Stress and Your Child: Helping Kids Cope with the Strains and Pressures of Life

GIVE YOUR CHILDREN BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD.We like to think of childhood as a carefree relaxed time of life but the truth is children today experience more stress than ever before: parents fast-paced lifestyles the frequent breakup of families urban crime schools in turmoil and a host of other problems. However according to Bettie B. Youngs Ph.D. Ed.D one of Americas most admired experts on child psychology children--by mastering skills of coping and self-awareness--can actually draw vitality from stress and channel it to promote health fitness and self-esteem.Stress and Your Child helps parents understand the pressures that their children face and explores the essential ways to reduce manage and prevent stress from birth to age twenty. Dr. Youngs leads parents through each stage of their childs emotional and social development and teaches them:-- How to recognize the physical and emotional signs of stress in children-- How to understand school-related stress including social pressures personal safety and test-taking-- How parental stress affects children--and what parents can do to alleviate t-- How teaching kids self-esteem and emotional honesty can help them cope wth stress-- How diet physical activity and realistic schedules can help to minimize stress in childrenStress and Your Child is an invaluable parenting guide. No family can afford to be without it!