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How to Raise a Child with a High EQ: A Parents' Guide to Emotional Intelligence

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Having practiced as a family physician the past 13 years and with an undergraduate degree in psychology, I literally "prescribe" on a prescription pad three books to every couple that comes in and finds out they have a positive pregnancy test; #1. "What To Eat When Expecting" #2. "The American Academy of Pediatrics; Birth To Age Five" #3.How to Raise A Child With a High E.Q. by L. Shapiro.This book is an excellent compilation of what has the world of psychology consumed over the past five years. I initially read Goleman's "Emotional Intelligence" in 1996. Shapiro lays out that concept and adds all the current studies/authors that have presented with related material [ i.e. Seligman's "The Optimistic Child"] into an extremely well-versed, non-psycho babble format. Shapiro then adds his extensive background in applied psychotherapy and makes this all applicable to your child. This is an excellent transition...all that I've read on this topic doesnot do this nearly as well. Read, learn and use this information.

This book explains emotions, how they develop, and how to make sure they develop in a healthy way.

Topics covered include moral emotions (both positive and negative), thinking skills, problem solving, social skills, self-motivation, and emotional control (including nonverbal communication).

I think the information in this book is indispensible for helping a child understand and use their emotions in a healthy way. The book doesn't place blame for all the wrong things parents are doing. It provides explanations of past theories and current research, then specific tools and methods for implementing them are given. The guidance given for age appropriate expectations and excercises makes this a great resource. I highly recommend it.

This book is about teaching children emotions through activities, games, changing thinking strategies, problem solving, etc.

I am VERY impressed and I don't even have a child yet! If you are interested in reading a book that could potentially help your child (and you) develop into an even more emotionally stable human being, with the skills to problem solve, deal with the big bad world and excel in education in and out of school, pick this book up. Don't overlook it saying something like, "how dare he say that I can't teach my child how to be emotionally stable! Who does he think he is??".

This book is DAMN GOOD. I don't say that about a lot of books. For example, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" is also DAMN GOOD but it is hell to read. It took me almost a year because I quit after a few chapters as I kept falling asleep.

High EQ, however, is so easy and actually fun to read that you will find yourself whipping through it in no time, taking endless notes and rushing off to your children's rooms to put into effect immediately what you have just learned.

Don't despair when you next see your child doing something unusual. With this book in your toolbox you and your child will be ready to take on the world by storm.

Who is this times of crisis and lack of moral values and ethic can develop not only a Child but himself as a Parent?

This book is a "Mine of gold" that guides you through and not only to basic steps on a culture that we were once raised. It is also a guide to develop real leaders on children.

Would like to see the benefits of having a great Kid and you as a great father in this society, discover "THE SECRET" of having a valuable mine of gold in the years to share with your family, and build a better nation that will succed?

Get it now, this is the greatest Investment for you as is affordable and inmensely invaluable to learn how to build a better nation in the years to come!

I was eager to learn how to raise a child with a high EQ but to my horror I found out this author was saying that I should use "negative" moral emotions specifically guilt and shame, especially public shame. Here's a quote: "Shame should be invoked when a child has no emotional reaction after doing something of which he should be ashamed. Shame should be considered as a legitimate behavior changing strategy when less dramatic forms of discipline have failed." And "When used appropriately, they are important ways that parents can teach children moral values."
How can the author claim this teaches children EQ?! I understand that EQ is about teaching children about figuring out and expressing their emotions, guessing other's emotions. How can you teach a person about emotions when you 'use' emotions? EQ literacy is about recognizing emotions not using them to influence others. I am really terrified! Don't bother with this book. Instead go for John Gottman's "How to raise an emotionally intelligent child".

This book has a different look from many parenting books. A wide range of ages are looked at with many different practical examples and general guidelines.

I found this book worth the purchase price. I learned new things, concepts, tips, etc....This book is well done and easy to follow though
the ideas are significant in value. It is a strong introduction to the mind of children.

This book provided little new or insightful information on the subject. There is very little research provided, and many of the exercises I found to be forced. There is nothing here that any well-read parent with common sense can't naturally figure out on their own. I got the sense that the author was cashing in on Daniel Goldman's seminal work on Emotional Intelligence.

This book takes each of the factors of EQ and writes a common sense report on how to enact them for your child. All the author has done is collect published information related to each subject and sprinkled in a bit of his own puritanical ethics. He doesn't mention any specific EQ research of his own.

In fact, no cutting edge research is included, if it exists. While reading this, I envisioned the author sitting in the publisher's office sometime in 1995 accepting another assignment, "Write us a book about this new stuff called EQ, whatever that is." And off he went to the Web and the card catalog. Laughing all the way to the bank, too.

It provides nothing new in regard to EQ. If you know what EQ is, if you want your child to have a high EQ, then you already know most of what is in the book.