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The author of the international bestseller 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do turns her focus to parents, teaching them how to raise mentally strong and resilient children. Do today's children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life's challenges in an increasingly complicated and scary world? With safe spaces and trigger warnings designed to protect kids, many adults worry that children don't have the resilience to reach their greatest potential. Amy Morin, the author who identified the characteristics that mentally strong people share, now gives adults--parents, teachers, and other mentors--the tools they need to become mental strength trainers. While other books tell parents what to do, Amy teaches parents what not to do, which she says is equally important in raising mentally strong youngsters. As a foster parent, psychotherapist, and expert in family and teen therapy, Amy has witnessed first-hand what works. When children have the skills they need to deal with challenges in their everyday lives, they can flourish socially, emotionally, behaviorally, and academically. With appropriate support, encouragement, and guidance from adults, kids grow stronger and become better. Drawing on her experiences and insight, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do combines case studies, practical tips, specific strategies, and concrete and proven exercises to help children of all ages--from preschoolers to teenagers--build mental muscle and develop into healthy, strong adults.

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An in-through-the-out-door approach to building mental muscle by presenting thirteen parenting behaviors to avoid. ...Morin's strategies support long-term goals...Recommended. -- Library Journal Amy has given every parent a great gift-but a more important gift to the kids, if their parents would just follow her advice. Great principles to empower your kids. -- Dr. Henry Cloud, psychologist and author [A] combination of common sense backed by research-amply cited-will help parents make a midcourse correction...Parents should find Morin's work inspiring. -- Publishers Weekly Whether you learn best from stories and examples, mental-strength exercises outlined in each chapter, or through practice of new suggestions that mentally strong parents can do, this book will offer something for you. -- Booklist

Whether you learn best from stories and examples, mental-strength exercises outlined in each chapter, or through practice of new suggestions that mentally strong parents can do, this book will offer something for you. -- Booklist [A] combination of common sense backed by research-amply cited-will help parents make a midcourse correction...Parents should find Morin's work inspiring. -- Publishers Weekly Amy has given every parent a great gift-but a more important gift to the kids, if their parents would just follow her advice. Great principles to empower your kids. -- Dr. Henry Cloud, psychologist and author An in-through-the-out-door approach to building mental muscle by presenting thirteen parenting behaviors to avoid. ...Morin's strategies support long-term goals...Recommended. -- Library Journal

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Amy Morin is a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist. She serves as Verywell's expert on parenting teens and child discipline, and is a regular contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today. Her TEDx Talk has received more than four million views. She lives in Marathon, Florida.

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