The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness : Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy

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Summary: The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
Review: "The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness" is the only parenting book you'll ever need! In his usual heartwarming and uplifting style, Dr. Ned gives parents, teachers, counselors and anyone who works with kids THE five step formula for creating lifelong happiness. As a lover of biographies, I must admit, that the true adult success stories have as their foundation Dr. Ned's five key elements!! While reading this inspiring book you can't help but look back at your own childhood and smile at the things that went right and understand better why things went wrong. Furthermore, it helps one better understand the unhappy adults we interact with from time to time. Another striking impression that "Roots" delivers is that it's never too late to begin cultivating pieces of the formula one might have missed along the way. If you want to cultivate successful adults, I highly recommend this highly informative and provocative book, beautifully written by one of the leading experts in psychiatry today!

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Summary: A Winner
Review: >It is a pleasure to recommend THE CHILDHOOD ROOTS OF ADULT HAPPINESS:
> Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy by Edward M.
> Hallowell, M.D. This was just released and reflects the views of a
> psychiatrist dealing with adolescent development. He draws from his
> experiences as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy,Harvard
> University, his family, and his clinical practice with objectivity and sensitivity. Not only does he point out the
> importance of connectiveness in youth with family and school
> associates, but also describes the HARVARD FALLACY.
> The studies quoted are appropriate to crime prevention as well as
> moving forward to far more effective community programs for mental
> health. Written for the general public, the author quotes appropriate
> recent studies that should be meaningful to ANY parent or grandparent.
> For those of us interested in understanding our own roots of joy,
> fear, "success", and appropriate or inappropriate self-esteem, this
> is
> an excellent book.
> Keep reading and thinking - AND COMMUNICATE - It's good for you!!!
The adult reader will find pleasure examining the content of this book along with AGING WELL by George E. Vaillant M.D.

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Summary: The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness:
Review: Dr. Hallowell has done it again; this is truly an outstanding book both for the professional clinician as well as parents. I have been a senior clinician for over 30 years and am recommending it to all my patients as well as to our residents in family medicine and psychiatry! Dr. Hallowell continues to show an unbelievable depth in his understanding and empathy in the nature of human emotional well being; how it can be achieved, nurtured and sustained! Everyone in the family can share in what this book offers. What a great way to spend quality family time together!
Thank you Dr. Hallowell!

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Summary: A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST WHO TRULY KNOWS &LOVES CHILDREN
Review: IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE ALL NEED REGROUNDING - WE LIVE IN A TROUBLED TIME AND BRINGING UP CHILDREN IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB.
BUT....WE HAVE NO TRAINING - WE LEARN ON THE JOB - WE MAKE MISTAKES - WE HAVE SUCCESS AND NOW WE HAVE DR. HALLOWELL TO HELP US NAVIGATE.
AS ONE OF THE MANY SINGLE MOMS, I THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL BOOK FILLED WITH INSIGHT AND THOUGHTFUL GUIDENCE. I WILL PASS A COPY ALONG TO MY CHILDREN WHEN THE TIME COMES.
NANCY OGDEN
PRODUCER, Attention Deficit Disorder in the 21st Century,A Conversation with Edward M. Hallowell
A video series for parents, kids & Teachers

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Summary: Outstanding, Hallowell does it again!
Review: Indeed, one's happiness is best not left to chance! Dr. Hallowell, in his pioneering work with children teaches all of us as parents, educators, and professionals working with children that happiness is about feeling loved, connected, and secure in the world. Through his personal experiences and professional interactions as a child psychiatrist, Dr. Hallowell thoughtfully reminds us of the significance of playfulness, optimism, and joy in our daily lives. This enlightening book is both thought provoking and brilliant and should be read by anyone wishing to enhance happiness in the lives of children!

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Summary: The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
Review: My husband and I are preparing for children and found this book very insightful. It helps you to think about and extract the wonders of your own childhood and how that connection brings you joy as an adult. The book give great advice on developing a connected childhood in your own kids and I can assure you that we will definitely use this knowlegde in raising our own kids (when God blesses us with them).

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Summary: Bravo! His Best Yet
Review: Ned Hallowell has done it again. "Roots" is his best book yet. It is clear, readable and essential to any caring parent. This one brings together many of his earlier themes and lays out five important and practical steps that will help your child become a happier and more secure adult some day. Reading this book is the greatest gift a parent could give a child this year.

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Summary: How do joyful people become joyful?
Review: The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness addresses an important area of good parenting (how to help your kids feel and experience joy) but it is way more than another "how-to parent" guide. It makes the adult reader sit up and take notice - am I experiencing joy in MY life? It's hard to be a parent today - with all of the economic stress and global uncertainty, and it's hard to raise kids to be joyful if we are not experiencing joy ourselves. Hallowell outlines his simple yet profound steps (I won't reveal them here!) and his book became the subject of a great discussion with our teenagers. In this techno, fast-paced crazy world ALL of us need to be connecting with others and finding as much joy in our lives as possible. In Hallowell's book he shares his steps to greater happiness and his personal and professional stories with great humility and simplicity - something many famous physicians are unable to do! Very user-friendly!I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to enjoy life more!

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Summary: Recommended for Anyone with Children
Review: This is an excellent book, which shows that in childhood you plant the seeds for adult happiness. It gives concrete suggestions about what to do for your children in order to improve their odds of becoming happy adults.

A few things struck me in particular: the idea of flow, that we are happiest when we are in activities that we get so wrapped up in that we forget ourselves, the concept that children need to learn how to fail, and how to cope with failure, that being bored is an opportunity, you needn't fill up every minute of your child's time, or orchestrate their play.

I'd recommend it to anyone with children, or anyone, such as teachers, that deal with children. Even an unhappy adult, might find out that they have the seeds of happiness within them, they just need some care to make them grow.

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Summary: Recommended for Anyone with Children
Review: This is an excellent book, which shows that in childhood you plant the seeds for adult happiness. It gives concrete suggestions about what to do for your children in order to improve their odds of becoming happy adults.

A few things struck me in particular: the idea of flow, that we are happiest when we are in activities that we get so wrapped up in that we forget ourselves, the concept that children need to learn how to fail, and how to cope with failure, that being bored is an opportunity, you needn't fill up every minute of your child's time, or orchestrate their play.

I'd recommend it to anyone with children, or anyone, such as teachers, that deal with children. Even an unhappy adult, might find out that they have the seeds of happiness within them, they just need some care to make them grow.