Lighthouse Parenting

Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, practices adolescent medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is the founding director of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication. His books include Congrats—You’re Having a Teen! and Building Resilience in Children and Teens. He is the father of 2 young adults and lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Chapter 1: Families as the source of security, now and far into the future.
Chapter 2: Building Lifelong Trust and Enduring Attachment
Chapter 3: Sharing your calm. Coregulation as the root of security and the root of thoughtfulness.
Chapter 4. Recognizing how your child is comforted.
Chapter 5: Your Child Is Watching You: How you judge yourself and others tells them how safe it is to share their challenges
Chapter 6: Being the reflection in your child’s eyes
Chapter 7: Human Role Models are Imperfect
Chapter 8: You don’t have to be the only model, create meaningful connections
Chapter 9: Seeing all that is Good and Right in Your Child: The Measure They will Always Use to See Themselves
Chapter 10: The best communication: Your unwavering presence
Chapter 11: Parenting for Optimal Influence: Balance the expression of your love with the wisdom of your monitoring
Chapter 12: Listen more than you talk; Create a Judgement-free zone for shared wisdom
Chapter 13: Talk wisely, learn more
Chapter 14: Honoring Emotional Expression Now as the Roots of Lifetime Protection
Chapter 15: Hovering Drives Children Away: Preparation is the Best Protection
Chapter 16: Protection against Undermining Expectations: Anticipating adolescence as an opportunity to celebrate
Chapter 17: Steer them away from the Rocks, While watching from a distance
Chapter 18: Everyday Discipline: Always Teaching, But Ready with Corrective actions and Course Corrections
Chapter 19: Human Connection: The Core ingredient of both resilience and human thriving
Chapter 20: Resilience 101: The Foundations of Resilience
Chapter 21: Resilience 201: Preparing Our children to Live in an Uncertain World
Chapter 22. Resilience 301: Becoming (a bit more) comfortable with discomfort
Chapter 23: Resilience 401: Framing help- seeking as a strength
Chapter 24: What does it mean to Thrive?: Raising Children Prepared to Do and Be Good
Chapter 25: People thrive when they know that what they do matters
Chapter 26: People endowed with curiosity and a growth mindset thrive
Chapter 27: Living life with gratitude and a generous spirit is core to thriving
Chapter 28: People thrive when they Can Think for themselves but know they have so much to learn from others
Chapter 29: People thrive when they can draw Strength from their Cultural Wisdom and Family History
Chapter 30: From Toddlers to Teens: Supporting Their Need to Stand on Their Own
Chapter 31: Communication and Other Real Life Skills
Chapter 32: Influence you can trust, being able to assess misinformation and personal or virtual pressure