Reviews for When Your Child Is 6 to 12: Middle Childhood Is the Last Good Chance to Hold Your Child Close.

The average rating for When Your Child Is 6 to 12: Middle Childhood Is the Last Good Chance to Hold Your Child Close. based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-08-10 00:00:00 Gerald Balistreri I'm about half way through this book and absolutely in love with it! It is a short, quick read. The sub-title is: Middle childhood is the last good chance to hold your child close. I couldn't agree more! (Not that you can't do this later, but that you should take advantage of and make the most of this developmental stage.) This book goes on to tell how and why you should to that. Definitely from a Christian perspective but gives reasoning from a world view as well. The chapters and topics are: 1. Parents' Last Great Opportunity Holding your child Spendin time with your child Instilling values reading to your child teaching the facts of sex 2. Characteristics of Middle Childhood A Latency period the need for affection the child's emotional growth the need for encouragement active and noisy a sense of industry and competence the smart age the need to belong the need to discuss ideas and do things together a love of adventure the need for rules 3. Guided by Imitation the age of imitation the power of example model Don't order a sense of selfhood identity adequacy worth 4. Development of Conscience Conscience takes shape developing a strong conscience what about rules now? Proper motivation for obedience the goal spiritual dimensions three parables 5. Development of Dependability Encourage the child's own resourcefulness trust with small projects early catching their parents' spirit point out a child's dependability regular chores shared experiences beware of unreasonable demands organized groups can help the place of praise give the child a choice 6. The Demise of Childhood let children be children unreal and hurtful pressure at other places why all the pressure? reaching for a remedy examine family values

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-27 00:00:00 Brian Whiteley Paints a really sweet picture of your 6-12 year old and reminds you that even though the children are so easy at this stage it is a mistake to not invest as heavily as before since time spent together now is irreplaceable and sets up such a strong foundation for the parents child relationship. Wonderful reinforcing read, especially as we bypass the typical overscheduled plan.