The SMART Parenting Revolution: A Powerful New Approach to Unleashing Your Child's Potential

by Dawna Markova

Dawna Markova is revolutionizing the way parents approach their children’s education. A leading educator and psychologist, she has noticed that parents tend to focus on correcting their children’s weaknesses. But in this groundbreaking book based on the world-renowned SMARTWired program, Dr. Markova demonstrates a more effective strategy that centers on building a child’s strengths. This approach not only helps children discover their passion and purpose in life, but it also instills in them a strong sense of self-worth–which in turn makes them highly motivated to learn.

A longtime teacher, Dr. Markova understands that by recognizing and developing children’s unique assets, parents can help them succeed not just in school but in life. She cites compelling anecdotes across all age groups and reveals practical strategies: the essential principles of the SMARTWired approach to learning, the three kinds of attention the human brain uses, and the five categories of children’s assets. Along the way, you will discover how to

• identify and support your child’s hidden talents
• help your child make sound decisions with confidence
• communicate on the same wavelength with your child for better mutual understanding
• nurture your child’s assets in partnerships with schools, mentors, coaches, and other resources
• free your child from societal expectations

An impassioned call to arms backed by a point-by-point plan, The SMART Parenting Revolution provides the road map for all parents looking to develop their children’s full potential.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 2005

About the author

Dawna Markova’s passion awakens through storytelling and finding open questions to help people discover how to love the life they have been given.

Reviews

[Chris Blakesley]

Heard that despite the poor title, the first few chapters are really insightful about educational thinking.

[Aisha Parenting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku ini mengajak pembaca (para orangtua, guru, dan masyarakat) untuk mengubah pendekatan kita dalam 'mendidik' anak. Fokus utamanya bukan lagi mengoreksi kelemahan anak kita, tapi membantu mereka menemukan gairah hidup.Ketika anak menemukan gairah hidup, mereka akan punya kepercayaan diri yang tinggi dan tidak malu untuk mengembangkan bakat alaminya.
Melalui buku ini pula kita bisa belajar mengenali dan menunjang bakat anak kita termasuk mempraktikan komunikasi yang mutual dengan anak.
Sebagai bonus, di buku ini dijelaskan pula program Smart Wired yang bisa menjadi panduan praktis untuk mengenali bakat dan minat anak kita.
Buku ini memang bukan buku yang sekali baca bisa langsung paham, tapi 'pelajaran' baru yang kita temukan yang sangat menarik dan sederhana untuk dipraktikan.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!!! Great ideas and activities to help you and your child realize their potential and natural abilities and talents. It has helped me understand my two children better. I understand more how they learn and how I can better help them. I read this book as a recommendation from another music teacher. I have been analyzing my current music students in their learning process to better teach them.

[Ling · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is not helpful as I expected. There are too many author's personal opinions, which make the book more like a collection of essays. I do like the categorization of learning styles though. But when I tried to categorize my family members, I failed because the categorization is too simplified.

[Ginger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was thought-provoking. I felt like I learned quite a bit. I did think the author's theories should be taken with a grain of salt. Highly recommend to anyone who is concerned about her child not being challenged at school.