| Nurturing Resilience in Our Children: Answers to the Most Important Parenting Questions Contributor(s): Brooks, Robert (Author), Goldstein, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0658021109 ISBN-13: 9780658021107 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: You can help your children feel confident, confront life's challenges, and bounce back from the frustrations that come with growing up "I think my wife and I provide our children with a great deal of love, a good education, and enriching community activities. Are these things enough to guarantee that our children will be resilient?" "Sometimes the mean things my ten-year-old son and my thirteen-year-old daughter say to other kids or even each other surprise me. What can we do to help them to be more considerate and empathic?" "Is resilience inherited, at least in part?" "Nurturing Resilience in Our Children" is Drs. Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein's follow-up to their revolutionary bestseller, "Raising Resilient Children". Here they expand their theory of resilience with in-depth answers to the many questions they've received from parents just like you. In "Nurturing Resilience in Our Children", you will learn how to help your children acquire the building blocks of resilience and reinforce those lessons on a day-to-day basis. When you instill resilience in your children, you give them the emotional tools they need to resolve problems and make sensible, reasoned decisions throughout their lives. The resilient child also learns how to develop self-control, build interpersonal skills, and handle challenges and frustrations more effectively. If you have questions about resilience and your child, you'll find the answers here in "NurturingResilience in Our Children". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent - Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent |
| Dewey: 155.4 |
| LCCN: 2002071640 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 4.66" W x 8.98" (1.07 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: TOP CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS OFFER EXPERT INSIGHT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR RAISING STRONG KIDS IN TODAY'S COMPLICATED WORLD In their critically acclaimed parenting bestseller, Raising Resilient Children, Drs. Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein introduced readers to their breakthrough parenting model for raising resilient, emotionally healthy children capable of confronting life's challenges and bouncing back from setbacks. In this important Q&A follow-up book, Brooks and Goldstein elaborate and expand upon their theory of resilience by supplying reasonable, jargon-free answers to dozens of questions typically asked by the thousands of parents they've encountered through their workshops, seminars, and lectures. They discuss such important topics as:
Fostering Resilience in Our Children shows parents how to help their children develop key competencies and character traits. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goldstein, Sam: - McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideBrooks, Robert: - Robert Brooks, Ph.D., on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, is one of today's leading speakers and authors on the themes of resilience, self-esteem, motivation, and family relationships. Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah and a staff member of the Primary Children's Hospital and the University Neuropsychiatric Institute, is one of today's leading speakers and authorities on child development and neuropsychology. |