The Art of Raising a Resilient Child

by Anna C Partridge

Overview

An essential, must-read for all parents - - - - now more than ever! In the challenging and changing world of parenting, the introduction of technology, increase in mental health issues, reduced exposure to risk, dwindling communities and pressure to always be perfect in a busy, often overwhelming world, raising resilient and confident children is a challenge. In The Art of Raising a Resilient Child, you'll find powerful and practical strategies and a road map to raise your children to navigate the ups and downs of life mentally, physically and emotionally.Building resilience in our children is a vital ingredient to nurturing our children's mental health. With increased ability to journey the thing we call life, resilience helps us bounce back from daily and long term challenges. Children need to know how to do this on a daily basis and it is our job as parents to develop and nurture resilience, confidence and emotional intelligence in our children. Based on the art and science of parenting, this book provides solutions and ideas to raise children who have a brave heart, strong mind and healthy body who can navigate the ups and downs of life.

About the Author

High school teacher, counsellor, parenting mentor and advocate for children's mental health and wellbeing, Anna Partridge has been privileged to support the journey of children and their families for more than 15 years. She is an expert in the theory of resilience in children and has combined this with positive psychology to help child thrive and flourish in a changing world. With her educational background, Anna writes from experience and evidence based research on interpersonal relationships, emotional intelligence, resilience and wellbeing to provide parents with practical ideas to raise their children to weather the ups and downs of life. Anna is a regular parenting writer for Huffington Post and Wellbeing Magazine. She is married with three children aged 15, 13 and 11 and lives in Canberra Australia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648748311
Publisher:	Publisher
Publication date:	06/07/2020
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

ANNA PARTRIDGE has worked with children and their families for over 15 years as a teacher, counsellor, writer and parenting mentor. She is an expert on the theory of resilience in children and has combined this with positive psychology to help children thrive and flourish in a challenging world. With the introduction of technology, fast paced, busy lifestyles and a noticeable dearth of resilience, families are riding a new wave of raising our next generation. In her new book, The Art of Raising Resilient A Child, released mid 2020, Anna provides strategies to build strong relationships in families and emotionally, physically and mentally resilient children. With an educational background, Anna uses her knowledge of interpersonal relationships and emotional intelligence as well as cognitive behaviour theory to help families understand and develop solid relationships between parents and their children as well as siblings. She helps families understand that life is meant to be up and down and the need to develop resilience to help weather the storm. With the surge of mental health issues developing in children, building these skills are imperative to curbing the incidence rate of anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. Anna is an advocate for children's mental health and wellbeing and a regular parenting writer for Huffington Post and the Wellbeing Magazine. Currently working as a high school teacher, she loves the rich conversations she has with teenagers about thriving socially, emotionally, mentally and physically and also enjoys leading a culture of wellbeing across the schools she has taught in. Anna is married with three children and lives in Canberra, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: What is resilience?

Chapter 2: The building blocks of resilience

Part 1: Building a Strong Mind (Mental Resilience)

Chapter 3: Provide a positive learning environment at home

Chapter 4: Give children a good start to life

Chapter 5: Provide a good education

Chapter 6: Develop a strong values and beliefs system

Chapter 7: Build up a bank of positive memories

Chapter 8: Encourage a growth mindset with a positive outlook on life

Chapter 9: Build self-esteem and self-confidence

Chapter 10: Facilitate an understanding of financial literature

Part 2: Moulding a Brave Heart (Emotional Resilience)

Chapter 11: The importance of building relationships: Parent to Child

Chapter 12: The importance of building relationships: Siblings

Chapter 13: The importance of building relationships: A strong community

Chapter 14: Teach children about emotions

Part 3: Nurturing a Healthy Body (Physical Resilience)

Chapter 15: Start with a healthy pregnancy

Chapter 16: Encourage sound sleeping habits

Chapter 17: Maintain good nutrition

Chapter 18: Children need plenty of exercise

Chapter 19: Make good hygiene a habit

Chapter 20: A typical day in the life of a healthy child

Conclusion: Call to action

Editorial Reviews

Informative, insightful and down to earth advice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2020

"Anna uses a mix of her own personal experience and observation with empirical data and psychology to provide practical and down to earth advice. A very easy to read book with themed chapters that make it easy to come back and find specific items in the future. A great tool for all parents and a reminder of the importance of stopping and making time for joyful moments and everyday conversations with kids as we lead ever busier hurried lives. Thanks for sharing Anna!"

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