The Good News About Bad Behavior
Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever--And What to Do About It
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Why don't our kids do what we want them to do? Parents often take the blame for misbehavior, but this obscures a broader trend: in our modern, highly connected age, children have less self-control than ever. About half of the current generation of children will develop a mood or behavioral disorder or a substance addiction by age eighteen. Contemporary kids need to learn independence and responsibility, yet our old ideas of punishments and rewards are preventing this from happening.
To stem this growing crisis of self-regulation, journalist and parenting expert Katherine Reynolds Lewis articulates what she calls The Apprenticeship Model, a new theory of discipline that centers on learning the art of self-control. Blending new scientific research and powerful individual stories of change, Lewis shows that, if we trust our children to face consequences, they will learn to adapt and moderate their own behavior. She watches as chaotic homes become peaceful, bewildered teachers see progress, and her own family grows and evolves in light of these new ideas. You'll recognize your own family in Lewis's sensitive, realistic stories, and you'll find a path to making everyone in your home more capable, kinder, and happier — including yourself.
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Release date
April 17, 2018 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781549168369
- File size: 296311 KB
- Duration: 10:17:18
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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March 1, 2018
Journalist and parenting coach Lewis documents a crisis seen in children of all ages. Obedience is no longer our goal. We must tackle the defining challenge of our era? teaching our children how to self-regulate. In her first book, Lewis researches and explains how we got here and the ways that adults can help the kids in their lives improve through connection, communication, and capability. Between visits to a neuroscience lab and plenty of parenting-coaching sessions, Lewis proceeds to explain that the key to discipline is connection and empathy. Although the author's background is in journalism, and she approaches her writing as something other than a do-this-not-that manual, there is plenty of practical advice here. She tracks families, including her own, throughout the book to demonstrate how parents can improve, too. Readers will appreciate the lists of age-appropriate jobs and Top Takeaways and resource sections in the back of the book. The Good News about Bad Behavior is a great addition to public and academic library parenting collections.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)
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