Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Grolnick, Wendy S.

Title Pressured parents, stressed-out kids : dealing with competition while raising a successful child / by Wendy S. Grolnick, and Kathy Seal.

Publication Info. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  649.1 GRO    Check Shelf
Description pages cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Parent panic: it takes you by surprise -- Why now? "our kids are competing all the time" -- It's an animal thing: when our hardwiring goes haywire -- The big takeover: how our feelings pull us to push -- Beyond the carrot and the stick: fanning the flames of your child's inner passion -- Rx for intrinsic motivation: encouraging your child's autonomy -- The how-to of autonomy -- Stand by me: maximizing involvement -- What do you expect? channeling anxiety into rules, guidelines and information -- Calming down: "that all sounds very nice, but how can i use these techniques when i'm feeling so anxious?" -- Endnotes.
Subject Parenting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Parent and child -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added Author Seal, Kathy.
ISBN 9781591025665
1591025664
-->
Add a Review