Are we raising our kids in the ways that foster the better side of human nature? While this is a question that many parents have probably asked themselves, it is also the very question that inspired Ross W. Greene’s new book, Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership With Your Child. Not only does Greene ask us to think more deeply about how we are raising our children, but in many ways, he tells us that we need to reevaluate how we are living our own lives. More than once, I found myself wondering if I was cultivating the values I wish to live up to.
Greene, the bestselling author of Lost At School, draws on his clinical knowledge and timeless wisdom to show that when parents move past tired power struggles, authoritarian approaches, and unrealistic expectations, they actually have more influence with their child, and they also realize the most crucial task of parenting: to help their child figure out who he is, become comfortable with it, and then pursue a life that is congruent with it.
[For more of this story, written by Claire Nana, go to http://psychcentral.com/lib/bo...aising-human-beings/]
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