Raising Children At Promise
How the Surprising Gifts of Adversity and Relationship Build Character in Kids
1. Auflage Januar 2005
176 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Raising Children At Promise is a practical resource and inspiring companion workbook to the revolutionary book Children At Promise, which replaced at-risk thinking with an at-promise strategy to help all kids succeed and overcome challenges in their lives through a trusting relationship with a caring adult. Step by step, this workbook explains the AT PROMISE paradigm and offers stories, activities, self-assessments, prayer reflections, and answers to frequently asked questions, encouraging readers to understand and apply At Promise principles in their daily relationships with kids. Most notably, an observation guide facilitates focused thinking and journaling about kids, giving parents and educators a tool for recognizing progress and knowing how to encourage children to live up to their potential. Solidly grounded in tested educational and psychological theory as well as timeless biblical wisdom, Raising Children At Promise offers a groundbreaking approach to character growth in kids.
Introduction.
Part One: The At-Promise Perspective.
1. A New Look At Promise.
2. Telling Your At-Promise Story.
3. The Trailhead: Fear Versus Love.
4. Companions for the Journey: Choosing Your At-Promise
Kids.
Part Two: Requirements for Growth.
5. Adversity: What's Pain Got to Do with It?
6. Trusting Relationships with At-Promise Kids.
Part Three: Building PROMISE Character.
7. Perseverance: Staying the Course.
8. Responsibility for Our Actions: Conquering the Blame
Game.
9. Optimism: Real Tonic for a Toxic World.
10. Motivation from Identity: Claiming Our True ID.
11. Integrity: A Mirror of the Soul.
12. Service: It Takes Two Brooms to Change the World.
13. Engaged Play: The Great Healer.
Some Closing Thoughts.
At-Promise Profile.
Notes.
The Authors.
Stuart's immensely practical workbook will help you examine
your assumptions about the children in your life, critically
reflect on your own parenting, and lay the foundation for strong
character growth in kids."
--Michele Borba, Ed.D., author, Building Moral Intelligence
and Don't Give Me That Attitude!
"Raising Children At Promise is a book for our day--a day
when parents are often terrified to let children experience any
form of adversity or disappointment. This practical guide
encourages us to help kids make the most of the natural adversity
they experience so that they can learn from it."
--Betsy Hart, author and nationally syndicated columnist with
Scripps
Rehoboth Christian School in New Mexico. He is a member of North
Carolina's High Plains Saponi Indian Tribe and a Gates Millennium
Scholar. Tim has worked with kids as a secondary school teacher,
coach, and administrator on three continents. The founder and
president of At Promise, Inc., Tim speaks widely on the At-Promise
paradigm. He and his wife, Mona, have been married for eleven years
and have three children.
Mona M. Stuart has taught English and mentored junior and senior
high school students in both North America and Europe. She also
served as a boarding school Dorm Mom to hundreds of high school
girls and as a college counselor before becoming a student of her
own three children. Mona speaks at conferences and retreats and is
a professional grant writer for nonprofit organizations serving
At-Promise youth.
