Helping today's parents : practical new approaches for good parenting in challenging times
Summary
Examine how to help troubled kids who come from caring, stable families that are undermining their resilience by learning how to: Address the problem of parents overstating the world's dangers and discouraging healthy risk-taking; Challenge dysfunctional family narratives and encourage children's mastering manageable levels of risk; Heighten parents' awareness of how they themselves learned life lessons that involved risk-taking; Wean parents from the culture of ubiquitous rewarding and over-praise; Emphasize the importance of kids taking on responsibility and making a contribution within their families
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