Never give up on any child. Tying together the theory and developmentally appropriate strategies of child guidance and behavior, this book provides you with best practices for teaching children healthy social-emotional behavior and conflict management. Through current brain research, real-life stories, and a plethora of key concepts and discussion questions, this book gives you tools and strategies to: (1) Understand how stress affects children's self-regulation; (2) Help even the most at-risk children thrive; and (3) Reduce the expulsion rate in early childhood. "Guidance Guy" Dan Gartrell's practices teach young children to express strong feelings appropriately, solve problems in creative ways, accept differences, and think ethically and intelligently. Use this book to empower children.