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Raising a Kid Who Can

By: Catherine McCarthy MD, Heather Tedesco PhD, Jennifer Weaver LCSW
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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Publisher's Summary

Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to build a child's capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad.

It’s time to parent smarter, not harder. Filled with scientifically based and eminently actionable advice and strategies, Raising a Kid Who Can boils down the ten essential things that every child needs to thrive so that parents can stop drowning in information and get to the business of raising healthier, happier humans. Written by three mental health professionals who work with families, organized for easy skimming, and designed to be useful at any stage in a child’s life, the book devotes one short, impactful chapter per principle, including Resilience, Attention and Self-Control, Psychological Flexibility, Self-Motivation, Compassion and Gratitude. The result is a new approach to a parenting guide, one that takes a wholistic approach to nurturing a child’s development and help parents get right to the information they need, when they need it.

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©2023 Catherine McCarthy, Heather Tedesco, Jennifer Weaver (P)2023 Workman Publishing Company

Critic Reviews

“A must-read for parents who are trying to prepare their children to thrive in a world that’s changing at breathtaking speed.” (William Stixrud, PhD, neuropsychologist and coauthor of The Self-Driven Child and What Do You Say?)

“This book is the book I’ve been waiting for . . . an incredibly valuable resource for parents and mental health professionals.” (Alix Spiegel, co-creator of Invisibilia, producer of This American Life, and former science reporter for NPR)

“Exactly the road map parents need to navigate the challenges of parenting in the modern era.” (Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD, Director, Program for Anxiety Disorders, Yale School of Medicine Child Study Center, and author of Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD)

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