Self Esteem a Family Affair

Emotional development is the key to childhood success and happiness. This book provides basic stages of developmental stages that children grow through that helps validates the child, and allows the parents a whole new level of understanding of what it is they did to do to support that growth. My "lists of affirmation"s and reminders of what my children's needs were at each level, helped me appreciate and lowered my anxiety with the changes that naturally occur at each stage they went through. I wish all parents were given this book when they left the hospital with their little bundle of joy!

This book uses a very clear paradiagm to analyse the different kinds of messages we give our kids. It teaches a person to be aware of the effect of what we are saying. It also can enlighten a person to the way in which they speak to themselves and to foster positive self talk. I would highly recommend this book.

I read this book in the wee ours of the morning when my child was a crying infant. It has been a great part of bringing her up as a self assured young lady. Now I am buying a copy to give to my daughetr because she has a child of the same age.

Jean Illsley Clarke has given parents and families a real gift with this book. Our family has benefitted so much from her insights, that we were able to understand and apply right away.Ms. Clark also wrote the foreword for the children's picture book If I Ran the Family, which presents many of these same principles for parents and kids to read together.

This is the most user-friendly parenting advice book I have ever read, out of a mountain of parenting books. It gives these practical suggestions for enhancing your child's and your own self-esteem. The concrete examples and clear explanations of the reasoning behind the suggestions make this my favorite parenting book.