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Parenting Across Cultures from Childhood to Adolescence: Development in Nine Countries
by Jennifer E. Lansford; W. Andrew Rothenberg; Marc H. BornsteinThis vital volume advances understanding of how parenting from childhood to adolescence changes or remains the same in a variety of sociodemographic, psychological, and cultural contexts, providing a truly global understanding of parenting across cultures. Through the Parenting Across Cultures project, the editors unveil findings from this hugely important comparative longitudinal study of parents and children in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. The volume offers insight into trajectories of parenting, exploring parents’ warmth, control, rules setting, and knowledge of children’s activities and whereabouts. Each chapter is authored by a contributor native to the country examined, guaranteeing an authentic emic perspective, and together the chapters provide a broader sample that is more generalizable to a wider range of the world’s population than is typical in most parenting research. Parenting Across Cultures From Childhood to Adolescence is essential reading for researchers and students of parenting, psychology, human development, family studies, sociology, and cultural anthropology, as well as professionals working with families.
Parenting Across Cultures: Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures (Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science #12)
by Helaine SelinThis second edition of Helaine Selin’s successful Parenting Across Cultures comes at a time where interest in parenting has increased across the world as a result of the COVID pandemic, as parents and children were put into different and often challenging conditions. This new edition, like the first, contains chapters from countries in Asia, Africa, and South America as well as from indigenous cultures of several Western countries. The chapters were revised to include new research in the post-pandemic world. They show that there is a strong connection between culture and parenting: there are differences in affection and distance, harshness and repression, and acceptance and criticism. Some parents insist on obedience; others are concerned with individual development. This clearly differs from parent to parent, but there is just as clearly a connection to culture, which these chapters explore. In addition to the chapters on individual countries, the second edition includes a section on the pandemic, as well as new research on parenting and technology, gender, religion, adoption, step parenting, divorce, single parents, racism, gay parents, disabilities, autism, eating habits, transgender, attachment, migration, bullying, and refugee resettlement.
Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum: Unexpected Lessons We Have Learned
by Ann Palmer Maureen MorrellMaureen F. Morrell and Ann Palmer are raising two very different children: Justin, a whirlwind of activity and mood swings, who is supervised in a residential farm community, and Eric, quiet and passive, who lives independently at college. The authors give an account of the striking similarities as well as the stark differences in their experiences of parenting children at opposite extremes of the autism spectrum. The two mothers speak openly about their children's diagnosis and early childhood through to adolescence, young adulthood and the day they leave home. They give a moving account of the challenges they faced and the surprising consolations they found along their sons' very different paths in life. Through their friendship and two decades of shared experiences of parenting an ASD child, each has gained a clear understanding of her own strengths and limitations, as well as those of her child. Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum offers a personal perspective and practical guidance for parents at the start of their journey with autism, especially those whose children are newly diagnosed. It also provides useful insights for professionals working with individuals across the autism spectrum and their families. The book was elected the 2007 Autism Society of America's Outstanding Literary Work of the Year.
Parenting Adopted Teenagers: Advice for the Adolescent Years
by Hugh Thornbery Rachel StaffHow can adoptive parents and their teenagers navigate the challenges of the adolescent years? Full of valuable, grounded advice, this guide will help parents to understand the impact of early trauma on a child's development and the specific nature of the changes that occur during adolescence. With tips for coping with common problems, it combines first-hand accounts from professionals, parents and teenagers themselves. It also covers essential topics such as: family and peer relationships, developing healthy intimate relationships, emerging identity issues, and contacting birth family. Accessible and honest, Parenting Adopted Teenagers is an invaluable resource for adoptive parents as well as professionals working with them.
Parenting Adult Children: A Practical Guide to Navigating Your Evolving Relationship
by Kate McNultyReconnect and strengthen your relationship with your adult childEven though your role as a parent changes when your child is grown, that doesn't necessarily mean it gets any easier. Whether you're facing challenges in your relationship with your adult child or you've simply grown apart, Parenting Adult Children can help you build the skills necessary to overcome hurdles and create a stronger bond.Discover expert advice and focused strategies for establishing a foundation of communication that promotes trust, authenticity, and healthy boundaries. You'll explore your evolving relationship and find guidance for navigating issues with financial stability, substance abuse, in-laws, child-rearing, and more.Parenting Adult Children includes:Real-life scenarios—Read relatable stories that include evidence-based tips and techniques you can apply in your own relationship.An inclusive approach—Get positive, non-judgmental guidance for parenting adult children, designed for diverse families of any belief or background.Intentional communication—Find step-by-step instructions on the best approaches for honest and respectful conversations with your adult child.Build a deeper connection with your adult child with help from Parenting Adult Children.
