The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children Parenting from the Heart

by Vannoy, Steven W.

• ISBN13: 9781476762975
• ISBN10: 147676297X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781439147832
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-05-06
• Publisher: Touchstone
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Summary

The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic parenting book, now updated to reflect Steven Vannoy’s two decades of experience helping both families and businesses better care for their children and employees.

For more than twenty years, The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children has been helping parents to put the joy back into parenting. Steven Vannoy’s unique parenting style is designed to create a harmonious family atmosphere with self-esteem, compassion, balance, humor, communication, integrity, responsibility, conscious choice, and full expression of emotions.

And parents are not the only ones who have benefitted from Vannoy’s wisdom: in the years since the book was first published, Vannoy has used the principles in this book to help businesses worldwide create healthier and more fulfilling workplaces. With updated principles and a new foreword by the author, this twentieth anniversary edition will help both new and old readers of The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children build better relationships with their children and colleagues both in the office and at home.

Author Biography

Steven W. Vannoy, author, speaker, and facilitator, founded Verus Global in 1990 with a vision to create resilient work cultures, more productive teams, and higher quality of life for all. Now, with more than forty years of business leadership experience, Vannoy is a recognized expert in building strength in corporations internationally, as well as creating sustainable, healthy cultures in workplaces, communities, and families. Learn more about Verus Global at VerusGlobal.com.

Table of Contents

Contents

No Band-Aids, Please

King Dad, Queen Mom

Five Powerful Parenting Tools

Chapter One: Tool One

FORWARD FOCUS

Chapter Two: Tool Two

MESSAGES

Chapter Three: Tool Three

TEACH

Chapter Four: Tool Four

LISTEN

Chapter Five: Tool Five

MODEL

Chapter Six: Parenting from the Heart

Chapter Seven: The Gift of

FEELING FULLY

Chapter Eight: The Gift of

SELF-ESTEEM

Chapter Nine: The Gift of

COMPASSION

Chapter Ten: The Gift of

BALANCE

Chapter Eleven: The Gift of

HUMOR

Chapter Twelve: The Gift of

COMMUNICATION

Chapter Thirteen: The Gift of

ABUNDANCE

Chapter Fourteen: The Gifts of

INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

Chapter Fifteen: The Gift of

CONSCIOUS CHOICE

Chapter Sixteen: Recipe for Partnership

Solutions, Please

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