Raising Healthy, Happy and Successful Children, Birth- Adolescence by Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.
Successful Children from
Birth-Adolescence
by Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.
Raising children in the 21st Century is both parenting in the worst of times and parenting in the best of times. The Positive Parent is an essential resource for navigating the challenges and opportunities that today’s families face.
Dr. Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D., a nationally respected authority on child development and effective parenting, shows parents how to help their children reach their full potential through the power of positive parenting.
"Invaluable!" - Katharine Bensinger, M.S. LCPC, Parenting Education Program Director, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago
"A wonderful resource for all parents!" - Jody Kussin,Ph.D., Author of "Catch Them Being Good"
"Practical advice." - Jack C. Westman, M.D., President Wisconsin Cares, Inc.
"Dr. Alvy does it again." - Anne S. Robertson, National Parenting Education Network (NPEN)
Learn how to:
1. Give Children Warmth, Acceptance and Respect
2. Enjoy Child Development and Be Alert to Special Needs
3. Use Firm and Fair Leadership
4. Avoid Corporal Punishment and Verbal Aggression
5. Start Early in Preparing Children for School
6. Create a Home Environment That Supports Education
7. Be an Active Partner with Your Child's School
8. Manage Your Child's Obesity and Eating-Related Problems
9. Teach Children About Their Own and Other Cultures
10. Teach Children About Substance Abuse
11. Teach Children About Sexuality
12. Teach Children to Be Financially Successful and Giving
13. Manage Your Children's Media and Technology Exposure
14. Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
15. Nurture the Relationship In Which You Are Raising Your Children
16. Set a Good Example of Life Long Learning
While the major section of The Positive Parent is devoted to the guidelines, Dr. Alvy's book also includes chapters on the issues and challenges that are particular to raising children in modern times, as well as the research that points to the types of parenting that are most beneficial and the types that are least helpful.
There is also a special chapter on the Parenting of Children with Special Needs, which reviewers of advance copies say is 'worth the price of admission in and of itself.'
In addition there are chapters about the modern parenting and family skill-building programs that give today's parents an educational advantage over all prior generations of parents, as well as other great parenting education resources like the best parenting websites on the Internet.
Dr. Alvy also introduces parents to, and encourages them to become part of, a new grassroots effort to make effective parenting a societal priority through NEPI, the National Effective Parenting Initiative (www.effectiveparentingusa.org). The Positive Parent also includes selections from 'The CICC Discovery Tool' - a series of age-specific questionnaires for tracking the development of children birth to 5.
Dr. Alvy is a clinical child psychologist, who is the Founder and Director of the 33-year-old Center for the Improvement of Child Caring and the Founder and Advisory Board Member of The National Effective Parenting Initiative.
To see The Positive Parent table of contents, click here.
