Wise Minded Parenting: 7 Essentials for Raising Successful Tweens + Teens - Tapa blanda

Praise for "Wise-Minded Parenting"

""Wise-Minded Parenting" is such a welcome resource for parents who want to understand what really works to build success in teens. The authors go way beyond the usual parenting tips to describe cutting-edge research on such topics as self-control, academic performance, and mindsets. And they provide simple, down-to-earth strategies. How rewarding to see scientifically-proven practices given to parents where it can do so much good!"
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Author, "Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential"

"This book is a guideline for how to stay in wise mind with your child--a difficult task indeed. When parenting, staying out of extreme emotion mind is both of the essence and extremely difficult. Thank heaven for this book, which gives step-by-step instructions on how to get into and stay in wise mind."
Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.
Professor of psychology and adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington

"It's very easy as a parent to lose your mind just when you need it the most. This wonderfully thoughtful, wise, and comprehensive guide maps out the latest research and knowledge about what our tweens and teens need to thrive, and, most importantly, offers us much-needed practical strategies for acting and responding more mindfully and effectively throughout this rich and challenging period, helping us to maintain our deep threads of connection with [our children] as they come to build trust in themselves."
Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Authors, "Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting"

"This is such an amazingly useful book for parents of a teenager. It gives you realistic dialogue that fails, and the retakes that make these dialogues work. First of all, what defines a great conversation with a teen may surprise many parents. Second of all

Praise for "Getting to Calm," previous title
"An ideal guide book for parenting teens, "Getting to Calm" shows how emotional intelligence starts in the home. Parents are given valuable strategies for managing their own emotions and tackling challenging situations, all with a keen focus on the critical importance of maintaining a strong parent-teen relationship. Indispensable!"
--John Gottman, Ph.D., author of "Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child"
"This is a smart book. Filled with accessible science and illuminating stories, "Getting to Calm" offers sound advice for not only staying sane as a parent, but navigating the waters of your teen's life with clarity and skill so that both you and your adolescent will benefit. A wonderful contribution to every parent's library of support. Bravo!"
--Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of "The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being," "Parenting From the Inside Out and Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation"
"Required reading for parents who struggle with their teen. Here is true insight into the mental and emotional world of adolescents. Kastner and Wyatt offer parents useful, step-by-step tools for managing their own emotions in the face of teenaged chaos."
--T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and Joshua Sparrow, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Praise for "The Launching Years," previous title
"With common sense and uncommon sensitivity, the authors address the double bind of parenting late adolescents--letting go and holding on, all at the same time. An invaluable guide!"
--Jane Adams, author of "I'm Still Your Mother: How to Get Along With Your Grown-up Children for the Rest of Your Life"
." . . a brilliant and practical book about the long and winding road from senior year to college life. . . . The authors' humor and uncommon wisdom will allow parents to let go of their children--yet stay connected with them. The freshl

• Secure attachment to parents
• Self-control
• Academic success
• Social thriving
• Emotional flourishing
• Strong character
• Physical health

With humor, wisdom and a deep understanding of the teenaged brain, Dr. Kastner, author of Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens, and Russell provide clear and useful tools for parents, giving them effective new ways to manage their own emotions in the heat of the moment with their teen while maintaining — and even gaining — closeness.