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by: Robert Brooks, Sam Goldstein See Larger Image Used Price: $1.17 Collectible Price: $22.95 Third Party New Price: $9.42 Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1 EAN: 9780809297641 ISBN: 0809297647 Label: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: February 01, 2001 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Sales Rank: 846700 Studio: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Accessories: Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers Braun IRT 4020 ThermoScan Ear Thermometer Related Items: Raising a Self-Disciplined Child Nurturing Resilience in Our Children : Answers to the Most Important Parenting Questions The Power of Resilience Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Resilience is what all parents want for their children because it embraces the ability of the child to deal more effectively with stress and pressure, to cope with everyday challenges, to bounce back from disappointments, adversity, and trauma, to develop clear and realistic goals, to solve problems, to relate comfortably with others, and to treat oneself and others with respect. This book integrates the latest research with the authors' clinical experience to show parents how to 1) identify and eliminate unintentionally negative parenting behaviors that undermine resilience and 2) substitute positive parenting behaviors that foster resilience. This book will define ten specific 'guideposts' that the authors feel are key to fostering resilience. Amazon.com Review: Child psychologists Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein are too humble to promise a 'sure bet' method for fostering resilience in all children, but their book Raising Resilient Children certainly does an impressive job of upping the ante. The authors open their comprehensive study with two bold questions: Why do many parents insist on pointing out their child's weaknesses and try--in vain--to mend these, when harnessing the child's strengths bolsters self-esteem? And how can parents change their erring ways to help these kids become thoughtful, confident adults? Their answer is a wisely crafted set of 10 essential parenting behaviors ('guideposts')--a prescription of sorts, for nurturing resilience in kids. Ironically, it's the parents who may reap the greatest rewards from putting these guideposts to work. Drawing heavily from 50 years of combined clinical practice, Brooks and Goldstein conclude that a child's resilience grows its deepest roots in the home, nurtured by parents who incorporate healthy doses of empathy, practical optimism, respect, unconditional love, keen listening skills, and the patience to administer these values every day. Sounds logical, but the gap between knowledge and action is deceptively wide. The authors knowingly share a caseload of tales from their own clients' histories--familiar scenarios of well-meaning parents who say and do counterproductive things. But they also present a treasury of suggestions for righting the wrongs, including detailed steps for rewriting negative parenting scripts, teaching and modeling empathy, and creating opportunities for kids to act responsibly and compassionately. This timely, insightful book will prove an effective tool for parents who are willing to scrutinize--and improve upon--their own resilience. --Liane Thomas Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Becoming An Awesome Parent The really refreshing piece of information in ths book is that our kids won't change unless we do. They are our mirrors. So really it's about how to change your parenting style. If what you're doing now is not getting a positive response you need to change what you're doing. As this book points out, this is the strategy we use in all other areas of our lives we should also use it in our parenting. This book shows you how. "Raising Resilient Children" could be called "Becoming an Awesome Parent". Rating: - Very little to do w/ resilience I was really disappointed with this book. In general it's about building up children's self-esteem, but doesn't focus on helping children develop resilience with daily disappointments or problems (bullies, not making a soccer goal, etc.) Self esteem is very different from resilience. Instead, I'd recommend two books: Blessings of the Skinned Knee and Mindset. Blessings is based on practical/current applications from the Torah; I am not Jewish and still found this book to be very helpful/wonderful. The ... Read More Rating: - The Most Helpful Book I Ever Read I would recommend this book to any mother but especially mother's of young children who feel their kids or their lives with their kids aren't what they imagined they would be. This book helps you love the child you've got without any "but if you'd onlys." This book shows you the possibility of unconditional love and appreciation for your child that can be mixed with guidance and strengthening support. Rating: - A mother of two school aged children LOVES THIS BOOK I must say I'm tempted to give away every single other parenting book I own. This book is the first book to ever "speak" to me. I've spent some time trying to figure out why this book touched me so much. It hit me - resilience is the BIG picture - I CAN operate and understand the big picture and then apply it to my life as a parent. I've spent most of my life as a parent searching for solutions to the little picture problems which change daily and spontaneously. I was never ready. Reading ... Read More Rating: - Case Study after Case Study Oy! If I have to read one more 'great save' case by these authors/psychologists, I will pull out my hair. This book was one case study after another outlining in great detail what their patients said and did and how wonderfully the authors managed to break through in each case, solving all problems for the troubled family, leaving them all happy and saved as the doctors ride gloriously into the sunset. Ugh! I wanted more substance, more "this is what you need to do". There was plenty of good advice in this ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - Adolescent Psychology Child Psychology - Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - Psychology Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - General Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - General AAS Parenting - Parenting & Families - Subjects - Books - General