Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids

by GROLNICK, WENDY S.SEAL, KATHY

• ISBN13: 9781591025665
• ISBN10: 1591025664
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-01-31
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

To help panicky parents deal with the disturbing emotions stirred up by our competitive society, and to give them scientific knowledge of their children's growing years, this book offers an illuminating and accessible guide to channelling competitive anxiety into positive parenting. The authors encourage parents to avoid pushing and pressurising their offspring, instead turning fear into calm guidance. Reassuring and empathic, the book shows parents how to avoid burn-out that afflicts so many in our high octane society helping them to raise children who thrive and excel.

Author Biography

Wendy S. Grolinick, is Professor of Psychology at Clark University and one of the nation's leading parenting researchers Kathy Seal is a nationally known parenting journalist and coauthor of Motivated Minds, a Los Angeles Times best seller

Table of Contents

Authors' Note	p. 7
Wendy's Preface	p. 9
Kathy's Preface	p. 17
Wendy's Acknowledgments	p. 21
Kathy's Acknowledgments	p. 23
Parent Panic: It Takes You by Surprise	p. 25
Why Now? "Our Kids Are Competing All the Time"	p. 41
It's an Animal Thing: When Our Hardwiring Goes Haywire	p. 71
The Big Takeover: How Our Feelings Pull Us to Push	p. 91
Beyond the Carrot and the Stick: Fanning the Flames of Your Child's Inner Passion	p. 107
R[subscript x] for Intrinsic Motivation: Encouraging Your Child's Autonomy	p. 129
The How-to of Autonomy	p. 149
Stand by Me: Maximizing Your Involvement	p. 175
"What Do You Expect?" Channeling Anxiety into Rules, Guidelines, and Information	p. 203
Calming Down: "That All Sounds Very Nice, But How Can I Use These Techniques When I'm Feeling So Anxious?"	p. 219
Endnotes	p. 245
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 275
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