Raising thinking children and teens
Subtitle: guiding mental and moral development
By: Angela Browne-Miller.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780313358760
Subjects: Child rearing; Child development; Metacognition in children
Description: Angela Browne-Miller explains how to guide young people in developing moral itelligence. She likewise explores human potential and ways to raise thinking children who will maximize theirs. Examining both the folklore and the scientific debates about intelligence, she shows the danger of mislabeling and how to watch for and prevent labeling at school, in the home, and in society in general. The book also treats topics such as the quality of care and safety in school and preschool settings, effects of the physical environment on learning, the role of organization in thinking, childhood stress and hypochondria, child abuse outside the home, and family violence.

From the Publisher: Full of daily life advice, as well as profound ideas for changing the way we think about learning, Raising Thinking Children and Teens: Guiding Mental and Moral Development takes readers into the thinking processes of young people and shows how to reach them, to help them, to empower them. OMoral intelligenceO is key, and Angela Browne-Miller explains how to guide young people in developing it. She likewise explores human potential and ways to raise thinking children who will maximize theirs. Examining both the folklore and the scientific debates about intelligence, she shows the danger of mislabeling and how to watch for and prevent labeling at school, in the home, and in society in general. The book also treats topics such as the quality of care and safety in school and preschool settings, effects of the physical environment on learning, the role of organization in thinking, childhood stress and hypochondria, child abuse outside the home, and family violence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Notes from the front : parenting now; title: How moral intelligence is relevant to learning and living; title: Introduction to human potential; title: The folklore on intelligence; title: Scientific definitions of intelligence and freedom of thought; title: Modern education and intelligence at school; title: Choosing and evaluating schools; title: A note on the issue of child abuse in day care and educational settings; title: Easing the transition from home to school; title: The child and teen in the family environment; title: Note about child witness fallout; title: The child in the physical environment; title: Developing children's mental abilities; title: Teaching creativity; title: Learning to learn; title: Learning how to think : metacognition; title: The role of self-esteem in intelligence-enhancement; title: Building people for tomorrow.