Crecer con valentía

This work distills three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight well explicated laws in a collection that draws on the wisdom of Machiavelli, Von Clausewitz, and others.

"Your child can achieve great things." A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school student in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood; Shyamkali, the mother of four girls in a low-caste village in India; and Maria Estella, in Guatemala's western highlands, where most people are riddled with parasites and moms can rarely afford the fresh vegetables they farm. Greatness? It was an...

Enter Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a popular parenting expert who believes there's a better way. Citing the latest research in child development, psychology and neuroscience, this book debunks common myths about punishments, rewards, the "naughty chair," and more by presenting practical techniques.

En este libro se retoma un punto de vista sobre la educación de los hijos que ya había sido abordado por la escritora en un estudio anterior. Aquí nuevamente se sostiene como tesis la idea de que la crianza debería convertirse en una experiencia grata y feliz, a pesar de las dificultades que se presenten. El libro está escrito con un lenguaje perfectamente comprensible y en forma de preguntas y respuestas. En él se recogen la mayoría de las inquietudes que con frecuencia los padres le manifiestan a la autora tanto en su trabajo como psicóloga de un colegio, como en la consulta privada ...