书目

RaisingChildrenWhoThinkforThemselves

内容简介

RaisingChildrenWhoThinkforThemselvesoffersanewapproachtoparentingthathasthepowertoreversethetrendofexternaldirectioninourchildrenandhelpparentsbringupempathetic,self-confident,moral,independentthinkers.Childrenwhoareexternallydirectedmakedecisionsbasedonthepeergroups,violentmovies,sexuallyexplicittelevisionshows,andraplyricsthatpermeatetheirlives.Whenchildrenareself-directed,ontheotherhand,theyusetheirpowerofreasonlikeaswordtocutthroughthejungleofexternalinfluences.Fortunately,theauthorshowsus,itisnevertoolatetofosterinourchildrentheabilitytoweighoptions,considersources,andthinkforthemselves.

Filledwithreal-lifeexamples,humorousanecdotes,andcountlessinterviewswithparents,children,andteachers,RaisingChildrenWhoThinkforThemselves
Identifiesthefiveessentialqualitiesofself-directedchildrenOutlinesthesevenstrategiesnecessaryforparentstodevelopthesequalitiesintheirchildrenAddressesnearlyonehundredchild-raisingchallenges—frombodypiercingtowhiningwars—andofferssolutionstohelpencourageself-direction,

作者简介

ElisaMedhus,MD,isaphysicianandmotheroffivewhohaspracticedinternalmedicineforoverthirtyyears.Sheistheauthorofthreeaward-winningparentingbooks,includingRaisingChildrenWhoThinkforThemselvesandHearingIsBelieving,andhaslecturedonparentingforschools,parentgroups,andcorporations.Afterthedeathofhertwenty-year-oldsonErik,Dr.MedhusbeganjournalinghergriefinherblogChannelingErik.comandwrotethesuccessfulbookMySonandtheAfterlife.ShelivesinHouston,Texas.,

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