Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People
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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People
No Parent or Educator Can Afford to Ignore This Groundbreaking Work! Bestselling authors H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen have helped hundreds of thousands of parents raise capable, independent children with Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. On its tenth anniversary, this parenting classic returns with fresh, up-to-date information to offer you inspiring and workable ideas for developing a trusting relationship with children, as well as the skills to implement the necessary discipline to help your child become a responsible adult. Those who think in terms of leniency versus strictness will be surprised. This book goes beyond these issues to teach children to be responsible and self-reliant--not through outer-directed concerns, such as fear and intimidation, but through inner-directed behavior, such as feeling accountable for one's commitments. Inside, you'll discover how to instill character-building values and traits in your child that last a lifetime. "During these turbulent days when families are in disarray and children are getting the short end of the stick, this book can be very helpful to parents who are struggling to bring up self-reliant children. Even after raising five of my own and becoming a grandfather for the seventh time, I got some new ideas out of it!"--Art Linkletter "An inspiring, workable formula for developing closeness, trust, dignity, and respect . . . a real gem."--Becky Ridgeway, School Social Worker
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good book for parents and teachers:
This is a good read for teachers and parents looking to help their students and kids be more independent and reliable in a world that is showing them otherwise.
nothing new, sophmoric premise and solutions:
This book is based on a premise that has been around since parenting "This generation is going to hell in a hand basket due to X change". It then uses scare tactics including examples of gross substance abuse and untimely death to pull the reader in. The solutions of "spend quality time with your kids and as a family" are just as obvious as the problem given in the first place. To top it off, the book lumps and stereotypes current and past generations. One example in the book states that previous... more info
my kids are the best because of it:
I was given this book by my mother when my daughter was 2 and my son was 10. We were beginning to have problems with my son and my daughter was just a challenge, period. I fell in love with the book from the first page. They said they would solve my problems, and they did. As the authors say, its more work the older your kids are, and its true. My son dragged his feet but eventually became the model child. My daughter became the angel I always knew she was. I kept a cheat sheet with me at all times... more info
Veeteetoo is Beyond the Left Field...:
I have had the pleasure of meeting Stephen Glenn at a number of seminars and look forward to taking the Developing Capable People workshop so that I may lead parenting classes for our school district (check the research on test score improvement in school districts providing families with these skills). My only "complaint" is that I did not have access to this material while raising my own children. I DO raise 32 a year and have used the seven steps for developing capable people as the basis of my... more info
