The quality of drive provides the momentum for a person to dream and achieve, creating a unique, independent life. Without it, a person is like a rudderless boat, drifting around a flat lake. In Drive, nationally renowned educator Dr. Janine Caffrey shows how to inspire your children and develop this vital characteristic. How do I get my child excited about learning? To enroll in a good college? To move out of the house? To create his own life? Designed to assist parents, educators, and counselors to get kids of all ages off the couch and into the world, Drive outlines nine specific steps proven to beat boredom and foster self-motivation and resourcefulness. Filled with quizzes, anecdotes, and practical strategies, Drive helps parents turn “Generation Me” into “Generation Move.”
Gifted children are diamonds in the rough small gems that, when polished appropriately, can sparkle and shine with luminous splendor. Without proper nurturance, however, their sparks of brilliance may never ignite. Children can have exceptional abilities in a variety of areas, including language, mathematics, science, the arts, leadership, and more. The author describes what parents can do to nurture the talents of children who demonstrate evidence of each type of giftedness. She includes concrete recommendations for getting appropriate educational adjustments from your child's school, as well as how to help your child develop communication and motor skills, deal with friendship and parent-child relationship issues, learn the best way to become financially responsible, and choose the right college. This book is packed with tips for parents, ending with profiles of eminent (and not so eminent) adults who display their brilliance in healthy and satisfying ways and who sometimes change the world in doing so.
Designed to get kids off the couch and into the world, "Drive" reveals the secrets of raising a self-starter. Dr. Caffrey outlines nine powerful techniques proven to beat boredom and foster resourcefulness.
Designed to get kids off the couch and into the world, "Drive" reveals the secrets of raising a self-starter. Dr. Caffrey outlines nine powerful techniques proven to beat boredom and foster resourcefulness.
The quality of drive provides the momentum for a person to dream and achieve, creating a unique, independent life. Without it, a person is like a rudderless boat, drifting around a flat lake. In Drive, nationally renowned educator Dr. Janine Caffrey shows how to inspire your children and develop this vital characteristic. How do I get my child excited about learning? To enroll in a good college? To move out of the house? To create his own life? Designed to assist parents, educators, and counselors to get kids of all ages off the couch and into the world, Drive outlines nine specific steps proven to beat boredom and foster self-motivation and resourcefulness. Filled with quizzes, anecdotes, and practical strategies, Drive helps parents turn “Generation Me” into “Generation Move.”
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