Abigail Gewirtz

When the World Feels Like a Scary Place (eBook, ePUB)

Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents and Worried Kids

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In our complicated world, big issues make both parents and children anxious. So how should parents talk to their kids about the things that make both parent and child on edge - from family financial issues to school shootings to global warming? Here, an expert child psychologist offers parents scripts for conversations that will help us raise kids who are informed, engaged, and confident.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781523510955
• Artikelnr.: 64262932

Autorenporträt

Dr. Abi Gewirtz is a child psychologist and a leading expert on families under stress. She is a Professor in the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development (ranked the world's third-leading institution of its kind),. Her career has been devoted to developing and testing award-winning, skills-based parenting programs, like the U.S. military After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT, that promote children's resilience. Dr. Gewirtz has published more than 60 articles, book chapters, and a book on parenting and children's resilience. She is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Psychology, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Psychological Science, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Prevention Research. She has consulted to national and international organizations including the U.S. Congress, and UNICEF, on parenting. She has conducted research in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and has been invited to speak widely, in the U.S. and across the world, on parenting in times of stress. A native of London, England, Dr. Abi resides in Minnesota with her husband and four children. Her website is https://abigailgewirtz.com/ This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Trampolines 
PART 1: The Age of Anxiety 
Chapter 1: Parents Matter Now More Than Ever
Chapter 2: What Bad News Does to (Us) Parents 
Chapter 3: Nature, Nurture, and the Parent–Child Dance
PART 2: Understanding Emotions 
Chapter 4: Teaching Children About Emotions 
Chapter 5: Help Kids Respond to Big Emotions 
Chapter 6: Coaching Emotions 
PART 3: Essential Conversations
How Do I Talk with My Child? 
Chapter 7: Conversations About Violence
Chapter 8: Conversations About Natural Disasters and Climate Change 
Chapter 9: Conversations About the Perils of Technology
Chapter 10: Conversations About Social Justice
Chapter 11: Conversations About Our Divided Society
Epilogue: “Take Ten” to Help Children Grow into Confident,
Compassionate, and Civil Adults
PART 4: Bonus Conversations
Feeling Scared During the COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic
When a Parent Deploys 
Resources 
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index