PARENTING THE QBQ WAY

Why don’t my kids do what I say? Who made the mess in here? When will my teen make better choices? After years of advocating personal responsibility as an essential principle in business, bestselling author John Miller received thousands of requests to tailor his QBQ message to parents in order to answer question such as these.

These are the kinds of questions that parents ask that lead not only to complaining, but to victim thinking, procrastination, and blaming. The solution: Learn to parent the QBQ® way – and bring personal accountability to life within families. Based on the same concepts that have made Miller’s signature work, QBQ!: The Question Behind the Question, an international million-copy bestseller, Parenting the QBQ Way provides the tool called the “QBQ” or “The Question Behind the Question.” This helps parents look behind questions such as “Why won’t my kids listen?” or “When will they do what I ask?” to find better QBQ’s like “What can I do differently?” or “How can I improve as a parent?” This simple but challenging concept turns the focus – and the responsibility – back to parents and to what they can do to make a difference. With thoughtful commentary, observation, and advice, illustrated with engaging and memorable anecdotes that are the hallmarks of QBQ!, Parenting the QBQ Way provides all moms and dads with the means and inspiration to be more effective parents – as well as teach their children how to practice their own brand of personal accountability – to create a happy, healthy family for a lifetime. John G. Miller, a Cornell graduate and founder of QBQ Inc., has worked with hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and government and nongovernment institutions and thousands of individuals to help them make personal accountability a core value. Miller is the author of QBQ!: The Question Behind the Question, Flipping the Switch: Five Keys to Success at Work and in Life, and Outstanding!: 47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional. Karen G. Miller has serves as a mentor to other moms in MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) and MomsNext. She was a registered nurse for sixteen years. John and Karen, who have been married since 1980, live in Denver, Colorado. They have seven children.