The Future of Your Only Child: How to Guide Your Child to a Happy and Successful Life
Language: English
Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
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- Title
- The Future of Your Only Child: How to Guide Your Child to a Happy and Successful Life
- Author
- Pickhardt Ph.D., Carl E.
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1403984174
- ISBN 13
- 9781403984173
One-child households havedoubled over the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing family units in America. Expert Carl Pickhardt aids families in understanding the common traits of many adult "onlies"--like shyness, perfection, and intolerance--so that they can better prepare for potential outcomes. He also celebrates the positive qualities of only children and how to encourage characteristics like thoughtfulness, creativity, and ambition. Pickhardt shed new light on issues that many only-child families encounter such as:
-attachment problems
-conflicts between only child and parent
-performance anxiety
-unusually high personal expectations
-feelings of entitlement
-dependence
-problems with risk-taking
With a distinctive focus on long-term effects, this book will help refine and improve daily parenting methods. Parents will welcome these insightful guidelines for the formative influence they wish to provide.
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About the Author
Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. is the author of popular parenting titles including Keys to Successful Stepfathering, The Everything® Parent's Child to the Strong-Willed Child, The Everything® Parent's Guide to Positive Discipline, and The Connected Father (Palgrave Macmillan). He lives in Austin, Texas.
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