Dr. Joseph Cress, a clinical psychologist in the Davenport area, is consulting psychologist for the Council on Children at Risk. He received his advanced degrees in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University. Behavioral Plan Following is an excerpt from The Seven Habits of Peaceful Parents. All rights reserved. Skills Parents Will Learn 1.
Parents can obtain insight into their own personalities in a number of ways.
By understanding their children's temperamental differences and developmental characteristics, parents will come to better understand the personalities of each of their children. Parents will come to learn how structural differences can affect child-parent relationships. Parents will learn that a number of other variables also affect the child-parent relationship. Each family is unique. There is no one way for all families to grow and do things together.