Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership

Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.

Parents have an important task: figure out who their child isâ€”his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and directionâ€”get comfortable with it, and then help them pursue and live a life according to it. Yet parents also want their kids to be independent, but not if they are going to make bad choices. They want to avoid being too overbearing, but not if an apathetic kid is what they have to show for it. They want to have a good relationship with their kids, but not if that means being a pushover. They donâ€™t want to scream, but they do want to be heard. Good parenting is about striking the balance between a childâ€™s characteristics and a parentâ€™s desire to have influence.

Dr. Ross Greene â€œmakes a powerful case for rethinking typical approaches to parenting and disciplining childrenâ€ (The Atlantic). Through his well-known model of solving problems collaboratively, parents can forgo timeout and sticker charts; stop badgering, berating, threatening, and punishing; allow their kids to feel heard and validated; and have influence.

From homework to hygiene, curfews, to screen time, Dr. Greene â€œarms parents with guidelines that are clear, doable, and sure to empower both parents and their childrenâ€ (Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen). Raising Human Beings is â€œinspirationalâ€¦a game-changer for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. Its advice is reasonable and empathetic, and readers will feel ready to start creating a better relationship with the children in their livesâ€ (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-09
Format	Kindle eBook

Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

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