Synopses & Reviews
Parents want their kids to succeed. But in today's hypercompetitive, high-speed world, too much competition can be dangerous to children's health...causing mental, emotional, and physical problems.
Based on up-to-date research, this guide helps parents distinguish between helpful pushing and harmful pressuring. Whether the issue is kids' sports, body image, extracurricular activities, or academic achievement, parents can find ways to be supportive and encourage healthy competition and achievement...as well as teach their child to resist damaging societal and peer pressure.
Pushed to the Edge helps parents:
Nurture their child's uniqueness
Teach the value of measured risk
Resist the urge to compare their child to others
Allow their children to do their own homework
Prevent eating disorders and other emotional problems
Set standards that make sense
and more
Filled with wisdom and practical advice, this is a timely guide for parenting today's stressed-out kids, building their confidence and giving them back the childhood joys that society has taken away.
Synopsis
Based on up-to-date research, this guide helps parents distinguish between helpful pushing and harmful pressuring. Whether the issue is kids' sports, body image, extracurricular activities, or academic achievement, parents can find ways to build their kids' confidence and give them back the childhood joys that society has taken away.
About the Author
Donna Corwin is the bestselling co-author of Time-Out for Toddlers. Her articles have appeared in such publications as USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, GQ, Shape, Mademoiselle, and Parenting. She also writes a monthly advice column for the Los Angeles Family Magazine.