Book

Palladino, Lucy Jo.

The Edison trait : saving the spirit of your nonconforming child / Lucy Jo Palladino.

1st ed.

New York : Times Books, ©1997.

xxiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Helps parents identify, understand, and nurture their children who think divergently, and who possess a "dazzling intelligence, an active imagination, a free-spirited approach to life, and the ability to drive everyone around them crazy."--Jacket.

Creative thinking in children.

Divergent thinking.

Creative ability.

Child rearing.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-300) and index.

Does your child have the Edison trait? -- Children who are divergent-thinking-dominant -- The nature of attention -- Believe in your child -- Watch what you say -- Build a parent-and-child team -- Encourage your child's interests -- Teach your child self-control -- Coach your child to learn how to achieve -- Take care of yourself -- Take care of your family -- Your Edison-trait child at school -- What is ADD? -- Professional diagnosis, testing, and counseling -- Medicating a child who has ADD: a personal decision -- Controversial theories and methods -- Edisonian leaders of the information age.

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