Parenting Adult Children: A Year of Devotions for Navigating Your Changing Relationship
by Jamie CloydReflect and pray as your children find their path When your children become adults, navigating your changing relationship with them can leave you feeling unsure of yourself. This devotional encourages you to rely on your faith for guidance and patience. It features a year's worth of weekly devotions to help you work through the challenges and appreciate the good times as your family grows up and evolves.What sets Parenting Adult Children apart from other parenting books:Moments of reflection—Find a variety of passages from Scripture, paired with words of wisdom and simple prayers that provide deep insight in just a few minutes each week.Meaningful guidance—Get advice for keeping a positive mindset about your child's future—whether they've moved back home, become distant, or need some extra support.Reassuring stories—Take comfort in relatable lessons and examples from the Bible, and the author's own experiences parenting adult children.Learn how to parent an adult child with a book of devotions and prayer that reminds you to be encouraging, welcoming, and loving.
Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life
by Nicole TersigniFrom the author of the hit Men to Avoid in Art and Life and Friends to Keep in Art and Life comes a collection of all-too-familiar unsolicited advice parents receive on the daily.From in-laws and other parents to complete strangers and even your own kids—when it comes to parenting, everyone's a critic. Against the classic backdrop of fine art, bestselling author Nicole Tersigni's Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life pokes fun at the many "experts" who think they know more than you about your own children. Utterly (and unfortunately) relatable and hilarious as ever, Tersigni's spot-on captions provide a much-needed laugh for anyone who has had the pleasure of parenting and the pain of having a stranger tell you to put a hat on your baby.BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Nicole Tersigni broke the Internet with her first book, the hit success Men to Avoid in Art and Life based on her hysterical Twitter feed. After following up with the whip-smart celebration of female friendships, Friends to Keep in Art and Life, Tersigni is back with a parenting humor book like no other!A HILARIOUS GIFT FOR MOMS & DADS: Whether gifting for expecting parents, new parents, or experienced parents whose adult children steal their toilet paper on visits home, this book is the perfect present for anyone who's ever had to console a crying baby on a flight while getting side-eyes from childless onlookers. RELATABLE HUMOR IN ART: These universal pieces of unsolicited advice will make any parent laugh when they need it the most! A winning option for anyone seeking stocking stuffers for women or men or novelty gifts for anyone who appreciates family humor.Perfect for:Funny baby shower giftMother's Day or Father's Day gift givingNew parents seeking much-needed humor in the midst of navigating complete and utter chaosReaders who loved Men to Avoid in Art and Life and Friends to Keep in Art and LifeFollowers of Nicole Tersigni's popular Twitter and Instagram accounts
Parenting Anxious Kids: Understanding Anxiety in Children by Age and Stage
by Regine GalantiThe complete CBT-based guide for parenting kids with anxietyDo you suspect your child may have anxiety? While it's normal for children of all ages to experience fears and worries, if your child's anxiety interferes with their daily life, it's time to get some help. Parenting Anxious Kids is an accessible, research-based guide for parents that is filled with actionable steps to help your child conquer their anxiety—and a must-have parenting tool in a world where kids' anxieties and fears are increasing.Utilizing clinically proven cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, Parenting Anxious Kids provides parents with the tools they need to support their children without asking them to become their kids' therapist. Author and clinical psychologist Regine Galanti guides parents to help their children grow into resilient, independent, and healthy adults. This book includes:A guide to childhood anxiety based on developmental stagesAssessments to help parents differentiate unhealthy and problematic anxiety from normal, transitional anxietyCBT skills related to parenting styles that foster brave, well-adapted childrenGuidance on how parents can support brave behavior as early as toddlerhood, including how to model positive approaches to anxietyAnd more!Anxiety in children is manageable —the most important thing is to get started right away so your child doesn't miss out on relationships, activities, and all the things that make being a kid fun! Parenting Anxious Kids is the perfect resource to help your child become their best self and learn how to manage anything life throws their way.
