A must-read for every parent who wants to
raise smart, emotionally stable, responsible, stress-proof kids!
Stress is rising alarmingly in our children,
both at school and at home. Across the world, hearts are racing, faces are pale
— and most of the time we’re unaware that many of our children are chronically
stressed.
Drawing on cutting-edge research from the Institute of HeartMath,
California, as well as Shelley Davidow’s extensive experience in working with
children and teens, Raising Stress-Proof Kids explores the powerful and
potentially long-term effects of stress on our children. Most importantly, it
offers simple but effective steps that parents can take to minimise the impact
of stress at home and at school. These include tools from the author’s
‘Restorative Parenting Toolbox’, empowering parents with the necessary skills
to:
• resolve behaviour issues
• deal with temper tantrums
• resolve sibling rivalries
• handle bullying
• cope with teenagers testing their independence
• navigate the challenges posed by the virtual world,
and
• provide firm, effective guidance when problems
arise.
Shelley
Davidow is a teacher, author and trained facilitator in
Restorative Practice. She has taught students aged from five to eighty and runs
workshops nationally and internationally on the impact and management of stress
at home, in the workplace and in the classroom. With her focus on social and
emotional health, Shelley has worked across the US and Australia in private and
public schools conducting readings and workshops and facilitating discussions
with young people on the many issues they confront. An award-winning author of
over thirty-five books for children, teens and adults, her children and
young-adult titles deal with a wide range of social issues and are used
worldwide in private and public schools.