Raising Your Spirited Child

Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Revised edition (November 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060739665
• ISBN-13: 978-0060739669
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.2 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
"The book will prove to be a real lifesaver." --Louise Bates Ames, author and association director, Gessell Institute of Human "Through excellent examples and easy-to-read text, this book provides parents with a pathway to understanding their child's temperament and to a place where parents can balance the needs of their child's unique temperament with their own needs and those of their family." -- James Cameron, Ph.D., executive director, The Preventive Ounce, Berkeley, California


About the Author

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, M.A., is an award-winning educator in Minnesota's Early Childhood Family Education Program, and founder of the Spirited Child and Power Struggles workshops. She is the bestselling author of Sleepless in America and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, and she lives with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota.



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- A Sanity Saver! (Click here to see full review)
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- Great resource-- I'm purchasing a 2nd copy 10 yrs later! (Click here to see full review)

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars.

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When he starts school it's not much better

Now he's just not participating in school and *I* have added pressure of trying to get his homework completed for his teacher and he is just refusing to do it.

I consider this to be one of my top reasons for homeschooling. If something's not working I have the flexibility to try something different.

Spirited Kids and Emotions

Just because you don't want unschooling doesn't mean you have to go to the opposite end and decide everything for him. There are so many ways to explore what needs to be done and let him take a bit of the lead. After all, in school, it's the teacher who always takes the lead and what happens with a lot of the kids? They're bored out of their minds, frustrated or not really learning.

Plus, these spirited kids tend to be very in-tune with the emotions of people around them, whether they realize it or not. (I’ve learned I really need to watch myself and my unexpressed emotions with one son when it's that time of the month for me. Yikes.) Just you being anxious about him not wanting to do something or feeling anxious about getting work done could get him being resistant. If you put too much pressure on yourself, he might feel that it's pressure on him.