A Handbook for Happy Families: A Practical and Fun-Filled Guide to

Dr John Irvine provides parents with practical solutions to more thn 40 problems with their children, and tackles common daily difficulties, arranging them into three age groups: baby to preschool, primary school and high school years. One outstanding feature is the innovative ‘Happy/sad-face discipline system’, which uses a simple visual feedback technique that avoids confrontation and draws families closer together rather than dividing them. Dr John Irvine is a specialist in behaviour management of children, a consultant psychologist and author of Who’d Be a Parent? and thriving at School (Published 2008).