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"A terrific book for parents who want to know how to talk about difficult, emotional issues with children."––Nancy Eisenberg, Regents' Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University Includes how to talk to your kids about COVID-19. In a lifesaving guide for parents, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz shows how to use the most basic tool at your disposal––conversation––to give children real help in dealing with the worries, stress, and other negative emotions caused by problems in the world, from active shooter drills to climate change. But it's not just how to talk to your kids, it's also what to say: The heart of When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a series of conversation scripts––with actual dialogue, talking points, prompts, and insightful asides––that are each age-appropriate and centered around different issues. Along the way are tips about staying calm in an anxious world; the way children react to stress, and how parents can read the signs; and how parents can make sure that their own anxiety doesn't color the conversation. Talking and listening are essential for nurturing resilient, confident, and compassionate children. And conversation will help you manage your anxieties too, offering a path of wholeness and security for everyone in the family. "Remarkable... Compelling advice illustrated with memorable case examples."––Ann S. Masten, PhD, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, University of Minnesota
"A terrific book for parents who want to know how to talk about difficult, emotional issues with children."––Nancy Eisenberg, Regents' Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University Includes how to talk to your kids about COVID-19. In a lifesaving guide for parents, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz shows how to use the most basic tool at your disposal––conversation––to give children real help in dealing with the worries, stress, and other negative emotions caused by problems in the world, from active shooter drills to climate change. But it's not just how to talk to your kids, it's also what to say: The heart of When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a series of conversation scripts––with actual dialogue, talking points, prompts, and insightful asides––that are each age-appropriate and centered around different issues. Along the way are tips about staying calm in an anxious world; the way children react to stress, and how parents can read the signs; and how parents can make sure that their own anxiety doesn't color the conversation. Talking and listening are essential for nurturing resilient, confident, and compassionate children. And conversation will help you manage your anxieties too, offering a path of wholeness and security for everyone in the family. "Remarkable... Compelling advice illustrated with memorable case examples."––Ann S. Masten, PhD, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, University of Minnesota
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About the Author-
Dr. Abi Gewirtz is a child psychologist and a leading expert on families under stress. She is a Professor in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development (ranked the world’s third-leading institution of its kind),. Her career has been devoted to developing and testing award-winning, skills-based parenting programs, like the U.S. military After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools/ADAPT, that promote children’s resilience. Dr. Gewirtz has published more than 60 articles, book chapters, and a book on parenting and children’s resilience. She is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Psychology, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Psychological Science, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Prevention Research. She has consulted to national and international organizations including the U.S. Congress, and UNICEF, on parenting. She has conducted research in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and has been invited to speak widely, in the U.S. and across the world, on parenting in times of stress. A native of London, England, Dr. Abi resides in Minnesota with her husband and four children. Her website is https://abigailgewirtz.com/
Table of Contents-
Table of Contents Introduction: Trampolines PART 1: The Age of Anxiety Chapter 1: Parents Matter Now More Than Ever Chapter 2: What Bad News Does to (Us) Parents Chapter 3: Nature, Nurture, and the Parent–Child Dance PART 2: Understanding Emotions Chapter 4: Teaching Children About Emotions Chapter 5: Help Kids Respond to Big Emotions Chapter 6: Coaching Emotions PART 3: Essential Conversations How Do I Talk with My Child? Chapter 7: Conversations About Violence Chapter 8: Conversations About Natural Disasters and Climate Change Chapter 9: Conversations About the Perils of Technology Chapter 10: Conversations About Social Justice Chapter 11: Conversations About Our Divided Society Epilogue: “Take Ten” to Help Children Grow into Confident, Compassionate, and Civil Adults PART 4: Bonus Conversations Feeling Scared During the COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic When a Parent Deploys Resources Notes Acknowledgments Index
Reviews-
June 1, 2020 In her first book, professor and researcher Gewirtz tackles what every parent is currently wondering: how to talk to their children about the things in life we cannot control. She begins by asking parents to look closely at how they manage their emotions as this in turn affects the way children handle their own. She teaches parents how to be effective emotional coaches by practicing emotion regulation and identification, active listening, problem solving, and limit setting. Finally, Gewirtz describes how conversations with our children are the best antidote to a stressful and sometimes scary world. With this in mind the final chapters give examples of both planned and unplanned conversations to have with children about violence, natural disasters and climate change, technology, social justice, societal divisions, and the current coronavirus pandemic. Teaching children how to identify and respond to emotions from toddler to teenage years is a fundamental part of parenting. When the World Feels Like a Scary Place is a much-needed resource to help families navigate anxiety in an uncertain world.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)
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