title: Creative Correction (Focus on the Family Book)
author:  Lisa Whelchel 
description: Drawing from her own family's experience and through her interaction with other parents, Lisa Whelchel offers creative solutions for parents who are desperate for new, proven approaches to discipline. In addition to advice on topics such as sibling conflict and lying, Whelchel offers a biblical perspective and down-to-earth encouragement to parents who are feeling overwhelmed. A handy reference guide with ideas for specific situations rounds out this resource that will be a blessing to parents and their children.
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  ## **SARA GRUEN**
  
  
  FOR BOB,
  
  
  STILL MY SECRET WEAPON
  
  
  Helena
  
  
  
  
  
  A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
  
  
  I am indebted to the following people for their contributions to this book: To
  my husband, Bob—my love and greatest champion.
  
  
  
  
  
  To my editor, Chuck Adams, who provided me with the kind of criticism,
  attention to detail, and support that took this story to a different
  
  
  level. To my critique partner, Kristy Kiernan, and my first readers, Karen
  Abbott, Maureen Ogle, Kathryn PufFett (who happens to be my
  
  
  mother), and Terence Bailey (who happens to be my father), for their love and
  support and for talking me off the ledge at regular
  
  
  intervals. To Gary C. Payne, for answering my questions on all things circus,
  offering anecdotes, and checking my manuscript for accuracy
  
  
  
  
  
  To Fred D. Pfening HI, Ken Harck, and Timothy Tegge, for graciously allowing
  me to use photographs from their collections. Special
  
  
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