Title: The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure
Authors: Dr. Chris Thurber and Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
Publisher : Hachette Go
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0306874776
ISBN-13 : 978-0306874772
Item Weight : 12 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.95 x 8.95 inches
The Right Kind of Parental Pressure Puts Kids on a Path to Success. The Wrong Kind Can Be Disastrous.
Level up your parenting with this positive approach to pushing your child to be their best self.
Parents instinctively push their kids to succeed. Yet well-meaning parents can put soul-crushing pressure on kids, leading to under-performance and serious mental health problems instead of social, emotional, and academic success. So where are they going astray? According to Drs. Chris Thurber and Hendrie Weisinger, it all comes down to asking the right question. Instead of “How much pressure?”, you should be thinking “How do I apply pressure?”
The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure addresses the biggest parenting dilemma of all time: how to push kids to succeed and find happiness in a challenging world without pushing them too far. The solution lies in Thurber and Weisinger’s eight methods for transforming harmful pressure to healthy pressure.
Each transformation is enlivened by case studies, grounded in research, and fueled by practical strategies that you can start using right away. By upending conventional wisdom, Thurber and Weisinger provide you with the revolutionary guide you need to nurture motivation, improve your interactions with your child, build deep connections, sidestep cultural pitfalls, and, ultimately, help your kids become their best selves.
I received a copy of this book from Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
Review: The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure by Dr. Chris Thurber and Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
If you ever check out the American Psychological Association’s, Monitor on Psychology, you are likely to see According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment for psychologists overall will grow by 19 percent between 2014 and 2024.
One reason may be because there's an increase of student self-referrals for the treatment of anxiety and depression. And, Monitor is not the only publication to point this out. Clinicians in counseling and psychological services often get more referrals than they can handle.
Research shows that mental anguish causes substantial disruptions to daily routines and suggests both descriptive norms and injunctive norms affect youth behavior.
It's reported teenagers more than ever are feeling excessive pressure to excel. To make matters worse, teens often don't want to appear weak so avoid open communication.
We want those around us to make sound, individual decisions and recognize applied pressure may hinder progress and create problems without meaning too. So, we opt to use prevention, practices and role playing resistance along with the short term goals and target skills to meet target behaviors.
A few months back, Dr. Hendrie Weisinger contacted me about the book, The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure, he wrote in conjunction with Dr. Chris Thurber.
I was thrilled to hear from Dr. Weisinger as he is known as a pioneer in the field of pressure management and this book was created to show how caregivers can push kids ages 3- 23 to succeed and find happiness without pushing them too far.
Included in this book are 8 evidenced-based methods for transforming harmful pressure into healthy pressure. Each method is supported by case studies and practical strategies that parents and caregivers can use to nurture motivate, improve interactions, build connections, sidestep cultural pitfalls, and, help children do well.
If you question whether you are prepared to take this book on, you may be comforted knowing the authors promote empathy and compassion and remind all that pressure is good when it is balanced with reasonable rules and unconditional love. They cite human relationships are often adjusted on the fly, but with guidance and the strategies noted in this book, you can push yourself as well as kids, in healthy ways.
