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Thinking Parent, Thinking Child
How to Turn Your Most Challenging Everyday Problems into Solutions
Dr. Myrna B. Shure
6x9, 262 pages
ISBN: 978-0-87822-669-6
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In this book, internationally acclaimed author Dr. Myrna B. Shure shows
how to apply “I Can Problem Solve” techniques to the top concerns of parents
and children from preschoolers through preteens. The important lessons
presented in this book go far beyond how to control specific problems.
Instead, the goal is to help children find their own best solutions to
problems—from getting homework done to test anxiety to being
teased to peer pressure.
Grouped into four parts, the 18 chapters in this book provide sound
advice on the following topics.
- Part 1: Dealing with Feelings
- Anger * frustration and disappointment * stress, worries, fears, and
trauma * coping with loss * caring and empathy * self-esteem and sense of
control
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- Part 2: Handling and Preventing Problems
- Bedtime, procrastination, interrupting, and impatience * possessiveness
* defiance, tattling, and lying * physical aggression, bullies, and victims
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- Part 3: Nurturing Relationships
- Family ties * sibling rivalry * peers
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- Part 4: Building Life Skills
- Listening * responsibility * school, homework, and learning
Click here to view the author's
preface (PDF, 97KB).
Reviews
“Myrna Shure’s approach stresses the necessity of having both child
and parent
learn to think through effective strategies for handling common problems.
This
balanced perspective will find a solid endorsement from today’s guilt-laden
parents,
who hear all too often that the responsibility for harmonious family
functioning lies
totally with them.”
—Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D., past president of the
National
Association for the Education of Young Children
“Unlike the advice of so many ‘parenting experts,’ the effectiveness of
Dr. Shure’s work
has been scientifically validated. If you want to prepare your child to become a
happy,
successful, functional adult, this book is a must.”
—Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising
Resilient Children
“Dr. Shure empowers parents to boost their children’s emotional
thinking skills.
Her real-life vignettes reveal that children can learn how to create solutions
for
their problems.”
—Alice S. Honig, Ph.D., professor emerita of child
development at Syracuse University |
