The Confident Child: Emotional Coaching for the Crucial Decade - Ages Five to Fifteen Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Confident Child: Emotional Coaching for the Crucial Decade - Ages Five to Fifteen Book

"We understand far more about how self-esteem can be damaged in childhood--through neglect or abuse--than we do about how it can be fostered, preserved, and reinforced," author Terri Apter writes in The Confident Child: Raising Children to Believe in Themselves. Apter aims to help parents recognize problems in a child's "self theory" (a child's self-image and ideas about her potential), and to help the child "sustain positive attitudes and correct destructive ones." In clear, concise prose, The Confident Child focuses on the age span from 5 to 15, the time in life when self-esteem and confidence are at their most delicate and are the most sensitive to nurturing. Chapters cover assessing a child's self-esteem, being an imperfect parent without ruining your child's life (managing anger, grief, and disappointment), working within the delicate balance of discipline (teaching your child to be ashamed of her behavior but not of herself), success and failure at school, the effects of sibling rivalry, social confidence, and the early teen years. Much of the material in The Confident Child is original; Apter, a social psychologist and researcher and author of Altered Loves, conducted a five-year study that is the basis of this compassionate and practical book. Yet Apter also owes a debt to the works of Erik Erickson, Daniel Goleman, and others. --Ericka LutzRead More

from£24.23 | RRP: £17.95
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £3.22
  • Product Description

    A necessary parenting guide for instilling self-esteem in children. This perceptive and practical book shows parents how to help their children acquire self-esteem building skills, and offers a plan for raising confident children. Focusing on children from age five to fifteen--the crucial decade--this book, through a technique called "emotional coaching," shows parents how to raise a child to solve problems, to be socially active and understand others, to express feelings appropriately, and to manage emotions--crucial skills in developing confidence.

    Filled with information that can be put right to use: * a valuable checklist of possible signs of low self-esteem; * guidelines towards easing a child's anxiety, anger, and depression; * a realistic discipline approach that allows parents to foster positive self-images in children; * ideas for helping a child participate effectively in school; * suggestions for minimizing sibling rivalry that may lead to low self-esteem; * techniques for helping children foster friendships and resolve disputes with others; * a checklist for spotting special dangers to self-esteem in adolescence; * methods for instilling values in children.

  • 0393040585
  • 9780393040586
  • T.E. Apter
  • 6 August 1997
  • WW Norton & Co
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 270
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.