Giving Your Child the Excellence Edge: 10 Essential Skills for Your Child to Excel in Life

by Vicki Caruana

Vicki Caruana, author of the best-seller Apples & Chalkdust (Honor) and an expert on education, defines 10 essential competencies for lifelong success and helps parents to develop them in their children. Giving Your Child the Excellence Edge not only gives specific ideas to develop all their traits, it helps parents make the most of the intrinsic learning abilities each child possesses and make the necessary connections between success at home, in school, and in the world of work.

Genres: Education

Paperback

Published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[Daniel]

This is a textbook on how to raise great children. We the parents are the kids' best teacher! The 10 traits:
Quality producer
Independent learner
Creative thinker
Critical thinker
Information manager
Cooperative learner
Effective communicator
Confident leader
Time manager
Self assessor

This confirms my experience that raising great children is serious business. A great reference for the many ways to develop our kids!

[Sunshine Moore]

Nothing groundbreaking, but a nice compilation of tips on education and leadership.