Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps For More Joyful Kids And Happier Parents (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Lots of good practices in this book. It may not be the end-all message for parenting, but it is based on research and chock full of valuable action plans.By the way, it is not a book about making your kids feel happy all the time. Raising Happiness addresses the emotional needs of human beings. Happy kids who grow up to be successful (I know these are vague adjectives in themselves, but they are defined to a certain extent for the book's purposes) have had moments of failure and forged habits of self discipline that called for a certain amount of temporary unhappiness. They have learned how to be of service to other people, how to forgive, and how to practice mindfulness.I am in the middle of taking copious notes from this book before I have to return it to the library. :) This is a relatively short, interesting book, that could have been much shorter still if the author had gotten rid of all of the repetition. Several of the ideas are common sense (parental involvement), others are good reminders (practice gratitude), and a few were interesting (how to best praise your children and avoid common traps like perfectionism). Worth a quick spin through and got some ideas of things I will try, although Barrett is definitely on the very young side of the spectrum in which they will work. Ironically, the one thing this book did do is make me feel much better about his preschool - which I had been on the fence about. Apparently playing all day with little academic instruction is exactly what I should have been looking for at this age!
What do You think about Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps For More Joyful Kids And Happier Parents (2010)?
Some good information here, but nothing new or life changing.
—darlingyin
great read for parents! love her online class too.
—monicadang
