Raising Human Beings, Ross W. Greene
Raising Human Beings, Ross W. Greene
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Raising Human Beings
Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

Author: Ross W. Greene

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2016


Synopsis

Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.

Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and direction—get comfortable with it, and then help them pursue and live a life according to it. Yet parents also want their kids to be independent, but not if they are going to make bad choices. They want to avoid being too overbearing, but not if an apathetic kid is what they have to show for it. They want to have a good relationship with their kids, but not if that means being a pushover. They don’t want to scream, but they do want to be heard. Good parenting is about striking the balance between a child’s characteristics and a parent’s desire to have influence.

Dr. Ross Greene “makes a powerful case for rethinking typical approaches to parenting and disciplining children” (The Atlantic). Through his well-known model of solving problems collaboratively, parents can forgo timeout and sticker charts; stop badgering, berating, threatening, and punishing; allow their kids to feel heard and validated; and have influence.

From homework to hygiene, curfews, to screen time, Dr. Greene “arms parents with guidelines that are clear, doable, and sure to empower both parents and their children” (Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen). Raising Human Beings is “inspirational…a game-changer for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. Its advice is reasonable and empathetic, and readers will feel ready to start creating a better relationship with the children in their lives” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

About Ross W. Greene

Ross W. Greene, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the originator of the innovative, evidence-based approach called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), as described in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. He developed and executive produced the award-winning documentary film The Kids We Lose. Dr. Greene was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over twenty years and is now founding director of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance. He is also currently adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. Dr. Greene has worked with several thousand kids with concerning behaviors and their caregivers, and he and his colleagues have overseen implementation and evaluation of the CPS model in countless schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities, with dramatic effect: significant reductions in recidivism, discipline referrals, detentions, suspensions, and use of restraint and seclusion. Dr. Greene lectures throughout the world and lives in Freeport, Maine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on January 01, 2025

I felt this was a very interesting read. There is no parent who couldn't benefit from reading this. The sample dialogue between parent and child was really helpful, as it gave you a good idea of how to use the information in a realistic setting. The progression of the book was easy to follow, even i......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on May 12, 2016

#2106-aty-reading challenge--week-19: a non-fiction book. I thought this was an excellent book on parenting skills--resolving problems with collaboration and teaching empathy and appreciation for another's point of view. Oh, if these skills could only be applied to the world at large, most especiall......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on August 23, 2016

Read my full review here: [URL not allowed] At a family picnic the other day, my granddaughter (age 5) was having a hard time focusing on eating her dinner. There was a lot of food on her plate, and she had touched none of it. My daughter said to her, "I think that you have tw......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 15, 2017

As I ponder what to say about this book, I'm reminded of two quotes I like from another, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone: People almost never change without first feeling understood. The single most important thing [you can do] is to shift [your] internal stance from "I understand" to "Help m......more

Goodreads review by Preeti on September 06, 2020

This book certainly challenged my thinking on how I approach problem solving with my children instead of for them. I've applied this a couple of times with my four year old and he is very eager to be a part of the process. I do however feel that this is written through a very western lens, and growin......more