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.,