River Heights Community Book Club!
We are excited to announce our first Book Club title!
Kids Are Worth It!: Raising Resilient, Responsible,
Compassionate Kids by Barbara Coloroso
Barbara Coloroso's international bestseller delivers a
powerful message about giving children the gift of inner-discipline and the
importance of offering them opportunities to make decisions, take
responsibility for their actions and learn from their own successes and
mistakes. Rejecting the "quick fix" solutions of punishment and
reward, Barbara uses everyday family situations -- from sibling rivalry to
teenage rebellion -- to demonstrate sound strategies for giving children the
inner discipline and self confidence that will help them grow into responsible,
resourceful, resilient and compassionate adults.
Barbara Coloroso is an international bestselling author
and an internationally recognized speaker and consultant on parenting,
teaching, school discipline, positive school climate, bullying, grieving,
nonviolent conflict resolution and restorative justice. She has appeared on
Oprah, CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN and has been featured in the New York Times,
Time, U.S. News & World Report, and Newsweek, among others.
Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies
were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education,
and philosophy, as well as field-tested through her experiences as a classroom
teacher, university instructor, and mother of three.
Over two dozen copies have kindly been gathered for us
from across Alberta by the Medicine Hat Public Library via interlibrary loans.
Please feel free to visit their circulation desk to grab a copy for yourself! A
library card is only $5 for the year, if you don't already have one. (A big
thank-you to Keith McLean with MHPL for his support!) Please note: Kids Are
Worth It! has been published many times since its first release in 1994. The
small differences between the publications will not impact your experience.
Whichever version you find will work!
Our book club meeting date for this title will be
Wednesday, Dec. 5th @ 8:30 pm (immediately following our Parent Council
meeting) at River Heights School.
Please connect with Laura Gale or Laura Underschute if
you have any questions!