Parenting Apart
by Christina McgheeThe ultimate resource for separated and divorced parents, written by an internationally acclaimed expert on divorce and its impact on children. This comprehensive and empowering guide is filled with practical, effective ways to minimize the effects of divorce on children, and offers immediate solutions to the most critical parenting problems divorce brings. In this go-to resource, Christina McGhee addresses the issues of utmost importance to parents: ? How and when to tell the children about the divorce ? Guiding children through transition ?Helping children cope with having two homes ?Dealing with finances ?Managing a difficult relationship with an ex ?And more Offering advice on explaining things to every age group-from toddlers to teenagers-in plain, consistent, and age-appropriate terms, Parenting Apart also offers practical suggestions for parents to help them maintain their own sense of stability and take care of their own well-being while taking care of their kids.
Parenting Beyond Belief
by Dale McgowanPraised by Newsweekas "a compelling read" and Library Journal as "accessible and down-to-earth," Dale McGowan's Parenting Beyond Beliefoffered freethinking parents everywhere a compassionate introduction to raising caring, ethical children without religious guidance. Now, for the more than 40 million people in the United States who identify themselves asnonreligious, Raising Freethinkersoffers solutions to the unique challenges secular parents face and provides specific answers to common questions, as well as over 100 activities for both parents and their children. This book covers every important topic nonreligious parents need to know to help their children with their own moral and intellectual development, including advice on religious-extended-family issues, death and life, secular celebrations, wondering and questioning, andmore. Complete with reviews of books, DVDs, curricula, educational toys, and online resources relevant to each chapter topic, Raising Freethinkers helps parents raise their children with confidence.
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
by Dale McgowanWhy am I here? What happens after we die? These are some of the hardest questions a child can ask--and even harder for parents to answer, especially if you've chosen to raise your child without religion.Gathering the perspectives of educators and psychologists, as well as wisdom from everyday parents, Parenting Beyond Belief offers insights and advice on a wide range of topics including:Instilling valuesFinding meaning and purposeNavigating holidaysCoping with lossFinding community without religion...and moreThe second edition of this secular parenting bestseller brings back reflections from such celebrated freethinkers as Richard Dawkins and Julia Sweeney, and adds new voices including journalist Wendy Thomas Russell, essayist Katherine Ozment, sociologist Phil Zuckerman, and many others.Wise, entertaining, and deeply supportive, the book will empower parents in their quest to raise ethical, compassionate, and open-minded children--without religion.
Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue
by Christia Spears BrownA guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers. Reliance on Gendered Stereotypes Negatively Impacts KidsStudies on gender and child development show that, on average, parents talk less to baby boys and are less likely to use numbers when speaking to little girls. Without meaning to, we constantly color-code children, segregating them by gender based on their presumed interests. Our social dependence on these norms has far-reaching effects, such as leading girls to dislike math or increasing aggression in boys.In this practical guide, developmental psychologist (and mother of two) Christia Spears Brown uses science-based research to show how over-dependence on gender can limit kids, making it harder for them to develop into unique individuals. With a humorous, fresh, and accessible perspective, Parenting Beyond Pink & Blueaddresses all the issues that contemporary parents should consider--from gender-segregated birthday parties and schools to sports, sexualization, and emotional intelligence. This guide empowers parents to help kids break out of pink and blue boxes to become their authentic selves.
Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes
by Christia Spears BrownA guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers. Reliance on Gendered Stereotypes Negatively Impacts KidsStudies on gender and child development show that, on average, parents talk less to baby boys and are less likely to use numbers when speaking to little girls. Without meaning to, we constantly color-code children, segregating them by gender based on their presumed interests. Our social dependence on these norms has far-reaching effects, such as leading girls to dislike math or increasing aggression in boys.In this practical guide, developmental psychologist (and mother of two) Christia Spears Brown uses science-based research to show how over-dependence on gender can limit kids, making it harder for them to develop into unique individuals. With a humorous, fresh, and accessible perspective, Parenting Beyond Pink & Blueaddresses all the issues that contemporary parents should consider--from gender-segregated birthday parties and schools to sports, sexualization, and emotional intelligence. This guide empowers parents to help kids break out of pink and blue boxes to become their authentic selves.
