21st Century Parenting: A Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children in an Unstable World - Softcover

Although there are numerous parenting primers on the market, 21st Century Parenting offers a unique perspective on what parents need to know at this particular moment in time. Dr. Capaldi provides parents with a roadmap to raise successful children who are dealing with unprecedented challenges and temptations. Each chapter contains information that is clear, practical, and succinct. For parents raising children in the twenty-first century, this book is indispensable.―Bernard Schwartz, PhD, Founder and Director of Student Psychological Services at Santiago Canyon College, Author, How to Fail as a Therapist

It has been our honor and privilege at Mater Dei High School to have had the opportunity and blessing to work with Dr. Rick Capaldi and Outreach Concern for more than twenty-five years. Dr. Capaldi’s book is an easy read with clear, reasonable, and powerful suggestions for parents and teachers to help their children and students cope with the stresses and pressures of today’s instant communication and gratification world of social media, texting, and online everything. From the Power of Paying Attention to Redirecting Your Child’s/Student’s Behavior to Parental Leadership, Dr. Rick Capaldi provides a treasure trove of practical real world approaches. I want to personally thank and congratulate Dr. Capaldi for writing such an outstanding book that will serve and help so many adults support and guide thousands and thousands of children in becoming more emotionally resilient in a world that is unstable, fast paced, and pressurized for the youth of today. This is an exceptional book for parents, teachers and mental health professionals at a time when we all need the thoughtful and practical parenting guidelines outlined in 21st Century Parenting.―Patrick Murphy, President of Mater Dei High School

21st Century Parenting is a dynamic resource for parents, which offers a blend of proactive ideas and supportive recommendations for a wide variety of current needs for our children. Rick offers accessible strategies and approaches to parenting that can serve as guideposts, or parenting GPS tools as he describes it, for navigating many issues including the culture of school, using technology, bullying, and building independence in our children that allow them to thrive and be successful as teens and young adults. As an educator, I appreciate the easy to navigate suggestions and, as a parent of two adult sons, I wish I had access to this resource many years before!―Jennifer Shepard, Assistant Superintendent, Huntington Beach School District

In an age when parenting has become an increasingly difficult task, 21st Century Parenting offers a refreshing, practical approach to empower parents with the tools they need to guide their children in a complex world. Dr. Rick Capaldi has developed an evidenced-based model to effectively foster resilience in children as they navigate their environment at home and in school. Key to this model is a parent’s awareness of Core Development Competencies that can help their children with the daily interactions with others and work to resolve conflict. Through a better understanding, regular monitoring, and strategic intervention, parents will be in a better position to raise healthy, well-adjusted, and resilient children. Dr. Capaldi’s results-based strategies along with practical examples provide parents with a model for success.―Richard McAlindin, Director of Executive Services, Placentia Yorba Linda School District

Compliment the child’s real accomplishments and don’t celebrate what you don’t see because no one else will is a truth that Dr. Capaldi is willing to speak but few parents are ready to hear. This book intelligently presents a blueprint for parents and teachers to be assets in helping children build self-confidence through emotional resilience. In 21st Century Parenting we are educated in the contemporary 3Rs―learning to read the child’s needs and intentions, help the child learn to regulate his or her behaviors, and guiding the child in redirecting his or her energy. The new information presented here―a research consolidation of years of treatment and thousands of in vivo treatment hours―sets a new standard for promoting an emotionally healthy child. An essential read for all parents and school personnel.―Samuel Dambrocia, PhD, Psychologist APC

Dr. Capaldi addresses challenging issues in a thought-provoking style that is both easy to read and engaging from the first page. We all want to protect our child from the dangers of the world; however, most of us are simply overwhelmed by the hectic pace of daily life and don’t have a plan of action on how to navigate through the many issues our child faces on a day-to-day basis. Dr. Capaldi’s plan provides a Parenting GPS to help you guide your child through his daily life, with a focus on both the daily struggles and the long-term goals. We’ve all heard of the three Rs: reading, riting, and rithmatic. Dr. Capaldi proposes a new set of Rs: reading the environment, regulating emotional temperature, and redirecting behavior. Dr. Capaldi’s years of success as a family therapist, his scientific approach to parenting, and his proven track record showing real behavioral improvements in thousands of children who have been guided by him combine to make this book the best parenting book I have seen. As a brain scientist and a mother, I urge you to begin the life-changing process of learning the new parenting skills presented in 21st Century Parenting.―Nicole M. Gage, PhD, Former Director of Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory, UC Irvine, Author, Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Beginner’s Guide

21st Century Parenting is a timely and high impact resource for parents to support their most important responsibility―raising their child to become resilient, and ultimately, a confident self-reliant young adult. Unlike most parenting books that are based solely on child developmental theory, Dr. Capaldi shares what works from a wealth of child and family counseling experience and case study observation. With several decades of student and family counseling experience, Dr. Capaldi and his team have seen it all, heard it all, and gained much insight about what it takes to support today’s youngsters in their journey to adulthood. He extracts and distills his team’s knowledge and experience to provide parents a straightforward framework, practical tools, and guidance to foster understanding and effective support for their child’s development to become a resilient and successful student, adolescent, and adult. For nearly two decades I’ve had the opportunity to witness the work of Dr. Capaldi and his staff to successfully aid students and families. 21st Century Parenting captures not only the critical role parents play in guiding their child’s success, but also key parenting strategies that cement parent-child trust and, over time, positively impact the child and the family’s future.―Greg Magnuson, Superintendent of Schools

21st Century Parenting is timely and greatly needed. Dr. Capaldi identifies and addresses the current concerns that affect today’s families. He outlines essential concepts that are necessary to promote resiliency in children and utilizes anecdotal examples to promote greater understanding. His convincing arguments for parental participation and explicit parental leadership are vital protective factors to manage the ever-increasing anxieties in children who are both distracted and influenced by social media and the addictive use of technology. One of the helpful tools is the parenting GPS that offers four approaches for consideration. Finally, this book offers parents, grandparents, and other caretakers a well-defined roadmap to raise confident, competent, and resilient children in an ever-changing world.―Debra Hill, EdD, Director, Safe Schools, Healthy Students, Westminster United School District