Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
- ISBN13: 9781568382876
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Product Description
Strong self-esteem is a critical ingredient for human happiness–and its development begins at home in the nurturing interactions between children and adults. Clarke’s unique approach to building self-esteem begins with her belief that this is indeed a “family affair.” Rather than offering collection of dictatorial “shoulds,” Self-Esteem: A Family Affair instead serves as a source of parental support, providing a broad range of imaginative and effective suggestions for dealing with individual family members in ways that nourish self-esteem for all involved.
Throughout her book, Clarke encourages parents to claim their strengths and to trust their judgment as they make decisions about appropriate child care. Recognizing, too, that kids’ needs are best met by adults whose own needs have not been neglected, Clarke offers a range of creative and workable options for parents to build the self-esteem of children while also caring for their emotional needs.
Jean Illsley Clarke, author of Hazelden’s Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children, is a writer and an internationally recognized parent educator who specializes in the areas of parenting, self-esteem, family dynamics, and adult children of alcoholics. She currently directs the Self-Esteem Center, which she founded in 1975, and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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There is good advice here, and know I will refer to the book often. But, there were two things that bothered me while I read it. First, some parts are hard to follow. An example is when the author gives real life examples of families. Family members and friends are often mentioned when they haven’t been introduced yet, so as I read along, another name suddenly pops up,and I must stop and figure out “who is this?” Only after going back and then reading all the way through the paragraph again do I figure out the relationships. Second, the advice is really only based in the things we say to our loved ones. Communication is great, but simply saying these “magical phrases” alone is not enough. Before saying any of these affirmations to someone, it might be useful to ask questions to understand where they’re coming from and if they even want affirming. It seems like the author presumes you already know when these affirmations are useful.
Rating: 3 / 5
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
Emotional development is the key to childhood success and happiness. This book provides basic stages of developmental stages that children grow through that helps validates the child, and allows the parents a whole new level of understanding of what it is they did to do to support that growth. My “lists of affirmation”s and reminders of what my children’s needs were at each level, helped me appreciate and lowered my anxiety with the changes that naturally occur at each stage they went through. I wish all parents were given this book when they left the hospital with their little bundle of joy!
Rating: 5 / 5
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
I was very hopeful for this book, based on the other positive reviews. But I was extremely disappointed. The book spends almost all of its time on case studies, giving examples of people’s situations and what they should and shouldn’t do. If an example happens to fit your situation, perhaps you will find it helpful. I did not. Almost every paragraph in the book starts with the name of one of the fictional characters, and even the summaries at the end of each chapter were written in context of the characters. I found this annoying and unhelpful. I was looking for more insights that will stimulate my thinking for my own life.
Rating: 1 / 5
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
This book uses a very clear paradiagm to analyse the different kinds of messages we give our kids. It teaches a person to be aware of the effect of what we are saying. It also can enlighten a person to the way in which they speak to themselves and to foster positive self talk. I would highly recommend this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
This is the most user-friendly parenting advice book I have ever read, out of a mountain of parenting books. It gives these practical suggestions for enhancing your child’s and your own self-esteem. The concrete examples and clear explanations of the reasoning behind the suggestions make this my favorite parenting book.
Rating: 5 / 5
Self-Esteem: A Family Affair