Great Kids
by Stanley I. Greenspan M.D.
Copyright2007 by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. All Rights Reserved.
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Discover the ten key qualities that make kids great kids—and the effective ways they can be encouraged from the very beginning.
Parents all over the world have certain universal aspirations. They want their children to contribute meaningfully to society and to pursue their own dreams. But we appear to be missing the essentials. In this inspiring book, based on 30 years of research and practice, Dr. Stanley Greenspan redefines the qualities of an emotionally and intellectually healthy child and identifies the ways that parents can help their children develop each quality. The qualities that make us call a child a "great kid," such as empathy, curiosity, and logical thinking, are fundamental and underlie all the academic, athletic, and social talents that a child might develop. We are not born with these traits, Greenspan demonstrates, they come from experience, which suggests that each and every parent can encourage them and that each and every child can strive to acquire them.
About the Author
Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council of Developmental and Learning Disorders. The world's foremost authority on clinical work with infants and young children, he is a founding president of Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families and a supervising child psychoanalyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.
Dr. Greenspan is the author or editor of over forty books, translated into over a dozen languages, including The Growth of the Mind (with Beryl Lieff Benderly), The Irreducible Needs of Children (coauthored with T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.), The First Idea (coauthored with Stuart G. Shanker, D.Phil), The Challenging Child, and The Child with Special Needs and Engaging Autism (both coauthored by Serena Wieder, Ph.D.).
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Copyright 2007 by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.Previously published by Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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Cover design by Alex Camlin.
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Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
This book is dedicated to all the children of the world. They all have within them the potential to be great kids. It's our job to create a great world where this potential can flourish.
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