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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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Ideas to Curb Holiday Overindulgence How Much Is Enough? Leader's Guide Updated Pages NCFR Poster: Relationships between childhood overindulgence and adult attitudes and behavior by Slinger & Bredehoft NCFR Poster: The Disconnect Between Childhood Overindulgence and Adult Spirituality by David Bredehoft NCFR Poster: Exploring the Relationship Between Overindulgence and Parenting Styles by Michael Walcheski and David Bredehoft Parents Toolshop Bonus Downloads A new overindulgence story for you to copy and use "Helping the Helpless Child" by Jean Illsley Clarke It's here - How Much is Enough Leader's Guide available from Parenting Press
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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 2012

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." To read more...

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