You Won't Believe What Your Child Is Thinking

by Catherine Thorpe

Overview

Anyone who has a child, friend, partner or co-worker, knows someone with erroneous thinking. All humans are susceptible to leftover childhood misperceptions and young people are especially vulnerable to misinterpreting themselves based on their environments. Kids can believe they are responsible for their parents' problems, they may interpret divorce to mean something negative about themselves, young children believe most of what others tell them and virtually all young people pick up misinformation at some point.

The goal of this book is to lighten life's journey for young people by informing adults about what kids are actually thinking and offering effective ways for adults to help them. The text includes ways to discover what young people believe, methods for responding to kids' perceptions, research that validates good parenting practices, skills for social success, and more. It may be mystifying, humorous, challenging and humbling to realize how young people make sense of their worlds yet helping them think correctly can change the course of their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780981913759
Publisher:	Timeline Press
Publication date:	08/22/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	222
File size:	560 KB

About the Author

Catherine Thorpe, MA, is a seasoned psychotherapist treating children through adults. She is a teacher and writer on the therapy of Lifespan Integration (LI). You Won't Believe What Your Child is Thinking is her third book specifically aimed at the general population describing how young people think very differently than adults can imagine and how they often build their lives on erroneous assumptions. Thorpe has traveled the globe teaching LI and currently resides in the Seattle, WA area.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction  i

Section I – Everyone’s Thinking Makes Sense to Them
Chapter One:  Everyone’s Thinking Makes Sense to Them  1
Chapter Two:  What Children Believe  15
Chapter Three:  What to do About What Children Believe  55
Chapter Four:  More on What Children Believe  97
Chapter Five:  What Children Learn from Trauma  119
Chapter Six:  The Science of Believing  131

Section II - Perspectives
Chapter Seven:  Fundamentals  147
Chapter Eight:  Recommendations  165
Chapter Nine:  Conclusion  207
  Notes  211
References  213

 

 

Editorial Reviews

“This highly approachable, illustrative book will change your thinking. Built on scientific evidence and personal anecdotes, this well-crafted exposition offers insight into the “what, how and why” humans come to believe as we do, both as children and adults. This book does more than describe the dilemma; it offers concrete techniques to engage with young people, dispel misinformation, and encourage truth and empowerment in their lives. Thorpe’s work has done as she desires—made my kids’ lives better by making me a better parent. Thank you!”

Veronica Paige, MA Licensed Mental Health Counselor

“This book transformed my classroom. Thorpe’s insights strengthened the partnership I have with both parents and students. Every teacher should read this book to understand that kids think differently than adults assume and that their perceptions drive their behavior. Teacher effectiveness and student achievement could be greatly increased with the application of this simple concept of listening to what children are thinking and perceiving.”

Doretta Hale, First Grade Teacher

You Won’t Believe What Your Child is Thinking is not only a well-written book, it is also very insightful into the motivation and thinking of young people. Thorpe provides us with an understanding of what children are perceiving from their environments. Correctly or incorrectly, these perceptions motivate young people’s behavior—often to the wonderment of parents and teachers. The insights this book provides allow the professional educator, therapist, or parent to have a better understanding of what may appear to be irrational behavior. With understanding of children’s thought processes, adults can begin to understand the driving forces of their actions. Thorpe has mastered several keys to the processing and reasoning of young children through late adolescents. She provides excellent examples of those motivations and behaviors from her own clinical practice. I highly recommend You Won’t Believe What Your Child is Thinking to all who want to have a deeper awareness of childhood thought.”

Louis Barber, Ph.D. Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction

and Director of Special Education (Retired) CA, USA.

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