Thursday, November 15, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Isaac Home
20 Douglas Lane
We hope you will join us this month at Lynn Isaac's home as we discuss Raising Resilent Children by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein. Please RSVP on the Newcomers website by Monday, November 12th. Kindly bring either something savory or sweet - but casual and small in quantity - or a drink to share. We hope you are able to join us!
From Amazon.com Book Review:
I just had the pleasure of hearing author, Robert Brooks speak at our school about nurturing sef-esteem and resilience in our children. I found his parent friendly book to have the same warm tone that he conveys in person. His lessons and opinions are documented with true case studies and anecdotes from his professional career and peppered with a welcome sense of humor. I am learning to be a more authoritative parent with the specific, practical guidance offered in this book and I see a definite positive change in the way we as parents are communicating with our children. This book has been the key tool in helping us empower our grade school children (10 and 12) with a better attitude towards adversity. "Raising Resilient Children" views "Discipline" and "Punishment" as very different procedures and both offer many positive strategies to communicate and discipline (teach children right from wrong) WITHOUT yelling, bribing, nagging, threatening, criticizing and punishing. The authors feel we often spend too much time remediating the weaknesses of our children and not enough time identifying their strengths and seeing that they have ample opportunities to succeed in what they are passionate about and good at. Both authors believe that it is not only important what you need to say to your children, but HOW you choose to say it that can make the difference.
Copies of Raising Resilient Children can be requested on an individual basis through the Ridgefield Library.
Susan Graham & Lynn Isaac
203-894-8845 (Susan) and 203-438-8142(Lynn)
eveningbook@ridgefieldnewcomers.org
