Teaching Kids to Think
Raising Confident, Independent, and Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification
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In Teaching Kids to Think, Dr. Darlene Sweetland and Dr. Ron Stolberg offer insight into the social, emotional, and neurological challenges unique to this generation. They identify the five parent traps that cause adults to unknowingly increase their children's need for instant gratification, and offer practical tips and easy-to-implement solutions to address topics relevant to children of all ages.
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The bottom line is that most things hold more meaning when they are earned than when they are given.
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