As featured in The Guardian, How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people . . . who just might save the world one day.As an award-winning science journalist, Melinda Wenner Moyer was regularly asked to investigate and address all kinds of parenting questions: how to potty train, when and whether to get vaccines, and how to help kids sleep through the night. But as Melinda's children grew, she found that one huge area was ignored in the realm of parenting advice: how do we make sure our kids don't grow up to be assholes?On social media, in the news, and from the highest levels of government, kids are increasingly getting the message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes among children and teens are rising, while compassion among teens has been dropping. We know, of course, that young people have the capacity for great empathy, resilience, and action, and we all want to bring up kids who will help build a better tomorrow. But how do we actually do this? How do we raise children who are kind, considerate, and ethical inside and outside the home, who will grow into adults committed to making the world a better place?How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a deeply researched, evidence-based primer that provides a fresh, often surprising perspective on parenting issues, from toddlerhood through the teenage years. First, Melinda outlines the traits we want our children to possess - including honesty, generosity, and antiracism - and then she provides scientifically-based strategies that will help parents instill those characteristics in their kids. Learn how to raise the kind of kids you actually want to hang out with-and who just might save the world.
Show moreAs featured in The Guardian, How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people . . . who just might save the world one day.As an award-winning science journalist, Melinda Wenner Moyer was regularly asked to investigate and address all kinds of parenting questions: how to potty train, when and whether to get vaccines, and how to help kids sleep through the night. But as Melinda's children grew, she found that one huge area was ignored in the realm of parenting advice: how do we make sure our kids don't grow up to be assholes?On social media, in the news, and from the highest levels of government, kids are increasingly getting the message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes among children and teens are rising, while compassion among teens has been dropping. We know, of course, that young people have the capacity for great empathy, resilience, and action, and we all want to bring up kids who will help build a better tomorrow. But how do we actually do this? How do we raise children who are kind, considerate, and ethical inside and outside the home, who will grow into adults committed to making the world a better place?How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a deeply researched, evidence-based primer that provides a fresh, often surprising perspective on parenting issues, from toddlerhood through the teenage years. First, Melinda outlines the traits we want our children to possess - including honesty, generosity, and antiracism - and then she provides scientifically-based strategies that will help parents instill those characteristics in their kids. Learn how to raise the kind of kids you actually want to hang out with-and who just might save the world.
Show moreMelinda Wenner Moyer is an award-winning contributing editor at Scientific American, a regular contributor to The New York Times and a former faculty member at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes was her first book. She also writes the popular Substack newsletter Is My Kid the Asshole?
Crucial, timely, and wise. This is the parenting handbook for
raising the next generation. Carla Naumburg, PhD, author of How to
Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids
It's one thing to say you don't want your kid to be an asshole.
This book gives you data-driven, research-based tools to actually
achieve it. Emily Oster, PhD, author of Cribsheet and Expecting
Better
I can't think of a more important life lesson than 'don't be an
asshole.' Unfortunately, many kids don't learn it-because many
parents fail to teach it. Thanks to this book, they no longer have
an excuse. It's a smart, engaging, honest, and surprisingly useful
read about how to nurture decency and generosity. Adam Grant, #1
New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
Moyer, a science journalist and parenting columnist, decided to go
through the research and ended up writing a book with the pleasing
title How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes. In the vast realm of
parenting advice, there was plenty on diet, sleep and how to turn
your child into a superhuman genius, but not a great deal on how to
create a kind, compassionate person [...] Moyer's book highlights
an uncomfortable truth: that we may have to confront our own
asshole-ish tendencies - selfishness, unconscious biases,
internalised misogyny, an inability or unwillingness to understand
other people's perspectives - before we can expect the same from
our children.
*The Guardian*
This science-based, funny, easy-to-use guidebook with specific
strategies to help parents raise great kids should be on everyone's
list. Zibby Owens, Good Morning America
In her new book How to Raise Kids Who Aren't A**holes, science
journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer... looks at research on gunplay,
screen time, shyness, resilience and more, helping parents
effectively send the message that kindness matters. CNN.com
Most parents say we want our children to be kind, compassionate
people. Yet everything in the culture urges us to teach something
else . . . Melinda Wenner Moyer weaves cutting edge science with
accessible stories and actionable tips to help us rebalance those
crucial scales, to be the parents we know we can be. Peggy
Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex
Blending an upbeat, humorous tone with straightforward advice,
Wenner Moyer crafts a winning guide for parents who wish to build a
"better, fairer, stronger world." This delightful mix of strategy
and humor shouldn't be missed. Publishers Weekly, starred
[Moyer] gives practical, research-based suggestions for teaching
selflessness, honesty, and healthy self-esteem... [she] shows
readers how to grow alongside their child and effect positive
change. Library Journal
If the title alone doesn't make you fall in love with the book, I'm
not sure what to tell you. Wenner Moyer is a science journalist who
realized that despite books that tell us how to do nearly
everything in parenting, there wasn't a book that helped you to
raise kids who weren't, well... assholes. This is an interesting,
fact-based look at how to do just that. (Also, I suspect that if
you bring this to the playground, it will attract like-minded mom
friends!) Book Riot
How can parents raise kids who believe in themselves and in
building a better, more compassionate future? This book provides
the roadmap. Filled with actionable, sometimes surprising, always
data-driven ideas, Melinda Wenner Moyer has given us an invaluable
resource. Madeline Levine, Ph.D., author of The Price of Privilege
and Ready or Not
If you are a parent who wants to know that your parenting energies
are tried and true, tested and trusted, this book is the place
where you can plant your flag. Mark McConville, author of Failure
to Launch
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