Raising a Kid Who Can

Name: Raising a Kid Who Can
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781523518593
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Simple Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Adaptability and Emotional Strength

By Jennifer Weaver and Catherine McCarthy and Heather Tedesco

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Raising a Kid Who Can offers scientifically based, actionable guidance for parents aiming to nurture healthier, happier children. Authored by three mental health professionals, the book highlights ten essential principles—such as Resilience, Attention and Self-Control, Psychological Flexibility, Self-Motivation, Compassion, and Gratitude—each detailed in its own concise chapter. It is designed to be easily navigable and practical at any stage of a child's development, providing a holistic parenting approach that cuts through overwhelming information.
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Ideal for parents, caregivers, and mental health professionals seeking effective, research-backed strategies to support children's development from infancy through young adulthood.

Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to build a child's capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad.

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It's time to parent smarter, not harder. Filled with scientifically based and eminently actionable advice and strategies, Raising a Kid Who Can boils down the ten essential things that every child needs to thrive so that parents can stop drowning in information and get to the business of raising healthier, happier humans.

Written by three mental health professionals who work with families, organised for easy skimming, and designed to be useful at any stage in a child's life, the book devotes one short, impactful chapter per principle, including Resilience, Attention and Self-Control, Psychological Flexibility, Self-Motivation, Compassion and Gratitude.

The result is a new approach to a parenting guide, one that takes a holistic approach to nurturing a child's development and helps parents get right to the information they need, when they need it.

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Praised for its scientific grounding and practical advice, this book has been called a "must-read" for parents by experts such as William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, coauthors of The Self-Driven Child. Tina Payne Bryson describes it as a "truly great addition" to parenting literature, highlighting its focus on balance, connection, and compassion. Alix Spiegel regards it as an "incredibly valuable resource" for both parents and professionals alike.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781523518593

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Workman Adult

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 288

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Catherine McCarthy Health & Wellness Heather Tedesco Jennifer Weaver Non-Fiction Parenting & Family Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Catherine McCarthy, MD, is a Duke-trained child and adolescent psychiatrist with nearly 25 years of clinical experience. In addition to being the keynote speaker for several major conferences, she lectures regularly to parents and students in nearly every school system, both public and private, in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Heather Tedesco, PhD, is a licensed Applied Psychologist with a Ph.D. in Social Psychology.? She has a private practice in McLean, Virginia, where she works exclusively with parents to make parenting less stressful, more effective, and more enjoyable. She is the go-to parenting resource for many Washington, DC-area pediatric, psychological testing, and therapy practices.

Jennifer Weaver, LCSW, has been rated as one of the "Best Child Therapists" in the area in Washingtonian magazine. Along with her therapy practice, she also provides workshops and training to mental health professionals, schools (faculty, student, and parent groups), and the larger community. Ms. Weaver is the founder of Helix, a separate, intensive program for kids to help prevent the need for inpatient or residential treatment, set to open this fall. This program has the direct support of colleagues and mentors at McLean Hospital in Boston, Anna Freud Centre in London, and Yale Child Study Center in New Haven.