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While the argument rages between strict and permissive parenting, both sides miss the point. If our goal as parents and educators is to help children become capable adults, then teaching them to make proper decisions and become self-reliant is paramount. With the bestselling classic Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, authors and educational speakers H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen have created a book that no parent or teacher...
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"Esther Wojcicki— 'Woj' to her many students and admirers around the world— is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They're the result of TRICK, Woj's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence,...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Focusing on views of success and child rearing, a renowned psychologist combines cutting-edge research with thirty years of clinical experience to explain how to shift focus to a parenting style that promotes academic success, a sense of purpose, and meaning in life.