Jen Prosek is the founder and CEO of Prosek Partners, one of the top 35 independent public relations firms in the U.S. Richard Rende is a developmental psychologist and creator of the popular blog, Red Hot Parenting
Bringing together the latest research on child development with
real-world examples, this unique and authoritative book couldn t be
more timely. It offers parents an engaging road map for raising
kids who will be primed to both define and pursue their successes
in the exciting and complex future that awaits them.
--Michele Borba, Ed.D., parenting expert, educational psychologist,
and author ofThe Big Book of Book of Parenting SolutionsandBuilding
Moral Intelligence
"This book offers a powerful framework .Parents will want to put
the research-based suggestions to use immediately to help foster
'can-do kids' who are able to handle the inevitable challenges
they'll face in the 21st century."
--Dr. Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of
Education, and Co-Founder, Challenge Success
Richard Rende and Jen Prosek masterfully weave together
developmental science, expert opinion, and practical examples to
build a solid and engaging case that we must shift our parenting
focus if we are to raise a generation of children prepared to lead
us into the future. They artfully guide us how to foster our
children s creativity and innovative potential while nurturing
their inherent love of learning and compassion. This book is
written for parents, but is a gift to this generation of
children.
--Kenneth R Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed., Professor of Pediatrics,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania,
and author of Building Resilience in Children and Teens and Raising
Kids to Thrive
The premise of this book that parents can help their kids develop
the entrepreneurial mindset they need to be successful resonated
deeply with me. This is a must-read for parents.
--Kevin Ryan, Chairman and Founder, Gilt, MongoDB, Business
Insider, and Zola
Our children will live in a world in which entrepreneurial
individuals who can take risks and lead others amidst uncertainty
will capture outsized returns. This is a guide to help you raise
children who will excel in that world.
--Kyle Jensen, Ph.D., Yale School of Management
"If it works for successful entrepreneurs, why shouldn t it work
for your children?
Entrepreneurs are willing to engage personal resources in launching
a business, even at increased financial risk. Rende (Psychosocial
Interventions for Genetically Influenced Problems in Childhood and
Adolescence, 2014) and Prosek (Army of Entrepreneurs: Create an
Engaged and Empowered Workforce for Exceptional Business Growth,
2011) were in the early stages of collaborating on a book on
entrepreneurship, and the conversation turned to the challenges of
parenting, which led to an idea: what if some of the key attributes
of a successful entrepreneur could be applied to how a parent
raises their children? Not in the sense of creating the next Warren
Buffett, necessarily, but in providing a skill set that empowers
kids to do for themselves, regardless of their goals or mitigating
circumstances. Given his background in developmental psychology,
Rende understands the importance in today s child development and
psychology research of evidence-based practices. Concepts, general
ideas, and anecdotal stories about parenting successes are all well
and good, but like approaches in psychotherapy, the methods must be
backed by a preponderance of evidence. Narrowing down a list of the
intersections between entrepreneurial traits and child-development
research, Rende and Prosek settled on seven traits, across the
cognitive, personal, and social domains of development:
exploration, innovation, optimism, risk-taking, industriousness,
likability, and service to others. The authors strike an excellent
balance throughout the book, examining approaches that draw on
evidence-based research across multiple disciplines. They also take
measures not to throw out the baby with the bath water, at times
noting some of the common-sense anecdotal stories e.g., shouldn t
kindergarteners have time outside every day? and then providing the
evidence that supports it.
The authors suggestions and insights cover a wide spectrum of
child-raising situations and should, when properly applied, deliver
lasting results."
--Kirkus Reviews"
"Bringing together the latest research on child development with
real-world examples, this unique and authoritative book couldn't be
more timely. It offers parents an engaging road map for raising
kids who will be primed to both define and pursue their successes
in the exciting and complex future that awaits them."
--Michele Borba, Ed.D., parenting expert, educational psychologist,
and author of "The Big Book of Book of Parenting Solutions "and
"Building Moral Intelligence"
"This book offers a powerful framework....Parents will want to put
the research-based suggestions to use immediately to help foster
'can-do kids' who are able to handle the inevitable challenges
they'll face in the 21st century."
--Dr. Denise Pope, Senior Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of
Education, and Co-Founder, Challenge Success
"Richard Rende and Jen Prosek masterfully weave together
developmental science, expert opinion, and practical examples to
build a solid and engaging case that we must shift our parenting
focus if we are to raise a generation of children prepared to lead
us into the future. They artfully guide us how to foster our
children's creativity and innovative potential while nurturing
their inherent love of learning and compassion. This book is
written for parents, but is a gift to this generation of
children."
--Kenneth R Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed., Professor of Pediatrics,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania,
and author of "Building Resilience in Children and Teens" and
"Raising Kids to Thrive"
"The premise of this book - that parents can help their kids
develop the entrepreneurial mindset they need to be successful -
resonated deeply with me. This is a must-read for parents."
--Kevin Ryan, Chairman and Founder, Gilt, MongoDB, Business
Insider, and Zola
"Our children will live in a world in which entrepreneurial
individuals who can take risks and lead others amidst uncertainty
will capture outsized returns. This is a guide to help you raise
children who will excel in that world."
--Kyle Jensen, Ph.D., Yale School of Management
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