The Porchlight Business Book Awards WINNERS have been announced!

Whale Done Parenting: How to Make Parenting a Positive Experience for You and Your Kids

Whale Done Parenting: How to Make Parenting a Positive Experience for You and Your Kids

By Jim Ballard

What does raising children have to do with training killer whales? Bestselling author Blanchard teams up again with his "Whale Done" coauthors to show how positive reinforcement techniques used by trainers at Seaworld can help parents bring out the best in their children.

READ FULL DESCRIPTION

Quantity Price Discount
List Price $24.95  

Quick Quote

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit

Non-returnable discount pricing

$24.95


Book Information

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publish Date: 11/01/2009
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781605093482
ISBN-10: 1605093483
Language: English

Full Description

The authors of the New York Times bestseller Whale Done! offer five simple and effective principles for coping with any parenting challenge. Most parents feel frustrated with their children from time to time, but killer whale trainer-in-training Amy Sheldrake has a unique perspective. She marvels at the complex behaviors her superiors are able to coax out of these enormous beasts, while she and her husband struggle to make their beloved--and much smaller--son Josh obey what seem like the simplest rules. What does training killer whales have to do with raising children? As this engrossing and unique parenting fable shows, more than you'd think. In their New York Times bestseller Whale Done!, Ken Blanchard and his coauthors--including two veteran marine mammal trainers--showed how positive training concepts used at places like SeaWorld could be adapted to the workplace. In this new book they apply these same principles to parenting. Once Amy and Matt get the hang of the five Whale Done principles, they see a dramatic difference in overcoming challenges like following bedtime routines, dealing with tantrums, introducing new foods, sharing, avoiding overuse of the word no, learning to care for a pet, and instituting time-outs. Whale Done is much more than a set of techniques; it is a way of looking at people and seeing the best that is in them. Great leaders, saints, and sages have developed this skill. Since most of us are less advanced than those paragons, this book can serve as a guide for how to bring out the best in our children.

About the Author

Jim Ballard is an educator, corporate trainer, and writer. Ken Blanchard is the author of several bestselling books, including the blockbuster international bestseller The One Minute Manager(R).

Learn More

We have updated our privacy policy. Click here to read our full policy.