Parenting Beyond Power: How to Use Connection and Collaboration to Transform Your Family--and the World
by Jen Lumanlan&“I&’m in love with this book! It illuminates the forces that make parenting so difficult, and helps us develop better relationships with our kids—and ourselves.&”—Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, author of Raising Good HumansParenting is hard. But when we replace conventional parent-child power dynamics with collaboration, family life gets easier today—and we create a better world for all of us in the future.When we see our children stalling, resisting, having tantrums, using mean words, and hitting, we want to just make it stop. But conventional discipline methods like time-outs, countdowns, and &“consequences&” teach children that it&’s OK for more powerful people to control others—a lesson they take out into the world. This is how we learned White supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism from our parents—and we will replicate this with our children unless we make a different choice.Research-based parenting educator Jen Lumanlan offers a simple yet revolutionary framework for rethinking our relationships with children. This new approach helps us to look beneath challenging behaviors to find and meet children&’s needs, and ours too—perhaps for the first time in our lives. It involves empathetic listening, understanding feelings and underlying needs, and problem-solving with our children to find solutions to conflicts that work for everyone.Family life becomes radically easier in the short term because behavior problems tend to melt away. In the long term, we&’ll raise children who confidently advocate for themselves and treat others with profound respect.Includes sample scripts, flowcharts, and resources to help parents learn and implement this new approach.—"The compassionate guidance will be a boon to parents eager to move away from punitive child-rearing strategies."—Publisher's Weekly
Parenting Beyond Your Capacity
by Reggie Joiner Carey NieuwhofWhen parents work in tandem with the faith community to raise their children, they increase their parenting capacity exponentially.Most parents have so many demands on their time that they can't be the kind of parent they desire to be. They need to know the Orange Factor: Two combined influences will make a greater impact on kids than just two influences. And it's true. Parents who partner with the faith community are the best way to bring the next generation into the family of God-and keep them there.
Parenting Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: Getting It Right
by Andy Stanley Sandra StanleyParent with purpose and feel confident about raising a healthy and happy family.In the six-session video study (video streaming code included), Andy and Sandra combine their experience and wisdom to help viewers identify and embrace their it—their win as parents. In an inviting and conversational approach that is both informative and accessible, the Stanleys discuss:The four stages of parenting and how to excel at each stage.How to parent with the end goals in mind.An approach to discipline that strengthens relationships and increases trust and respect.How to help your child develop a strong faith of their own. As parents of three grown children and cofounders of North Point Ministries, one of the largest church networks in the country, the Stanleys are seasoned experts on faith and parenting. Together they have spent decades counseling families and mentoring moms and dads while leaning into mentors of their own.With their help, you won&’t have to constantly wonder whether you&’re getting it right as a parent. Start here and feel confident about raising children who will enjoy being together and with you, even when they&’re no longer living under your roof.This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader&’s guide.An individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (DVD also available separately.)Sessions and video run times:Your North Star (21:00)The Four Stages of Parenting (21:30)The Role of Words (22:30)Marriage Matters (22:00)Establishing Rules and Consequences (20:00)Developing a Faith of Their Own (17:00)Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside
Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School: A Strength-Based Approach to Helping Your Child Thrive and Succeed
by Dewey RosettiParenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School guides parents through the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape of raising kids who have been labeled with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and more. This book:Builds upon Harvard professor Todd Rose's groundbreaking research in the "Science of Individuality."Helps parents target their child's jagged profile of strengths and weaknesses.Explains a child's context of learning and multiple pathways.Teaches revolutionary techniques to encourage strengths and mitigate weaknesses.Helps parents manage the emotional fallout of raising a child who does not conform to the "average" model of learning.Drawing from her own experience as a parent of a child with learning differences—who is now a highly successful adult—the author outlines clear lessons from a quarter century of advocating for kids who learn differently.
Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School: A Strength-Based Approach to Helping Your Child Thrive and Succeed
by Dewey RosettiParenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School guides parents through the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape of raising kids who have been labeled with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and more. This book:Builds upon Harvard professor Todd Rose's groundbreaking research in the "Science of Individuality."Helps parents target their child's jagged profile of strengths and weaknesses.Explains a child's context of learning and multiple pathways.Teaches revolutionary techniques to encourage strengths and mitigate weaknesses.Helps parents manage the emotional fallout of raising a child who does not conform to the "average" model of learning. Drawing from her own experience as a parent of a child with learning differences—who is now a highly successful adult—the author outlines clear lessons from a quarter century of advocating for kids who learn differently.
Parenting Bright Kids With Autism: Helping Twice-Exceptional Children With Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism
by Claire E. Hughes-LynchParenting Bright Kids With Autism discusses the frustrations, the diagnoses, the challenges, and the joys as parents help their gifted children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) thrive in school and at home. This book: Helps families navigate twice-exceptional life by translating best practice into helpful advice. Guides parents who are trying to reach out, find information, and develop their child's talents. Helps parents acknowledge and get help for, but not focus on, areas of challenge. Is written by a professor of special education who is also a mother of a gifted child with high-functioning autism. Is a revision of the popular Children With High-Functioning Autism. Topics range from understanding the first signs of autism and the diagnosis, finding a support network, and filling out necessary paperwork, to determining the various types of therapies available and planning for adulthood. The book also discusses issues that these kids may face as they become teenagers and enter college. With the advice and encouragement provided in this book, parents will receive valuable insight into this new world of caring for a gifted child with autism.
Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons that Medicine Cannot Teach (Second Edition)
by Vincent J. MonastraIn this second edition of Parenting Children With ADHD, Dr. Vince Monastra provides practical, step-by-step guidance to parents looking for ways to bring out the best in kids with ADHD. He presents updated lessons about the causes of ADHD, how medications work, and the problems that sleep deficits, poor nutrition, and other medical disorders can cause. He also shares his innovative approach for improving organization, task-completion, problem-solving and emotional control.
Parenting Culture Studies
by Jennie Bristow Jan Macvarish Ellie Lee Charlotte FairclothWhy have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America.
Parenting Dual Exceptional Children: Supporting a Child who Has High Learning Potential and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
by Denise YatesThis is the first comprehensive guide for parents of children with Dual and Multiple Exceptionality (DME, sometimes called Twice Exceptionality or 2E). Children with high learning potential may also have conditions such as ASD, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia, having 'flashes of brilliance' in some areas whilst needing additional support in others. As a result, their abilities may not always be recognised in an educational setting.This book takes a strengths-based approach towards helping parents recognise and focus on their child's areas of potential to support them towards better attainment and self-esteem, and build on these abilities while also identifying and addressing areas of difficulty. It provides an understanding of the mixed learning profile of DME children, explaining why they excel in some areas but not others, as well as guidance for parents on working positively with schools and providing their child with the support they need.With stories, quotes from parents and examples throughout, this is an essential guide to helping DME children achieve their full untapped potential.
Parenting Dyslexia: A Comprehensive Guide to Helping Kids Combat Shame, Build Confidence and Achieve Their True Potential
by Jody Lyons Dr Lisa RappaportFifteen million children in the United States have been diagnosed with dyslexia. This learning disability is a major challenge not only for the kids, but also for their parents, families, teachers, tutors, and therapists. And yet, dyslexia doesn't have to be a disadvantage for kids - if the right tools are available. Parenting Dyslexia fills this critical need, providing prescriptive advice and concrete tips to drive educational and personal growth without any associated stigma. An easy-to-use, comprehensive reference book for anyone caring for adyslexic child to use at all stages of development, Parenting Dyslexia effectively anticipates and addresses the psychosocial and academic issues that dyslexic learners are likely to face at different stages, including:* Cultivating varied skills to balance out classic deficits.* Developing effective self-esteem and academic habits to help overcome age-specific hurdles.* Establishing individual and family practices to prevent a child's feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression.* Survival tools to navigate the predictable challenges a dyslexic learner will likely encounter.* Nurturing independence as well as a child's ability to ask for help and become a strong self-advocate.The book provides an accessible roadmap of how to:* Move through the major hurdles of dyslexia.* Reassure children that not only can they survive dyslexia, but they can thrive using sound psychosocial and academic practices.* Avoid typical pitfalls of a well-intentioned campaign to push a child to succeed that can lead to frustration and resistance.* Unite family members to be part of the family 'team' to supply special support for their dyslexic learner.* Create an atmosphere of fun and humor to help everybody maintain perspective during stressful moments.Dr. Rappaport is not only an authority on the subject, but she also happens to be dyslexic herself. From her unique vantage point, she provides a relatable, sympathetic, and optimistic voice of personal experience to this sensitive topic. Grounded in science but written in non-technical language, Parenting Dyslexia offers a wealth of tried-and-true methods for supporting dyslexic learners of all ages.
