Gottman draws on his studies of more than 120 families to zero in on the parenting techniques that ensure a child's emotional health. He then translates his methods into an easy, five-step "emotional coaching" program designed to help parents enrich the bond between themselves and their children.

Contents

Foreword, by Daniel Goleman

Preface

1. Emotion Coaching: The Key to Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids

2. Assessing Your Parenting Style

3. The Five Key Steps for Emotion Coaching

4. Emotion-Coaching Strategies

5. Marriage, Divorce, and Your Child's Emotional Health

6. The Father's Crucial Role

7. Emotion Coaching as Four Child Grows

Appendix: Recommended Children's Books

Notes

Index

John Gottman, Ph. D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the author of Why Marriages Succeed or Fail. Joan DeClaire is a Senior Editor for Microsoft's Pregnancy and Childcare, an on-line consumer health-information service. Both authors live in Seattle.