Yes, Please. Thanks!: Teaching Children of All Ages Manners, Respect and Social Skills for Life. Penny Palmano

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      First published by Panic Publishing (UK) 2004

      This edition published by Thorsons 2005

      © Penny Palmano 2005

      Illustrations: © Katherine Palmano 2004

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Dedication

       For my motherwho has always been a wonderful example

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

The story so far …

Foreword

Introduction

1 The Buck Stops Here

2 How the Wrong Foods Can Affect Children’s Behaviour, Health and IQ

What Children Really Need

3 Love

4 Discipline

       5 Attention

       6 Communication

       7 Routine, Continuity and Consistency

       8 Example

       9 Respect

       Good Manners

       10 How to Behave in Public

       11 Simple (but Extremely Important) Courtesies

       12 How to Behave at School

       13 How to Survive Christmas

       Work and Child Care

       14 Working Parents

       15 Child Care – How You Can Still Be in Control

       Final Word

       Acknowledgements

       About the Publisher

The story so far …

      When we self-published Yes, please. Thanks! in June 2004 it caused such a media frenzy that we were taken completely by surprise. Unfortunately, we were also totally unprepared; so unprepared that the book was still at the printers! I had always hoped that we would get some coverage in newspapers and magazines but I never imagined it would make national news.

      It all started back in February when my friend and neighbour Jacqui McCarthy, of d’Image Ltd, organized an interview for me with the social-affairs editor of The Times (a neighbour with a PR company and a villa in the South of France – they don’t come any better than that!).

      The social-affairs editor had kindly asked me roughly when I would like the article (which I had not seen) to run. I had a cunning plan that if it was published two weeks before the book was first in the shops, my distributors СКАЧАТЬ