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About this book
You're deeply committed to helping your kids succeed. But you're concerned--why are so many graduates unprepared to enter the workforce and face life on their own? You're doing your best to raise healthy children, but sometimes you wonder, am I really helping them? Tim Elmore shows you how to avoid twelve critical mistakes parents unintentionally make. He outlines practical and effective parenting skills so you won't fall into common traps, such as... making happiness a goal instead of a by-product not letting kids struggle or fight for what they believe not letting them fail or suffer consequences lying about kids' potential--and not exploring their true potential giving them what they should earn Find out why thousands of organizations have sought out Tim Elmore to help them develop young leaders--and how you can improve your parenting skills and help your kids soar.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Overfunctioning Parent Quiz
- “I Get an A, You Get a D”
- Mistake 1: We Won’t Let Them Fail
- Mistake 2: We Project Our Lives on Them
- Mistake 3: We Prioritize Being Happy
- Mistake 4: We Are Inconsistent
- Mistake 5: We Remove the Consequences
- Mistake 6: We Lie About Their Potential and Don’t Explore Their True Potential
- Mistake 7: We Won’t Let Them Struggle or Fight
- Mistake 8: We Give Them What They Should Earn
- Mistake 9: We Praise the Wrong Things
- Mistake 10: We Value Removing All Pain
- Mistake 11: We Do It for Them
- Mistake 12: We Prepare the Path for the Child Instead of the Child for the Path
- Changing Our Minds About Kids
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- What Some More Ideas?
- About the Publisher