The Future of Your Only Child: How to Guide Your Child to a Happy and Successful Life - Softcover

Pickhardt C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403984174 ISBN 13: 9781403984173

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

The Future of Your Only Child One-child households havedoubled over the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing family units in America. Expert Carl Pickhardt aids families in understanding the common traits of many adult "onlies"--like shyness, perfection, and intolerance--so that they can better prepare for potential outcomes. He also celebrates the positive qualities of only children and how to encourage chara... Full description

About this title

Book Description:

A new look at effectively parenting your only child

Synopsis:

This title provides a new look at effectively parenting your only child, more only children than ever. The author's sales track shows a strong history and well-respected in child psychology and parenting. Books have been translated into several languages. It provides parents with information on the issues adult 'onlines' often face in life (trouble connecting, shyness, entitlement, and more) in order to help them address how to deal with these at an early age. Dozens of websites (onlychild.com, kidsource.com, onlychild.org) devoted to parenting only children and to adult only children.With a distinctive focus on the long-term effects of being an only child, this book will help refine and improve daily parenting methods. It looks at attachment problems, conflicts between only child and parent, performance anxiety, high personal expectations, feelings of entitlement, dependence, and problems with risk-taking.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1403984174
• ISBN 13: 9781403984173
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256