Raising Human Beings
Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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Written by:
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Ross W. Greene
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In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Times best-selling 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 him or her pursue and live a life that is congruent with it. But parents also want to have influence. They want their kid to be independent, but not if he or she is going to make bad choices. They don't want to be harsh and rigid, but nor do they want a noncompliant, disrespectful kid. They want to avoid being too pushy and overbearing, but not if an unmotivated, 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.
Now Dr. Ross Greene offers a detailed and practical guide for raising kids in a way that enhances relationships, improves communication, and helps kids learn how to resolve disagreements without conflict. Through his well-known model of solving problems collaboratively, parents can forgo time-out 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, Raising Human Beings arms parents with the tools they need to raise kids in ways that are nonpunitive and nonadversarial and that brings out the best in both parent and child.
©2016 Ross Greene, PhD (P)2016 Simon & SchusterWhat listeners say about Raising Human Beings
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- Amy Styles
- 2021-08-24
Helpful tools that are breathing hope into my parenting
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.
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- Cloud L.
- 2022-08-19
Your child is your partner from now on.
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.
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- Melanie at LushPad
- 2017-11-30
What an amazing book
I've read Ross Greene's Explosive Child in the past, and his concepts really resonated with me then, but this book solidified it. We put the Plan B strategies into practice and immediately saw results. The book also helped me empathize with my son more, and be aware of how my own upbringing had coloured the way I dealt with my son. If you're struggling with your child, please take a chance and read this book. I'm sure it will help you as much as it helped us.
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- Amanda
- 2017-11-03
A must read for parents!
This book is a must-read for parents and people working with children. the strategies can be applied towards other relationships as well.
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- Daniel Gonzalez
- 2022-11-14
Every parent should read!
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.
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- Fadrina
- 2021-02-26
every parent will benefit from this book
great insight into how to communicate, listen and be a good partner and how to partner with your kids in the whole life process
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- Candace
- 2024-05-09
I skipped alot because it was so boring.
I was really excited about this book but it was less fantastic than expected . there are a few good pieces of information but I have learned most of this information in a deeper way from other sources.
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