Book Reviews
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Reviewed by Harriet Heath, Ph.D. This book, though over twenty years old, gives the basic information parents need if they want to guide their children in emotionally healthy ways. It is a how to for parents who want to help their children deal with their emotions as...
The Parenting Project: Build Extraordinary Relationships with Your Kids Through Daily Conversation
The authors wrote this book because they knew “that conversation is the ideal tool to help you (the parent) develop a deep and long-lasting relationship with your kids.” This exceptionally well written and pragmatically organized book in a very succinct way guides the...
Parenting 4 Social Justice: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Conversations and Action with Kids
by Angela Berkfield with co-authors Chrissy Colon Bradt, Leila Raven, Jaimie Lynn Kessell, Rowan Parker and Abigail Healey.Published by Green Writers Press, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2021. Reviewed by Harriet Heath, PhD This book is written as a study guide for parents to...
Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)
by Llenore Skenazy, (2010). This book is for parents who want to be able to let their children be free to roam the neighborhood, city or forest, but can’t. The parents can’t act, the author argues, because they are afraid for their children. This fear, the argument...