A Series of Articles on Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
Guest Post from The Children’s Project
All of us – babies, toddlers, teenagers, parents and grandparents have the same emotional needs. Meeting these needs in childhood provides the foundation for success in school, work, relationships, marriage and life in general. We see it in our daily lives and the news, failure to meet the emotional needs of our children is a serious and under-recognized problem facing our country.
Dr. Gerald Newmark, in his book How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: Meeting the Five Critical Needs of Children…and Parents Too!, shows parents and teachers how to nourish emotional health at home and at school. The book helps parents recognize and satisfy the critical emotional needs that all children have: to feel Respected, Important, Accepted, Included, and Secure, and in the process, parents will benefit too.
In the coming weeks, we will present a series of articles with more information on meeting each of these five emotional needs, including tips and activities. We’ll also address “behavior that hurts and behavior that helps”, as well as how to become a professional at parenting. These simple, powerful tools will enhance the lives of children, parents and families. The goal is to raise children to be self-confident, independent, responsible, thinking, caring, and civic-minded individuals.
