What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know : Facing Today's Challenges with Wisdom and Heart

by Haffner, Debra W.

• ISBN13: 9781557047267
• ISBN10: 155704726X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

Parenting in the 21st century presents a new set of challenges that require new solutions. Like their parents before them, today's parents have to help their children navigate school, friends, crushes, extracurricular activities, and sexuality. But they also face a bewildering new world, driven by ever-evolving technology and media, that frequently thwarts their efforts to raise physically, emotionally, and sexually healthy children.

Author Biography

Deara W. Haffner is an ordained minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Is Parenting Harder Today?	p. 1
New Challenges and New Solutions	p. 11
Affirming Parents	p. 23
Their Bodies, Their Selves: Raising Physically Healthy Children	p. 43
The Myth of the Overscheduled, Overstressed Generation	p. 63
Knowing Their Minds: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children	p. 77
Just Say Know: Raising Sexually Healthy Children	p. 89
Sobering News: Alcohol, Drugs, and Raising Responsible Children	p. 113
The Truth About Abductions and Sexual Abuse	p. 133
Couch Potato, Mouse Potato: Navigating the New Electronic World	p. 147
Raising a Mensch: The Importance of Ethics and Spirituality in Your Child's World	p. 167
Afterword: Our Children Are Our Greatest Blessing	p. 183
Resources for More Information	p. 185
Notes	p. 197
References	p. 205
Index	p. 215
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