Raising confident, motivated children is a parent's greatest challenge. Drawing on her own extensive research on children and parents, and on Daniel Goleman's concept of emotional intelligence, Terri Apter shows us how to use what we as parents know about our children to get at the heart of parenting:
-- The signs of a child suffering from low self-esteem; the typical behaviors and attitudes
-- How to help a child overcome low self-esteem. Overcoming anxiety, anger, and depression
-- How to be an imperfect parent without ruining your child's life
-- How to deal with success and failure at school
-- The effects of sibling rivalry on self-esteem
-- Helping your child make and maintain better friendships
-- How to handle adolescence
-- Methods for instilling the right values in children

"The Confident Child" is an insightful and reassuring book that parents will read over and over again.