Lighthouse Parenting

Raising Your Child With Loving Guidance for a Lifelong Bond

Kenneth R Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610027212
• Year: 2025

In a world of helicopter parents and tiger moms, discover a more balanced alternative—Lighthouse Parenting. The originator of this popular, practical, science-based parenting style, Dr. Ken Ginsburg, shows you how to put it into action at home! Dr. Ken Ginsburg, a leading adolescent health expert, offers an evidence-based parenting action plan that lays the foundation for the kind of relationship in which you will be welcomed as a guide in childhood, throughout adolescence, and beyond. The near-term benefits for your child of building your relationship through Lighthouse Parenting include • Greater academic success • Higher levels of emotional well-being • Increased resilience • Fewer behavioral risks • Reduced emotional distress But, in the long term, following Lighthouse Parenting helps to build emotionally healthy children and adolescents who are more likely to develop deep, enduring relationships with their parents for their entire lifetime.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Stability
• Part 2: Modeling and Knowing
• Part 3: Communicating
• Part 4: Protection
• Part 5: Resilience and Thriving
• Part 6: Preparation
• Part 7: Reliability
• Index
• Back Cover