Self-Esteem Revolutions in Children: Understanding and Managing the Critical Transitions in Your Child's Life - Softcover

Phelan Ph.D., Thomas W.

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9781889140018: Self-Esteem Revolutions in Children: Understanding and Managing the Critical Transitions in Your Child's Life

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ISBN 10: 1889140015 ISBN 13: 9781889140018

Publisher: ParentMagic, Incorporated, 2003

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Discusses the relationship between discipline and self-respect, offers five strategies for promoting self-esteem, and examines common parenting oversights

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Parents want their children to grow up with a robust, yet realistic self-respect. In their eagerness to help, however, parents often fall into traps that make them feel better without actually advancing their children's self-esteem. In this enlightening new book, Dr. Thomas W. Phelan offers easily understood and achievable methods to help children gain self-respect. You will discover the "nuts and bolts" of self-esteem, five critical strategies for promoting self-esteem, the reasons for the junior high crash, the relationship between discipline and self-respect, common parenting oversights, why many self-esteem programs are unrealistic and unhelpful, and the 10 things you do not want to know about self-esteem. Self-Esteem Revolutions in Children describes the sweeping changes that youngsters experience as they grow up. Dr. Phelan explains why gimmicks and good intentions must be replaced by the hard work of both parents and children. He believes children are willing to do their part. Now parents can learn how to effectively meet the challenge - step by step.

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Offering practical and achievable methods to help children gain self-respect, this guide enables parents to discover the basics of self-esteem, the relationship between discipline and self-respect, and the reasons for the junior high self-esteem crash. A robust, yet realistic self-esteem is taught through five critical strategies in which gimmicks and good intentions are replaced by the hard work of both parents and children. Following this step-by-step program, parents can help their children to feel better about themselves and to make changes toward building a strong sense of self.

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