Raising Independent, Self-Confident Kids: Nine Essential Skills

Raising Independent, Self-Confident KidsNine Essential Skills to Teach Your Child or Teen\nAuthor(s): Wendy L. Moss, Donald A. Moses\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: American Psychological Association, United States\nImprint: American Psychological Association\nISBN-13: 9781433828256, 978-1433828256\nSynopsis\nParenting is a delicate dance. One of the hardest parts of parenting is knowing when to let your child struggle, in order to learn and grow, and when to intervene.\n\nIn this book, child development experts Wendy L. Moss, PhD, and Donald A. Moses, MD, examine the key skills parents need to help their kids emerge as confident, and capable adults.\n\nThis book will help parents will discover ways to build their child's confidence, decision making abilities, tolerance for frustration, patience, and self-sufficiency.\n\nLessons and examples based on the authors' professional experience illustrate how to teach skills such as self-monitoring, understanding social cues, using technology.