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Future-proof Your Child: Parenting the Wired Generation
'Stop the world, I want to get off!' is the regular refrain of many of today's time-pressured parents. 'Give me an experience and I'll promise you a relationship, ' is the mantra of their children. The world has changed
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368 pages, Paperback
First published August 12, 2009
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October 15, 2018
I bought a paper copy a few years ago and gave it away, now I have the kindle version and will reread it again and start to look at the practical advice given.
January 22, 2012
"Future-proof Your Child" is essential reading for today's parents.
Did you know that our children will be still working in the year 2070! Did you know that many of today's professions won't exist then? It's a daunting thought!
As parents there is a lot we can do to equip our children for the journey ahead. "Future-proof Your Child" discusses the skills and talents required for success and gives practical, forward-thinking advice to parents of the wired generation.
Thought-provoking stuff!
Publisher's summary:
'Stop the world, I want to get off!' is the regular refrain of many of today's time-pressured parents. 'Give me an experience and I'll promise you a relationship,' is the mantra of their children. The world has changed. The future has changed. Childhood is changing. Raising children has never been more challenging – or potentially rewarding. It is increasingly obvious that the world into which our young children will enter as adults, somewhere between 2020 and 2030, will be nothing like the world their parents grew up in, or even the world we currently inhabit. We need a better understanding of the world of the future in order to prepare our children and to 'future-proof' them. Future-proof your Child is a very different kind of parenting book. While it contains many useful practical hints and tips, it also focuses on the context for parenting and child development today. It convinces 21st-century parents of the need to change their approach to parenting future generations. This title will help you to create a framework for your parenting experience as you embark on the highly personal adventure of raising children who will thrive in the future. It is relevant, accessible, practical and inspirational. It will take you back in time and forward into the future to help you make the best choices for your children now! Future-proof your Child highlights the critical importance of making choices, having conversations, and consciously connecting with tomorrow’s children today.
Did you know that our children will be still working in the year 2070! Did you know that many of today's professions won't exist then? It's a daunting thought!
As parents there is a lot we can do to equip our children for the journey ahead. "Future-proof Your Child" discusses the skills and talents required for success and gives practical, forward-thinking advice to parents of the wired generation.
Thought-provoking stuff!
Publisher's summary:
'Stop the world, I want to get off!' is the regular refrain of many of today's time-pressured parents. 'Give me an experience and I'll promise you a relationship,' is the mantra of their children. The world has changed. The future has changed. Childhood is changing. Raising children has never been more challenging – or potentially rewarding. It is increasingly obvious that the world into which our young children will enter as adults, somewhere between 2020 and 2030, will be nothing like the world their parents grew up in, or even the world we currently inhabit. We need a better understanding of the world of the future in order to prepare our children and to 'future-proof' them. Future-proof your Child is a very different kind of parenting book. While it contains many useful practical hints and tips, it also focuses on the context for parenting and child development today. It convinces 21st-century parents of the need to change their approach to parenting future generations. This title will help you to create a framework for your parenting experience as you embark on the highly personal adventure of raising children who will thrive in the future. It is relevant, accessible, practical and inspirational. It will take you back in time and forward into the future to help you make the best choices for your children now! Future-proof your Child highlights the critical importance of making choices, having conversations, and consciously connecting with tomorrow’s children today.
February 20, 2016
I was interested to read this book, so that I can relate to my grandson. I find young people today so different from my generation and having read Graeme Codrington’s book, Mind the Gap, about the different generations (it was an eye opener!) I was really keen to read what he thinks about parenting a very different generation. I have often heard Nikki Bush speaking on the radio re child and parent development issues and the two of them are most inspiring!
This book doesn't disappoint! It contains a lot of information, but is quite easy to read. It is fascinating, inspiring and very practical. I highly recommend that anyone dealing with younger generations, read it.
To quote from the book: “This is a wonderfully affirming opportunity. It will also be the start of training your children to develop their own framework for stability in an uncertain future – a conscious connection with themselves. As you build on the three Cs of conversation, choices and connection that make up your parenting framework, so these abilities will become automatic for your children, providing them with a powerful rudder to keep them steady and enabling them to move forwards with confidence in life.”
This book doesn't disappoint! It contains a lot of information, but is quite easy to read. It is fascinating, inspiring and very practical. I highly recommend that anyone dealing with younger generations, read it.
To quote from the book: “This is a wonderfully affirming opportunity. It will also be the start of training your children to develop their own framework for stability in an uncertain future – a conscious connection with themselves. As you build on the three Cs of conversation, choices and connection that make up your parenting framework, so these abilities will become automatic for your children, providing them with a powerful rudder to keep them steady and enabling them to move forwards with confidence in life.”
February 9, 2009
Interesting ideas about what the children will face in the next twenty years and how important the parents' role is in developing their values and their minds.
August 2, 2015
Some good thoughts
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