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Resilience Parenting

Resilience Parenting

by Chris & Holly Santillo

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🏆 Bestseller in Family & Parenting Literature Guides

About This Book

Your children will face many challenges in the years ahead, so you want to raise them to be resilient—strong, adaptable, and able to recover. It is your mission to empower your son or daughter to cultivate a functional and fulfilling life. This essential handbook will help you achieve that goal. In Resilience Parenting, martial arts instructors Chris and Holly Santillo share the insights they have gained as teachers and parents. They offer positive alternatives to lecturing, bribing, and punishing; focusing instead on three Pillars: Learning, Integrity, and Service. By applying these powerful principles, you can inspire your children to develop the independence they need to succeed as adults, while renewing their connection to family and community. Whether you are raising a teenager or just starting your family, the methods prescribed in this book will help you unlock your greatest potential as a parent.

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Chris & Holly Santillo

Chris & Holly Santillo

Chris and Holly Santillo are martial arts instructors and the authors of Resilience Parenting: Raising Resilient Children in an Era of Detachment and Dependence. Chris is the founder and head instructor at Potomac Kempo in Alexandria, Virginia, with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience and a sixth-degree Black Belt in Kempo. Holly is a senior instructor and the founding conductor of several choirs, including the Mount Vernon Children's Choir and the women's a cappella group Canto. In their book, they draw on their work as teachers and parents to offer positive alternatives to lecturing, bribing, and punishing, built around three pillars: Learning, Integrity, and Service.

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