In Raising Kids, family therapist and parent educator Sheri Glucoft Wong and Silicon Valley private school head Olaf Jorgenson team up to deliver a down-to-earth guide to parenting that is as encouraging as it is illuminating.
With its easy-to-grasp language and tools, Raising Kids is there for you, from managing family routines, screen time, and homework, to supporting friendships, self-esteem, and resilience. You'll find out how being "on your spot" leads to fewer conflicts and replaces threats, nagging, and punishment with clear, effective messages that make sense to your kids.
The authors focus on everyday parenting because how we relate to our children day-to-day forms their sense of themselves, their connection to us, and their ways of being in the world. No interaction we have with our kids is too small to strengthen our bond with them, impart our values, build their confidence, and to demonstrate communicating, relating, and caring. You'll learn how to be on your kids' side and get them on yours as you navigate daily life.
Thousands of parents with toddlers through adolescents have benefited from the wisdom and reassurance that is now available in this straightforward guide. Along with offering approaches to address the challenges, Raising Kids shows you how to build on what you're already doing well to maximize the good times in your family life today and in the years ahead.
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Sheri Glucoft Wong, San Francisco Bay Area family therapist and parenting consultant, and Olaf Jorgenson, Silicon Valley private school head, bring decades of experience to everyday parenting tools that focus on relationship-building as the basis for effective parenting. Thousands of parents, educators, and healthcare providers at Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, Apple, Gymboree and multitudes of PK-12 schools have benefited from the wisdom and experience that is now available in this easy to follow, down-to-earth parenting guide.
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A practical guide for navigating the everyday challenges of raising kids-from managing family routines, screen time, and homework to supporting social development, self-esteem, and resilience
Parenting approaches only work when they're supported by the relationships parents have with their children.
In Raising Kids, family therapist and parenting consultant Sheri Glucoft Wong and Silicon Valley private school head Olaf Jorgenson team up to deliver an easy-to-follow, down-to-earth guide to building relationships by being on your kids' side and getting them on yours.
This isn't a typical parenting book packed with theories or quick fixes. Instead, if offers approaches that work because they take into account who you are, who your child is, and how you relate to one another.
You'll discover how being "on your spot" leads to fewer conflicts and replaces threats, nagging, and punishment with clear, effective messages that make sense to your kids. Learn how to: be involved (but not too involved) in your children's school life, manage transitions and upsets, support their self-esteem, and more.
With its easy-to-grasp language and techniques, Raising Kids will help you build on what you're already doing well to maximize the good times in your family, so you can enjoy your kids even more. After all, isn't that the whole point of being a parent?