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Index
Cover
Contents
About the Book
About the Author
Also by Dr Wayne W. Dyer
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
1 What Do You Want More Than Anything for Your Children?
The Ability to Enjoy Life
Being an Example
What You Know vs. How You Feel
The Affective Domain
2 I Want My Children to Value Themselves
Self-Image
How We Inadvertently Lower Self-Confidence and Self-Worth in Our Children
What Are Your Payoffs When You Contribute to a Lowered Self-Image in Your Child?
Basic Principles for Building Self-Esteem in Your Children
Strategies for Raising a Child’s Self-Portrait
3 I Want My Children to Be Risk-Takers
Learning to Welcome the Unknown
Becoming Sensible About Failing
Risk-Taking
A Creative Imagination
How We Discourage a Positive Attitude Toward Change
The Psychological Support System for Discouraging Risk-Taking
Ideas for Encouraging Children to Seek Out, Rather Than Fear, the Unknown
4 I Want My Children to Be Self-Reliant
They Feel as They Learn to Think
How Blame Works
They Are Always Making Choices
Choosing Inner Rather Than Outer Direction
Curbing Their Need for Approval
Typical Child and Parental Behaviors Which Inhibit Inner Development
The Psychological Support System That You Receive for Raising Outer-Directed Children
Action Strategies for Helping Children to Be Nonblamers and Inner-Directed
5 I Want My Children to Be Free from Stress and Anxiety
What Is Freedom from Anxiety?
No More Guilt
Farewell to Worry
No More Type A Toddlers
Some Typical Anxiety-Producing Behaviors
The Support System for Keeping the Pressure on Children
Some Strategies for No-Anxiety Parenting
6 I Want My Children to Have Peaceful Lives
You Can Stop Having the Same Old Family Fights
Some Typical Family Fights
Basic Principles to Adopt as Guidelines for Eliminating the ‘Same Old Fights’
Understanding Anger
Discipline for No-Limit Living
How We Can Inadvertently Create Angry, Fighting, Undisciplined Attitudes
Your Psychological Support System for Anger and Family Fights
Some Useful Techniques for Eliminating Those Family Fights and Creating a Harmonious Atmosphere for Everyone
7 I Want My Children to Celebrate Their Present Moments
The Purest Form of Sanity
Accepting Children Where They Are
The Joy of Present-Moment Living
Toward More Peak Experiences
Some Typical Actions That Inhibit Present-Moment Living for You and Your Children
Some of the Payoffs for Discouraging Present-Moment Living
Some Strategies for Present-Moment Living
8 I Want My Children to Experience a Lifetime of Wellness
Developing a Wellness Attitude with Children
How to Model Wellness
Why Your Children Need Wellness
Using Visualization for Wellness
Wellness and a Sense of Humor
Some Common Anti-Wellness Parental Actions
Your Support System for Not Promoting Wellness
Some Techniques for Implementing Wellness in Your Child Rearing
9 I Want My Children to Be Creative
What Is Creativity in Children?
A Brief Portrait of Creative Children
Some Typical Ways We Inadvertently Interfere with Children’s Natural Creative Inclinations
Your Payoffs for Keeping Children from Developing Their Creativity
Some Sample Strategies for Raising Your Children on a Regular Diet of Creativity
10 I Want My Children to Fulfill Their Higher Needs and to Feel a Sense of Purpose
Climbing the Ladder of Needs That Ends with a Sense of Purpose
Physical Needs
Love and Belongingness Needs
The Need for Self-Esteem and Esteem by Others
Growth Needs (Freedom, Justice, Order, Individuality, Meaningfulness, Self-Sufficiency, Simplicity, Playfulness, Aliveness)
Higher Needs (Truth, Beauty, Aesthetic Appreciation, Goodness, Spiritual Awakening)
The Top of the Ladder – No-Limit Living: A Summary Description
Some Specific Techniques for Helping Children to the Top of the Ladder and to a Sense of Purpose
Appendix: I Want My Children to Be Able to Someday Write This Letter
Index
Copyright
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