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How Can I Stay Positive for My Kids When I’m So Overwhelmed?

By Allison Briscoe-Smith — 2020

Even for a psychologist who studies how kids understand racism and violence, talking to her own children about it is difficult.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Raising Resilient Adolescents with Erica Komisar

In this class, psychoanalyst and author Erica Komisar discusses the science behind raising resilient adolescents, an age group that is facing more mental distress than ever. Ms.

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2022
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Chicken Little, the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

This is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy, resilient adolescents in a time of great stress when anxiety and mental health disorders are epidemic. In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given.

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Erica Komisar
2021
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Connecting and Communicating with Your Autistic Child

This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.

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Tessa Morton, Jane Gurnett
2025
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Building Moral Intelligence: The Seven Essential Virtues that Teach Kids to Do the Right Thing

Gain a new understanding of moral intelligence, and a step-by-step program for its achievement from bestselling author, Michele Borba.

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Michele Borba
2025
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No More Misbehavin’: 38 Difficult Behaviors and How to Stop Them

Parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba tackles the most common bad behaviors that kids ages 3 to 12 repeat over and over behaviors that drive parents crazy. In this enormously useful, simple-to-use book she shows how to change these behaviors for good. For each negative behavior Dr.

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Michele Borba
2025
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Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me: The Top 25 Friendship Problems and How to Solve Them

Look no further.

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Michele Borba
2025
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How to Speak to Your Children About Racism with Allison Briscoe-Smith

CGTN's Asieh Namdar spoke to Allison Briscoe-Smith, director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Wright Institute, on how to speak to children about racism.

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Allison Briscoe-Smith
2020
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How an App Can Help Parents Talk About Race and Racism with Kids

Discussing the racial divides in this country with children can be a challenging conversation for parents. Mental health professional Dr.

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Allison Briscoe-Smith
2021
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls (Revised and Updated)

When Odd Girl Out was first published, it became an instant bestseller and ignited a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today the dirty looks, taunting notes, and social exclusion that plague girls’ friendships have gained new momentum in cyberspace.

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Rachel Simmons
2025
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Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School

Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe—and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder—is about having the right conversations at the right time.

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Michelle Icard
2025
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