Raising a kid who can : simple strategies to build a lifetime of adaptability and emotional strength / Catherine McCarthy, MD, Heather Tedesco, PhD, Jennifer Weaver, LCSW.
Welcome -- What's going on in your kid's brain -- Getting your three Rs: rest recreation and routine -- Learning to focus: attention and self-control -- Feeling uncomfortable: tolerating difficult feelings -- Avoiding avoidance: accepting anxiety -- Staying flexible: psychological adaptability -- Letting go: building independence -- Trusting the spark: motivation -- Being human: compassion and gratitude -- Bouncing back: resilience -- All together now: living the playbook -- Raising a kid in the digital age.
Summary:
"Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to help parents focus only what's truly essential and build their child's neurobiological capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad. The content centers around 10 "essentials": 1 Rest, recreation, and routine 2 Attention skills and self-control 3 Tolerance for difficult feelings 4 Tools to accept and manage anxiety 5 Psychological flexibility 6 Independence 7 Self-motivation 8 Compassion and gratitude 9 Resilience 10 Parents and caregivers who strive to embody these essentials, too-and who embrace that they themselves, just like their children, are works in progress"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.