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"How Much is Enough?"

by Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson & David J. Bredehoft

The only book on over indulgence with scientific support that tells parents

and professionals what to do instead

"Overindulgence is so much more than spoiled children!"

 
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"How Much is Enough?"

This site is dedicated to research on the overindulgence of children and teaching parents what to do instead. Overindulgence is much more than spoiling children. This webpage is informative, educational, and research based. See New Stories about Overindulgence; News about our Overindulgence Research; Author Appearances in your area; Ideas to Help You with Your Overindulgence Issues and more. The book, "How Much is Enough?", is about overindulgence, written for parents, parent-educators, and other professionals who are concerned about overindulgence. Learn how it affects children and later surfaces in problems during adulthood.

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What's New

about Our Research

How Much Is Enough? Leader's Guide Updated Pages

About the Book

How much is Enough? is now in

9 languages

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  • Arabic

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  • Korean

  • Greek

Dave distills our new research results in the article on "Effortless Childhood"

 

Study IX: Father Personality and Parenting Styles

  • Current number of participants as of 6.01.11.......249

  • Number of participants needed for this study.......250

 

 

Connie Dawson was interviewed for this article in the Baton Rouge Parent Magazine

 

 

Train With Jean Illsley Clarke summer 2013

quiz - Why Do Parents Overindulge?

What is Overindulgence?

overindulgence stories to copy and use

 

 

Mold the Perfect Child

by Sara Wells, Best Life

Dads want to very best for their children, but often they go overboard in their ambition and get it very, very wrong, argues David J. Bredehoft, Ph.D., chairman of the department of social and behavioral sciences at Concordia University, in St. Paul, Minnesota. To read more..

For more on this story featured in Parent Wise Austin see page 8.

Jean tells you how to say "NO" in Family Matters 

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How to Say 'No to Your Kids

Jean was interviewed for this article in Newsweek

All I want: EVERYTHING!
By MARTHA SHERIDAN Staff Writer / The Dallas Morning News

  Giving presents to children is a joy, but some adults give until it hurts.
Kids make it clear when they've had too much. On the first night of Hanukkah, a 4-year-old flings her book across the room and declares that books make bad gifts. On Christmas Day, a 3-year-old has a meltdown in the middle of opening presents.
           Such behavior springs from being overwhelmed with too much stuff, says parenting educator Jean Illsley Clarke, Ph.D., of Minneapolis. "Children are responding with their whole beings that this is not as it should be, that this is too much."
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More Discipline and Fewer Toys

Santa Monica Daily Press

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