Raising Can-Do Kids: Giving Children the Tools to Thrive in a Fast-Changing World [Paperback]

Advice for raising resourceful, resilient, and responsible children--based on the latest child development research.

“Success” is a popular buzzword in discussions about children. But instead of prescribing what success looks like for kids, we should be making sure that they develop the skills they will need to become “doers”—people who proactively seek out what they want in life. Raising Can-Do Kids offers parents hands-on, proven ways to raise kids who embrace the uncertain and challenging adventure that is growing up.“Bringing together the latest research on child development with real-world examples, this unique and authoritative book couldn’t be more timely. It offers parents an engaging road map for raising kids who will be primed to both define and pursue their successes in the exciting and complex future that awaits them.”
--Michele Borba, Ed.D., parenting expert, educational psychologist, and author of The Big Book of Book of Parenting Solutions and Building Moral Intelligence

This book offers a powerful framework….Parents will want to put the research-based suggestions to use immediately to help foster 'can-do kids' who are able to handle the inevitable challenges they'll face in the 21st century.
--Dr. Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Education, and Co-Founder, Challenge Success

“Richard Rende and Jen Prosek masterfully weave together developmental science, expert opinion, and practical examples to build a solid and engaging case that we must shift our parenting focus if we are to raise a generation of children prepared to lead us into the future. They lã@