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Raising Human Beings

Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

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Raising Human Beings

Written by: Ross W. Greene Ph.D. Ph.D.
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
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 Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.

Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and direction—get comfortable with it, and then help them pursue and live a life according to it. Yet parents also want their kids to be independent, but not if they are going to make bad choices. They want to avoid being too overbearing, but not if an apathetic kid is what they have to show for it. They want to have a good relationship with their kids, but not if that means being a pushover. They don’t want to scream, but they do want to be heard. Good parenting is about striking the balance between a child’s characteristics and a parent’s desire to have influence.

Dr. Ross Greene “makes a powerful case for rethinking typical approaches to parenting and disciplining children” (The Atlantic). Through his well-known model of solving problems collaboratively, parents can forgo timeout and sticker charts; stop badgering, berating, threatening, and punishing; allow their kids to feel heard and validated; and have influence.

From homework to hygiene, curfews, to screen time, Dr. Greene “arms parents with guidelines that are clear, doable, and sure to empower both parents and their children” (Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen). Raising Human Beings is “inspirational…a game-changer for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. Its advice is reasonable and empathetic, and readers will feel ready to start creating a better relationship with the children in their lives” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Education Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships
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Plan B is the more enlightening route than Plan A.

If there were exams for being parent, this book should be the textbook for parenting 101.

Your child is your partner from now on.

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This book is a must-read for parents and people working with children. the strategies can be applied towards other relationships as well.

A must read for parents!

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More than just informative, this book is a guidance to navigate the turbulent waters of parenthood. Eye opening, I'd with I had listened to it earlier in my journey.

Every parent should read!

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Greene provides helpful tools that are breathing hope into my parenting. His collaborative problem-solving approach goes against the grain of a lot of conventional wisdom, but is so beneficial in getting onto our kids’ teams and partnering with them as much as possible.

Helpful tools that are breathing hope into my parenting

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great insight into how to communicate, listen and be a good partner and how to partner with your kids in the whole life process

every parent will benefit from this book

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