Raising Mentally Strong Kids
How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults

3.5☆ This was an interesting look into resilience and our kids. Brain health was a major factor in the doctor’s advice, in a way I’d not contemplated before. Making friends with the brain, avoiding physical sports such as football and soccer. This is all backed up with evidence – scans seen in young......more

Raising Mentally Strong Kids is a book on pretty much the whole parenting experience with little details and little insight. While I did learn some interesting techniques from this book, such as problem solving development and some of their ideas on discipline, I believe that there are better and mo......more

This book deserves all the stars. It has such great practical applications for even non-parents. I have learned many things to apply to my no longer a child self and for future generations. Gold stars all around. Excellent read.......more

While this book has some treasures and good general best practices for parents, it felt quite out of touch. The authors did not at all acknowledge the systemic barriers impacting so many parents and families, especially those from marginalized backgrounds. It was hard to get through this when the bi......more

10/10! I’m sure I’ll end up reading this another time or even 2 while raising kids, especially since many of the chapters were geared toward ages older than mine right now. However, it was still extremely helpful to my current life as a parent, too.......more