book by Martin E. P. Seligman
Book does a good job addressing optimism and self-esteem in children. I like how it focuses on making sure children are not sheltered from every disappointment in life or coddled into believing they are wonderful at everything. Instead, it works on providing a real view of the world for children while accenting the positives and giving them ways to work through the negative.
I didn't get to finish reading it before it needed to go back to the library, but it seemed like a good resource for parent of young children who want to examine their parenting philosophy and get some extra viewpoints in shaping it. I felt that it was a little difficult to jump right into some of the ideas at my daughter's age (9) since there seems to be a lot of work needed just to get to some of the basic points in the book. However, this might have been addressed later in the book, I'm not sure.
written on March 15, 2005