Short description
Helps panicky parents deal with the disturbing emotions stirred up by our competitive society, and to gives them scientific knowledge of their children's growing years. This book offers an illuminating guide to channelling competitive anxiety into positive parenting. It shows parents how to avoid burn-out, and raise children who thrive and excel.
Long description
To help panicky parents deal with the disturbing emotions stirred up by our competitive society, and to give them scientific knowledge of their children's growing years, this book offers an illuminating and accessible guide to channelling competitive anxiety into positive parenting. The authors encourage parents to avoid pushing and pressurising their offspring, instead turning fear into calm guidance. Reassuring and empathic, the book shows parents how to avoid burn-out that afflicts so many in our high octane society helping them to raise children who thrive and excel.
Review
Well done, authors. I am going to recommend it to the parents in my practice. -- Dr. Romance blog, February 2, 2009 In this absorbing and well-written book, Grolnick draws on scientific research to prescribe a less controlling approach. And every time the reader feels tempted to dismiss this gentler approach as just being nice, Grolnick brings in the numbers to prove her point. -- The Republican, Springfield, MA, February 23, 2009
Table of contents
- Parent Panic: It Takes You by Surprise
- Why Now? Our Kids Are Competing All the Time
- It's an Animal Thing, When Our Hardwiring Goes Haywire
- The Big Take-over: How Our Feelings Pull Us to Push
- Beyond the Carrot and the Stick: Fanning the Flames of Your Child's Inner Passion
- Rx for Intrinsic Motivation: Encouraging Your Child's Autonomy
- The How-to of Autonomy
- Stand by Me: Maximising Your Involvement
- What Do You Expect? Channelling Anxiety into Rules, Guidelines, and Information
- Calming Down: That All Sounds Very Nice, But How Can I Use These Techniques When I'm Feeling So Anxious
- Index.