Essential Resources on Health and Wellness from DiaMedica Publications

The Resilient Child

Seven Essential Lessons for Your Child’s Happiness and Success
George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, with Sloane Brown

Publication Date: October 2008
Price: $14.95
ISBN 13: 978-0-9793564-6-9
Trade Paperback: 176 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches

Includes Checklists, Charts, Resources Parenting, Self-help

The basic premise of this book is a simple one…that stress management is a health-promoting skill for life that should be taught to children and teenagers as soon as they are capable of understanding the concepts. Most parents want their children to be happy and to do well in life. Resiliency may be the single most important factor that predicts both happiness and success!

For years, Dr. Everly’s clinical practice has focused on helping adults recover from the physical and mental illnesses caused by excessive stress. This book grew out of the realization that they would never have needed this treatment if they had been taught to better manage stress early in life. Rather than teaching stress reduction techniques, it teaches the basic principles upon which a stress-resilient life may be built, based on the recognition that:

  • The ability to resist excessive stress and rebound from adversity is based less on “techniques” and more on an underlying strength of character.
  • Strength of character as it applied in this book is resiliency, and it can be taught.
  • The book contain the core seven principles or “lessons to be learned” that constitute foundational resiliency in such a way that parents can teach these principles to their children.

The collective wisdom in this simple book should not simply be recommended reading for all parents, it should be essential reading for all parents and teachers of children and young adults.

CONTENTS

Introduction and Some Initial Thoughts on Being a “Successful” Parent. Lesson #1: Recognize the Value of Friendship and the Support of Others ; Lesson #2: Making the Three Most Difficult Decisions Of A Lifetime; Lesson #3: Teach Your Children to Take Responsibility for Their Actions; Lesson #4: Making the Most Important Investment of a Lifetime: Invest in Your Health; Lesson #5: Learn the Power Of Optimism; Lesson #6: Learn the Importance Of Faith; Lesson #7: Teach Your Child To Follow A Moral Compass… Integrity. Epilogue

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, is one of the “founding fathers” of modern resiliency and stress management. In his role as a mental health advisor in the wake of mass disasters such as the Oklahoma City bombing, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, the devastation of Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and SARS, he has gained a unique perspective on how human beings react in highly stressful situations. He has now applied this expertise to the development of resiliency in children so that they will better be able to deal with life’s adversities.

Dr. Everly currently serves on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Loyola College in Maryland.

Sloane Brown has been in the media for 30 years, as a disc jockey, news announcer, and news director in radio; and a daily news reporter, news anchor, and arts reporter/critic in television. Since 1999, Sloane has been the society/party reporter for The Baltimore Sun. Married to clinical psychologist Dr. Steve Sobelman for 23 years, she’s become an expert in deciphering “psychology-speak” into layman’s terms, and is delighted to use those skills in helping Dr. Everly transition from the lectern to the living room.