Childhood Unbound
Saving Our Kids' Best Selves--Confident Parenting in a World of Change
Dr. Ron Taffel, Ph.D.
- Dr.
- Ron
- Taffel,
- one
- of
- the
- country's
- most
- sought-after
- child-rearing
- experts,
- draws
- on
- decades
- of
- counseling
- experience
- and
- extensive
- conversations
- with
- parents
- nationwide
- to
- offer
- an
- original
- and
- inspiring
- analysis
- of
- the
- distinctive
- challenges
- parents
- face
- in
- raising
- children
- today.
- He
- also
- introduces
- a
- breakthrough
- approach
- for
- guiding
- kids
- --
- from
- children
- to
- teens
- --
- in
- ways
- that
- bring
- out
- the
- best
- in
- both
- kids
- and
- parents
- in
- these
- twenty-first-century
- times.With
- warmth
- and
- clarity,
- Taffel,
- who
- is
- himself
- a
- parent
- struggling
- with
- these
- issues,
- helps
- us
- to
- understand
- our
- sons
- and
- daughters
- in
- an
- entirely
- new
- way:
- as
- a
- distinctive
- "free-est"
- generation,
- born
- to
- the
- first
- generation
- of
- "post-baby
- boomer"
- parents
- and
- the
- products
- of
- a
- decades-long
- cultural
- sea
- change
- that
- intensified
- in
- the
- nineties.As
- a
- result,
- kids
- of
- all
- ages
- are
- now
- a
- bundle
- of
- contradictions:
- they
- exude
- entitlement,
- back
- talk
- shockingly,
- negotiate
- endlessly,
- worship
- celebrity,
- do
- ten
- things
- at
- once,
- conduct
- independent
- lives
- online,
- and
- engage
- in
- high-risk
- behavior
- at
- younger
- ages.
- Yet,
- they
- are
- also
- far
- more
- open
- with
- their
- parents
- and
- each
- other
- than
- kids
- in
- prior
- generations,
- are
- strikingly
- generous
- and
- empathetic,
- and
- care
- deeply
- about
- ethical
- issues.
- In
- addition,
- their
- high-speed
- multitasking
- is
- preparing
- them
- for
- the
- demands
- of
- the
- future.The
- key
- question,
- then,
- is
- how
- to
- encourage
- the
- good
- while
- steering
- them
- away
- from
- the
- bad.
- Taffel
- believes
- today's
- parents,
- having
- lived
- through
- the
- beginning
- phases
- of
- the
- same
- social
- changes,
- are
- uniquely
- qualifiedto
- bring
- out
- kids'
- best
- --
- and
- he
- shows
- you
- how.Using
- a
- wealth
- of
- examples,
- he
- walks
- parents
- through
- innovative
- methods
- to
- get
- children's
- and
- teens'
- attention,
- to
- set
- limits
- they
- will
- respect,
- and
- to
- engage
- them
- in
- meaningful
- conversation
- to
- provide
- the
- guidance
- they
- need.
- He
- also
- instructs
- on
- how
- to
- rebuild
- supportive
- community
- around
- us.
- His
- inspiring
- analysis
- and
- expert
- guidance
- will
- be
- embraced
- as
- the
- authoritative
- new
- approach
- to
- raising
- their
- kids
- that
- parents
- have
- been
- searching for.
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