Kids Behaving Bravely

by Tania Roxborogh, Kim Stephenson, T.K. Roxborogh

Kids Behaving Bravely gives helpful guidance in the tough job of raising children in a challenging and ever-changing world. Life is full of hurdles and a parent's core goal should be to instil in their children a sense of inner resilience. A resilient child is an emotionally healthy child, equipped to successfully confront challenges and bounce back from setbacks. This book will show: The role of resilience in overcoming trauma, change and adversity; Resilience differences between boys and girls; Teaching kids 'learned optimism'. It teaches kids how to deal with change (for example, moving to a new school); loss (for example loss of a friendship or death of a pet); grief (for example, death of a family member or loved one) and conflict (for example, family disputes).

215 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Librarian Note: Also writes under the pen name T.K. Roxborogh.

Reviews

[Strong Extraordinary Dreams · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well intentioned. Phew, got that out of the way. Now on to the book itself.

A hodgepodge collection of notes that resembled a first draft (of five). Little structure, little research (one specific other book was cited repeatedly), piles of personal anecdotes, and it got worse towards the end. Did they (there are two authors) just start at the beginning and go from there. A couple of pieces of good advice, but nothing beyond "think more".

The only addition this book has made is to its two authors' CVs, which - I think - is why it was produced. On the other hand, a big - BIG - black mark against its publishers, Penguin, for completely abandoning their role in the process.

[Vanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very useful book for parents, and differs from other parenting book in that it is looking at how you can help build resilience in your children so they can deal with what happens in the real world. It talks about how to give your children the language and emotional maturity to tackle life.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was for the Dewey CAT challenge. I wasn't too impressed. Even though it was well written and well researched, there really wasn't anything new to me in it. Probably I wasn't the targeted audience, which is OK. I did like the organization of the book - material was presented and discussed, and then scenarios were presented as examples.