mitt 103

61 Be Smart With Smartphone Photos 104

62 Responding When They Fail 106

63 When They Want Their Own Room 108

64 Lockbox for Scattered Stuff 109

65 Can We Talk? 110

66 Hold Off on Dessert 112

67 Rites of Passage Bring New Rights and Responsibilities 113

68 Play Best Ball 115

63 Fourteen Things 117

70 Remember Grandma's Spin 118

71 Tide Sticks, Etc. 119

72 The 360 120

73 Open-Door Policy 122

71 The Job Jar 123

75 The Answer Is 204 125

76 Keep Reading Out Loud 127

77 Be Their Favorite Critic 129

78 Start Cheap 131

79 More Than a Driveway 133

80 How to Have Perfect Timing 134

81 About Your Secret Stash 136

82 Low and Slow 137

83 Teaching Centripetal Force 138

84 Aimed With Science Trivia 139

85 Volunteer for the Talent Show 141

86 Identifying Potential Without Adding Pressure 144

87 Getting Teachers on Your Side 145

88 The Bad-Apple Teachers 147

89 Like All Your Kids Best 148

90 Dividing Your Time 150

91 Explain 911 152

92 World Map Shower Curtain 154

93 Barge Into Their World 156

94 Take Real Road Trips 157

95 Please Don't Say "We'll See" 158

96 Making Bad Stuff Better 159

97 Trusting Science 160

98 Make Your Kids Your Hobby 162

99 Introduce Your Hobby to Your Kids 163

100 Kiss Your Spouse in the Kitchen 164

101 Sometimes Say No 165

102 Stop Yelling at Referees 167

103 Turning Negatives to Positives 169

104 Kids Want to Work 171

105 Teach a Mad Skill 173

106 Peekaboo 2.0 175

107 Bring Their Night-Light 177

108 Answer Their Questions With Questions 178

109 Ice Pucks 180

110 Who Here Has …? 181

111 Stop Trying to Be On Time 183

112 The Amazing Sharpie 184

113 Laminate Stuff 186

114 Use the Classic Improv Rule 187

115 Annual Photos 189

116 Blind Spot Awareness 192

117 Don't Toss That Refrigerator Box 193

118 On the Steps 194

119 Express Unconditional Love 196

120 No-Regret Parenting 197

121 Exasperate Not 199

122 Chess Strategies 200

123 Match Their Deposit 201

124 Avoiding Hypocrisy 203

125 Merge Calendars 205

126 Ticket Stubs 207

127 Spiritual Gifts 208

128 Vacation Driveway Checklist 209

129 T-Shirt Quilts 210

130 Don't Blindly Follow My Advice 211

131 Say "I Miss You" 212

132 The Potty Mouth Log 214

133 S'mores 216

134 Saturday Morning Chores 217

135 Buy an Art Easel 218

136 Let Them Starve 220

137 Alternatives to Nagging 221

138 The Sarcastic Clap 223

139 The Cogent Power of Empathy 225

140 Ask for Their Help 227

141 Go Back to High School 229

142 Doing Life 230

143 Be Happy to See Them 231

144 See the Seasons 232

Topical Index 235

Acknowledgments 239

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