Well, this is the summary of the article: Superpowers for parents: becoming your child's emotional coach. Sally Williams wrote it the Saturday 4 October of 2008.
This article comments about a writer, Stephen Briers that wrote the book Superpowers for Parents: The Psychology of Great Parenting and Happy Children. This book is a handy guide to therapy techniques. He says that the parents need to become emotional coaches for their children to produce a new generation of happy adults. For that is most important that they forget the strict routines of childcare.
The idea is the parents become in child psychologists too, because they can help their children and save their for a diagnosable mental health disorder. Rather, psychology is the key to good parenting. If parents understand their children this children understand themselves, they will grow up to be happy. One of the points of being a parent is to try and equip the children for life and give them the skills they need.
Briers' says that is “emotional intelligence": "Children who are emotionally literate, who demonstrate a high capacity for empathy and have social problem-solving skills, tend to be protected from all manner of mental health problems". But this emotional intelligent is not the only key to have a happy future, because the intellectual attainment is very important too. The parents must also expand their child's emotional vocabulary. "Read to your child and discuss how characters might be feeling," says Briers. "Do you think he's feeling scared/cross/happy/upset?"
The purpose of getting your child to be more in touch with their emotions (and those of others) is to help them manage them. Briers takes the view that there is a connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
The book Superpowers for Parents: The Psychology of Great Parenting and Happy Children by Stephen Briers is published by Prentice Hall Life and it cost £9.99
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/04/family.children
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All normal parents love their children and want them to live meaningful lives among loving people with whom the youngsters find places to belong. We teach them to be as successful as we can. Because of their love, parents normally have no intention of crippling their children’s physical, psychological or spiritual growth with inadequate guidance or with harsh discipline. It is our intention to maintain loving and purposeful relationships with our youngsters during their formative years. Nevertheless, because we bring our own emotional baggage with us, because many of us had less than ideal childhoods, the road to disaster for many children is paved with the good intentions of inept parents.
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You have written a very good summary. I think I'll tell my sisters to read the original article. It's got some very useful pieces of advice.
Please, have a look at the corrections I’ve made.
Congratulations!
JL
Well, this is the summary of the article: Superpowers for parents: becoming your child's emotional coach. Sally Williams wrote IT ON Saturday 4, October , 2008.
This article comments ON a writer, Stephen Briers, that wrote the book Superpowers for Parents: The Psychology of Great Parenting and Happy Children. This book is a handy guide to therapy techniques. He says that the parents need to become emotional coaches for their children to produce a new generation of happy adults. For that is most important, that they forget the strict routines of childcare.
The idea is THAT parents become (-) child psychologists too, because they can help their children and SPARE THEM a diagnosable mental health disorder. Rather, psychology is the key to good parenting. If parents understand their children, THESE children WILL understand themselves, they will grow up to be happy. One of the points of being a parent is to try and equip the children for life and give them the skills they need.
Briers' says that is “emotional intelligence": "Children who are emotionally literate, who demonstrate a high capacity for empathy and have social problem-solving skills, tend to be protected from all mannerS of mental health problems". But this emotional intelligenCE is not the only key to have a happy future, because the intellectual attainment is very important too. The parents must also expand their child's emotional vocabulary. "Read to your child and discuss how characters might be feeling," says Briers. "Do you think he's feeling scared/cross/happy/upset?"
The purpose of getting your child to be more in touch with their emotions (and those of others) is to help them manage them. Briers takes the view that there is a connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
The book Superpowers for Parents: The Psychology of Great Parenting and Happy Children by Stephen Briers is published by Prentice Hall Life and it COSTS £9.99
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