{"product_id":"thrivers-the-surprising-reasons-why-some-kids-struggle-and-others-shine","title":"Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrivers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"People say, 'I wish kids would come with a manual.' Well now they do. If you want to get parenting right, pick up this book.\" - Dr. Phil \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers \u003c\/i\u003eshows the urgency in updating current parenting and educational practices to follow science so children will have the potential to thrive and become their personal best.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e offers both science-based information and respectful, practical, and effective tools. Full of activities and ideas to cultivate the skills and mindset kids need to thrive, Borba encourages parents to use everyday moments to respond in ways that build relational and neural connections to promote optimal development, independence, and success. More than ever, our children need us to parent in ways that promote growth and resilience in the face of adversity, and \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers \u003c\/i\u003ecan serve as an essential guide.\" --Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling co-author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Whole-Brain Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNo-Drama Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Yes Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; \n\u003ci\u003eThe Power of Showing Up\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bottom Line for Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for parents and anyone who works with kids. It provides actionable tips and insights that will help adults give kids the tools they need to live their best lives.\" -Amy Morin, author of \n\u003ci\u003e13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dr. Michele Borba combines her deep understanding of children with decades of research to offer the wise, practical guidance that parents urgently need today. \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers \u003c\/i\u003elays out clear, actionable, age-by-age steps for raising children of character. In doing so, this timely and important book focuses our attention where it truly belongs: on \n\u003ci\u003ewho\u003c\/i\u003e--not \n\u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e--our children will become.\" --Lisa Damour, PhD, author of \n\u003ci\u003eUntangled\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eUnder Pressure\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Michele Borba is the coach, mentor, and motivator that today's parents crave. This brilliant guide--full of heart and backed by research--redefines success and shows us how to raise happier, healthier kids who will become champions of the things that last and matter. Dr. Borba tells us that raising Thrivers may be our greatest legacy as parents, and then she offers practical, actionable steps to make this vision a reality. I feel better equipped to lead my children after reading this game-changing book, and you will too.\" -Kari Kampakis, author of \n\u003ci\u003eLove Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e helps us to recognize that resilient kids are not simply born but are made. With the world in unprecedented distress, it is our job to make sure that our kids are prepared not only with high grades or prestigious college acceptances, but with the mental toughness, moral strength, and self-awareness that times of great challenge demand. \n\u003cb\u003eIf you add one book to your parenting bookshelf this year, make it \u003ci\u003eThrivers.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e -Madeline Levine, Ph.D., author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Price of Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eTeach Your Children\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWell\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eReady or Not\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There's a huge gap between what we, as parents, say we want for our children (to be good people) and what our kids say we want for them (achievement). This book is the absolutely perfect book to help us close that gap, to help our children thrive and be all they can be!\" --Ellen Galinsky, author of \n\u003ci\u003eMind in the Making: The Seven Life Essential Skills Every Child Needs\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e is the resource I've yearned for as a parent and teacher, an evidence-based, deeply researched instruction manual for helping kids thrive despite-and even because of-adversity.\" -Jessica Lahey, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Failure\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Thrivers\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action. Our children are hurting, and \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e shows you the cost -- not only in accurately describing the challenges our children face but also showing how to make it better. I urge any person who cares about children and the health of our communities to read \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e and apply the wisdom and common sense advice you will find in its pages to every aspect of your life.\" -Rosalind Wiseman, author of \n\u003ci\u003eQueen Bees and Wannabes, Masterminds \u0026amp; Wingmen, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eOwning Up.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly weaves together research and stories that grab your heart as they teach you how to be the parent you hope to be--a stunning master class in parenting, from pre-K through adulthood. Dr. Borba shows us how to raise a generation of Thrivers our world so desperately needs.\" --Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D., author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e is the North Star every parent needs to point kids toward happiness, purpose, and true success. Emotional resilience can be taught, and Dr. Borba is the consummate teacher.\" -Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., author of \n\u003ci\u003eFreeing Your Child from Anxiety \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e can be summed up in one word, POWERFUL. In a world that is in crisis, with a generation that is emotionally crumbling, Borba gives us hope as well as the tools to help give our children and teens the moral courage they need to flourish in an unpredictable life. We must turn our strivers into thrivers! A mandatory read for every person who cares about raising kind, compassionate, and successful children.\" --Sue Scheff, author of \n\u003ci\u003eShame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7 Teachable Traits That Set Happy, High-Performing Kids Apart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichele Borba, EdD\u003c\/b\u003e, is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eUnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About Me World\u003c\/i\u003e, and is an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an expert in parenting, bullying, and character development. She is a regular NBC contributor who appears regularly on \n\u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e and has been featured as an expert on \n\u003ci\u003eDateline\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe View\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eDr. Phil\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNBC Nightly News\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eFox \u0026amp; Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eDr. Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Early Show\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. She lives in Palm Springs, California, with her husband, and is the mother of three grown sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnSelfie\u003c\/i\u003e offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe think we have to push our kids to do more, achieve more, BE more. But we're modeling the wrong traits--like rule-following and caution--and research shows it's NOT working. This kind of \"Striver\" mindset isn't just making kids unhappier, says Dr. Michele Borba...it's actually the \n\u003ci\u003eopposite\u003c\/i\u003e of what it takes to thrive in the uncertain world ahead. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thrivers are different: they flourish in our fast-paced, digital-driven, often uncertain world. Why? Through her in-depth research, Dr. Borba discovered that the difference comes down not to grades or test scores, but to seven character traits that set Thrivers apart--confidence, empathy, self-control, integrity, curiosity, perseverance, and optimism. The even better news: these traits can be taught to children at any age...in fact, parents and educations \n\u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e do so. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \n\u003ci\u003eThrivers\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Borba offers practical, actionable ways to develop these traits in children from preschool through high school, showing how to teach kids how to cope today so they can thrive tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Borba, Michele, Ed D\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. 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