{"product_id":"the-resilient-child-joanne-a-joseph-9780738205687","title":"The Resilient Child: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World","description":"If you try to identify the basic qualities of a child \"most likely to succeed\" as an adult, what words might first come to mind? Independent? Likable? Creative? Disciplined? According to Dr. Joanne Joseph, the essence of a productive and healthy personality is a positive and secure self-image and a solid set of resilient attitudes and behaviors. \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Child: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World\u003c\/i\u003e successfully integrates the latest information available about healthy cognitive development, self-esteem, and resilience to give parents and teachers practical suggestions for nurturing these qualities in children and adolescents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Joseph, an esteemed psychologist and child education consultant, skillfully shows how stories, television, nutrition, exercise, parental discipline style, and the child's individual characteristics each play a comprehensive role in the development of a child's self-esteem and resilience. With the author's clearly outlined strategies, parents and educators can guide children to be socially skillful, responsible, disciplined, good problem-solvers, and effective managers of the change and adversity inherent in today's world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElaborating beyond what others have identified as the elements of a productive personality, Dr. Joseph uses a series of inspiring anecdotes and documented research to discuss the following: what experts do and do not know about the development of self-esteem; how parents and teachers can actively contribute to the natural development of a child's self-esteem; how to promote resilience in children through happy and difficult times; the kinds of characteristics that differentiate children from each other; how to liberate a child's inner strengths to build self-esteem and resilience; how literature and the media can teach resilient and productive values and behaviors; styles of parental discipline and their influence on the development of the child; and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne A. Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738205680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738205687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Joanne A. Joseph","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925760442623,"sku":"9780738205687","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b74e795c-e8ec-45d3-af25-bcdb61c979b0.jpg?v=1681079191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-resilient-child-joanne-a-joseph-9780738205687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}