Parenting Dyslexia: A Comprehensive Guide to Helping Kids Combat Shame, Build Confidence and Achieve Their True Potential
by Jody Lyons Dr Lisa RappaportFifteen million children in the United States have been diagnosed with dyslexia. This learning disability is a major challenge not only for the kids, but also for their parents, families, teachers, tutors, and therapists. And yet, dyslexia doesn't have to be a disadvantage for kids - if the right tools are available. Parenting Dyslexia fills this critical need, providing prescriptive advice and concrete tips to drive educational and personal growth without any associated stigma. An easy-to-use, comprehensive reference book for anyone caring for adyslexic child to use at all stages of development, Parenting Dyslexia effectively anticipates and addresses the psychosocial and academic issues that dyslexic learners are likely to face at different stages, including:* Cultivating varied skills to balance out classic deficits.* Developing effective self-esteem and academic habits to help overcome age-specific hurdles.* Establishing individual and family practices to prevent a child's feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression.* Survival tools to navigate the predictable challenges a dyslexic learner will likely encounter.* Nurturing independence as well as a child's ability to ask for help and become a strong self-advocate.The book provides an accessible roadmap of how to:* Move through the major hurdles of dyslexia.* Reassure children that not only can they survive dyslexia, but they can thrive using sound psychosocial and academic practices.* Avoid typical pitfalls of a well-intentioned campaign to push a child to succeed that can lead to frustration and resistance.* Unite family members to be part of the family 'team' to supply special support for their dyslexic learner.* Create an atmosphere of fun and humor to help everybody maintain perspective during stressful moments.Dr. Rappaport is not only an authority on the subject, but she also happens to be dyslexic herself. From her unique vantage point, she provides a relatable, sympathetic, and optimistic voice of personal experience to this sensitive topic. Grounded in science but written in non-technical language, Parenting Dyslexia offers a wealth of tried-and-true methods for supporting dyslexic learners of all ages.
Parenting Dyslexia: A Comprehensive Guide to Helping Kids Develop Confidence, Combat Shame, and Achieve Their True Potential
by Jody Lyons Lisa RappaportLicensed psychologist and authority on dyslexia (who is also dyslexic herself) Lisa Rappaport offers a practical guide to help parents and others support dyslexic learners throughout their school years and beyond. It is estimated that fifteen million children in the United States are dyslexic which can often be a major challenge not only for the kids, but also for their parents, families, teachers, tutors, and therapists. Dyslexia doesn't have to be a disadvantage for kids, if the right tools are available. Parenting Dyslexia provides prescriptive advice and concrete tips to drive educational and personal growth without any associated stigma. An easy-to-use, comprehensive reference book for anyone caring for a dyslexic child to use at all stages of development, Parenting Dyslexia addresses the psychosocial and academic issues that dyslexic learners are likely to face at different stages, including: ·Cultivating varied skills to balance out classic deficits. ·Developing effective self-esteem and academic habits to help overcome age-specific hurdles. ·Establishing individual and family practices to prevent a child's feelings of isolation, anxiety, and depression. ·Survival tools to navigate the predictable challenges a dyslexic learner will likely encounter. ·Nurturing independence as well as a child&’s ability to ask for help and become a strong self-advocate. From her unique vantage point, Dr. Rappaport provides a relatable, sympathetic, and optimistic voice of personal experience to this sensitive topic. Grounded in science but written in non-technical language, Parenting Dyslexia offers a wealth of tried-and-true methods for supporting dyslexic learners of all ages.