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Tuesday 1 April 2014

Nancy Rose Interviewed On How To Raise The Child You've Got, Not The One You Want

By Saleem Rana


Nancy Rose talked with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio. The show, "Parent Choices for Struggling Teenagers," focused on the theme of her book, which is to raise the child you've got, not the one you want. Moms and dads who refuse to accept their kid's major attributes, will raise a child who thinks that there is something wrong with themselves. The host of the program, Lon Woodbury, is an Independent Educational Expert and he has dealt with family issues and struggling teenagers since 1984.

Nancy Rose

Nancy Rose has raised 2 kids and has actually spent more than 25 years studying the power of acceptance in parent-child relationships. Although a tax attorney and accountant by career, she now invests much of her time as a speaker, writer and parenting coach. In her new book, "Raise the Child You've Got--Not the One You Want," she helps parents who long to re-establish a caring relationship with their kid.

What it takes to Raise the Child you've Got, Not the One You Want

Raise the Child You've Got - Not the One You Want is a book that originated from personal experience. Nancy grew up not feeling understood by her mother and as a result experienced painful feelings around her own identity. She knew her mother loved her, but did not feel her mother liked her; so, she spent her childhood trying to get her mother to like her. Only later, when she became a mother herself did she figure out how to heal her own childhood wounds.

During her early twenties, Nancy worked on raising her self-worth by becoming an academic super-achiever. Then she stirred from her "trance of accomplishment" when she finally understood that she had worked hard to become a tax lawyer and a CPA just to get her Mom to like her. Now, with a law degree from University of California in Berkeley, as well as a finance degree from the University of Illinois, she uses her know-how, experience, and credentials to passionately champion the emotional needs of children.

She has actually identified 9 characteristics for parents to recognize who their child is at their core-- activity, adaptability, distractibility, ease with the unfamiliar, intensity, optimism, persistence, regularity, and sensory reactivity. A youngster will only really feel approved when his/her parents accept each characteristic, as well as receives guidance and parental leadership from them. By approving a youngster's Core Self, it becomes a lot easier to raise the child you've got, not the one you want.




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