- Discipline for Life: Getting it Right with Children, Madelyn Swift, M.Ed.
Madelyn Swift is President of Childright and an authority on discipline and communication. She’s also an internationally acclaimed speaker. While about discipline, this book has five chapters on building self-esteem. Included are three categories of self-esteem including: existence, accomplishments and mistakes. She covers each in depth and provides methods and examples for building self-esteem.
- The Optimistic Child: Proven Program to Safeguard Children from Depression & Build Lifelong Resilience, Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
Dr. Seligman is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. This book is based upon Dr. Seligman’s long-term studies of depression and his findings that optimism serves as a buffer against depression. Dr. Seligman gives a history of how the term “self-esteem” came to be defined. Through his discussions and perspectives on optimism , he provides a great resource for bolstering self-esteem.
- Parents Do Make a Difference: How to Raise Kids with Solid Character, Strong Minds, and Caring Hearts, Michele, Ed.D. Borba.
Borba has written several parenting books and appears regularly on talk shows to share her parenting advice. Self-esteem and building self-esteem in children is the core of this book. Borba gives insight and examples to help parents to build a child’s self-esteem. - Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People, H. Stephen Glenn, Jane Ed.D. Nelsen.
The authors have written other publications including Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelsen Ed.D. , and are known as experts in the field. This book provides ideas, resources and tools to foster self-esteem through teaching capability, problem-solving, and connecting with your children. |
