How Long to Read Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids

How Long Does it Take to Read Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids by Wendy S. Grolnick

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Parents today suffer from what Grolnick and Seal call [the] 'Pressured Parent Phenomenon,' constant anxiety over whether our children are as competitive as they could be....[The authors] provide plenty of tips on better ways to handle those inevitable times when competitive anxiety threatens a parent's better judgment.-Publishers WeeklyThis is a first rate book. Even we sports fans who think competition can be good for kids have to admit that this book illuminates those moments when beating the other kid, or besting the family down the block, is distinctly unhealthy. The advice it offers to parents who feel real pain at such moments, who don't know how to control their own longing to succeed through their children, is the most sensible I have ever read.-Jay Mathews, Washington Post columnistIt begins harmlessly. Parents casually chatting on the playground or over dinner compare their babies' first milestones: Has Erin started talking? Danielle's already using five-word sentences! Inevitably, Erin's mom and dad feel anxious. Later, as report cards, standardized tests, tryouts, playoffs, auditions, admission interviews, and social cliques fill their child's world, parents' anxiety intensifies. The older children get, the more competition they face, whether in sports, academics or the arts. Hovering in the background, inciting everyone, is the race for admission to a top-tier college.To help panicky parents deal with the torrential emotions stirred up by our competitive society, and to give them scientific knowledge about their children's growing years, leading child researcher Wendy Grolnick and educational and parenting journalist Kathy Seal offer this illuminating and accessible guide to channeling competitive anxiety into positive parenting. While evolution has given parents a genetic predisposition toward this protective anxiety whenever their children face today's heightened competition, the authors guide parents to avoid pushing and pressuring, turning their fear instead into calm guidance.Distilling the results of thirty years of research in child psychology, the authors focus on three essential feelings-autonomy, competence, and connectedness-which parents can foster in their children to maximize the child's chances of success and minimize family conflict. They explain that granting kids autonomy lets them feel that they can solve their own problems and are responsible for their own actions. At the same time, providing structure gives kids the guidelines, information, limits, and consequences that they need to act in the world, instilling them with a feeling of competence. Finally, support from adults in the form of time and other resources provides children with a necessary feeling of connection and helps them internalize the ideas and values of their caring parents.Reassuring and empathic, Grolnick and Seal show parents how to avoid the burn-out-in both parents and children-that afflicts so many in our highly competitive society, while raising children who thrive and excel.See also the Pressured Parents blog at http://pressuredparents.wordpress.com .Wendy S. Grolnick, PhD (Longmeadow, MA), professor of psychology at Clark University, is one of the nation's leading parenting researchers. She has conducted pioneering studies on the role parents play in children's motivation and achievement. Dr. Grolnick has been interviewed on National Public Radio's The Public Eye and is frequently quoted in Parents magazine, Family Circle, and Newsday, among other journals. She is the author of The Psychology of Parental Control in addition to many scholarly articles.Kathy Seal (Santa Monica, CA) is a nationally known parenting journalist and coauthor of Motivated Minds-a Los Angeles Times best seller. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Family Circle, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other publications.

How long is Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids?

Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids by Wendy S. Grolnick is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids aloud.

What Reading Level is Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids?

Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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