A hands-off parenting guide to nurture independent thinking and collaboration for happier, smarter and stress-free kids.
Dr William Stixrud PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist with more than 30 years' experience of private practice. Ned Johnson is the founder and Director of an elite tutoring company in Washington, DC.
Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do as parents is to parent
our children a little less. This humane, thoughtful book turns the
latest brain science into valuable practical advice for parents on
how to pull back, when to engage and when to let go. Read it. Your
children will thank you.
*Paul Tough, New York Times bestselling author of How Children
Succeed*
This serious and probing look at how to give our children the right
kinds of independence shows us how much power we have to ensure
they can function optimally. It is a book about how to make our
children more meaningfully independent, and to set ourselves free
in the process.
*Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree*
Compelling, revolutionary, and wise, The Thriving Child empowers
parents with the courage, the tools, and the mindset to reduce
toxic stress, and to foster our child's capacity for resilience,
success, and optimal development. Its message-that we should trust
kids to have more control over their own lives-is one every parent
needs to hear.
*Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, co-author of The Whole Brain Child and The
Yes Brain*
The Thriving Child will guide parents to the sweet spot between
helicopter and hands-off parenting. Stixrud and Johnson ground
their clear and practical advice in cutting-edge research and years
of experience working with young kids and teens. An invaluable
resource for the thinking parent
*Lisa Damour, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of
Untangled*
Bill Stixrud, the pioneering neuropsychologist, and Ned Johnson,
the test-prep guru, have written a battleplan to attack the anxiety
that's devouring kids and decimating their native potential. This
extraordinary book shines a light into the darkness of test dread,
chronic sleeplessness, 24/7 social-media 'beauty pageants' and the
full array of stress-induced forces that undermine children. But
Stixrud and Johnson do more than identify the demons -- they slay
them. Read this incisive, witty, deeply-researched book and help
your child bend toward the sunlight of learning and self-directed
joy. A must read.
*Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Life,
Animated*
Stixrud and Johnson combine science and compassion to make the case
that parental over-control is eroding our kids' confidence,
competence and mental health. Accessible, compelling and richly
researched, The Thriving Child reveals the clear links between the
stressses of competitive schooling and the anxiety and depression
that are so widespread in kids today. This urgently-needed book has
the potential to revolutionize the way we parent.
*Judith Warner, author of A Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age
of Anxiety*
If you still have questions about whether or not excessive pressure
and a narrow version of success are truly harming our children, The
Thriving Child is an absolute must-read. While most books on the
impact of stress on child development offer anecdotes and clinical
examples, Stixrud and Johnson make it clear that it is now research
that explains why kids don't thrive under our current priorities. A
healthy child needs a healthy brain. Not only do they produce the
evidence that shows why unremitting achievement pressure is toxic
to our children, they also show us what the alternative would look
like. It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the
most radical and important books on raising healthy, resilient,
purpose-driven kids.
*Madeline Levine, PhD., author of The Price of Privilege and Teach
Your Children Well*
Stixrud and Johnson provide compassionate, well-supported
suggestions and strategies for parents to help their kids deal with
ever-more-competitive academics and extracurriculars By studying
the levels of stress and motivation in children, the authors
discovered that 'a low sense of control is enormously stressful and
that autonomy is the key to developing motivation.' Stixrud and
Johnson theorize that a sense of control is the 'antidote to
stress,' touching on common stressors for American kids, such as
social media, demanding homework, and lack of sleep . . . The
authors make a highly persuasive case for how parents can help
their children segue from feeling stressed and powerless to feeling
loved, trusted, and supported.
*Publisher's Weekly*
Stixrud and Johnson provide in-depth information on how to give
your child more control without letting them run amok, discuss ways
to reduce parents' stress levels, and emphasize the importance of
physical exercise and sufficient sleep. . . . Timeless advice for
parents.
*Kirkus Reviews*
If there's one book I'd recommend to parents who are raising
children of all ages - this is the book
*Ellie Knaus, host of the Atomic Moms podcast*
Important and timely. . . An essential book for parents and
educators everywhere.
*Sir Ken Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of The
Element*
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