Emotionally Intelligent Parenting : How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340738847 ISBN 13: 9780340738849

Publisher: Coronet

Synopsis

Daniel Goleman's bestseller "Emotional Intelligence" opened a new way of thinking about the skills necessary for meeting life's challenges. Expanding on the insights brought to light by the same research project, this book presents parents with many practical, realistic ways to help children develop the qualities of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, control of impulsive behaviour, co-operative work habits, care for themselves, and sympathy for others. Full of examples, exercises and tips, the book acknowledges the often chaotic reality of home life as well as the difficulty of drawing strict boundaries between thoughts, feelings and actions. An eminently practical guide, this book aims to help parents bring the joys of emotional intelligence into family life.

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Review:

If you think it's a difficult time to be a parent, consider how challenging it is to be a child in today's world. Recent studies show that children are more impulsive, disobedient, lonely, sad, irritable, and violent than ever before. The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, Socially Skilled Child assert that what's needed now is an approach called emotionally intelligent parenting. An emotionally intelligent parent, according to the authors, follows the Twenty-Four Karat Golden Rule: "Do unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children." Maurice J. Elias, Steven E. Tobias, and Brian S. Friedlander pick up where Daniel Goleman's bestselling Emotional Intelligence leaves off, translating Goleman's basic principals into specific parenting tactics for solving daily family issues. The book includes exercises for raising the family "humor quotient," becoming aware of feelings, praising and prioritizing, and coaching your child in responsible action. Emotionally Intelligent Parenting is easy to follow, and provides suggestions for parents at all levels of commitment to the concept. Parents may choose to try some or all of the exercises, or may simply find it an interesting and informative read. The "Sound 'EQ' Parenting Bites to Help with Common Family Issues" closing the book are especially sensible, profoundly compassionate, and effective. --Ericka Lutz

From the Inside Flap:

a parent, ever found yourself treating your children in a way you would never tolerate from someone else? The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting call for a new Golden Rule: Do unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children. And most important, they show us how to live by it.
        
Based upon extensive research, firsthand experience, and case studies, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting breaks the mold of traditional parenting books by taking into account the strong role of emotions--those of parents and children--in psychological development. With this book, parents will learn how to communicate with children on a deeper, more gratifying level and how to help them successfully navigate the intricacies of relating to others.
        
The authors take the five basic principles of Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence,&

About this edition

• Publisher: Coronet
• ISBN 10: 0340738847
• ISBN 13: 9780340738849
• Binding: Paperback