Raising a Thinking Preteen shares dynamic, interactive techniques that will help young people recognize and express the feelings they're having--the first step in developing empathy for others, which, as Dr. Shure demonstrates, is integral to the problem-solving process. Preteens will learn to combine these skills with more complex ones, such as understanding mixed emotions and gaining insight into other people's motivations. They will also learn to plan ahead and to realize that resolving conflict is not always easy. Parents will discover skills as well--for example, how turning monologues into dialogues opens the doors of communication to their preteens and lays the groundwork for keeping those doors open.
Raising a Thinking Preteen will give 8- to 12-year-olds the skills they need to cope with life's everyday frustrations and to make informed decisions about problems important to them--dealing with the stresses of homework, making good friends, and contending with mounting peer pressure and bullies in and out of school. With urgent issues of violence, unsafe sex, and drug abuse facing young people earlier and earlier, preteens need this groundbreaking program to help them reach thoughtful decisions about these problems too.
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