Duct Tape Parenting: A Less Is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible and Resilient Kids

by Vicki Hoefle

Book Overview

There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids-respect, responsibility, and resilience-to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive-yet much more effective-approach: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines, even if duct tape is required,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937134180
• ISBN13: 9781937134181
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"