Great Kids: Helping Your Baby and Child Develop the Ten Essential Qualities for a Healthy, Happy Life

By Stanley I. Greenspan

Parents all over the world have certain universal aspirations. They want their children to contribute meaningfully to society and to pursue their own dreams. But we appear to be missing the essentials. In this inspiring book, based on 30 years of research and practice, Dr. Stanley Greenspan redefines the qualities of an emotionally and intellectually healthy child and identifies the ways that parents can help their children develop each quality. The qualities that make us call a child a "great kid," such as empathy, curiosity, and logical thinking, are fundamental and underlie all the academic, athletic, and social talents that a child might develop. We are not born with these traits, Greenspan demonstrates, they come from experience, which suggests that each and every parent can encourage them and that each and every child can strive to acquire them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738209791
• ISBN13: 9780738209791
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A wise parenting manual

The way you raise your child from infancy through adolescence determines his or her success in interacting with people and dealing with life situations. Every parent wants confident, sensitive, patient and morally sound children. But human beings are not born with these qualities; parents and caregivers are responsible for teaching children about them. Dr. Stanley Greenspan, an authority on infant and child development, describes each of 10 essential traits he believes children need, and advises parents how to instill and encourage them in their kids. His contentions are backed up by 30 years of practical experience. getAbstract recommends this book to parents who are looking for a guide through the complexities of child rearing.

A must read for all parents

As a child development professional, I highly recommend Great Kids to all parents and caregivers who want to encourage their child to build a happy, healthy, moral, and successful life. Dr Greenspan explains that these traits that make great kids come from experience, and any child can learn them. This is not just a book for children with challenges, but for any child - infants on up. Of the many child development and parenting books I have read, this is one of the very best. Developing and encouraging traits like empathy and moral integrity - even in infants - will undoubtedly help many parents raise a wonderful child. A MUST READ.