Michele Borba, EdD, is the author of UnSelfie- Why Emphatheic Kids Succeed in Our All-About Me World, and is an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an expert in parenting, bullying, and character development. She is a regular NBC contributor who appears regularly on Today and has been featured as an expert on Dateline, The View, Dr. Phil, NBC Nightly News, Fox & Friends, Dr. Oz, and The Early Show, among many others. She lives in Palm Springs, California, with her husband, and is the mother of three grown sons.
Advance Praise for Thrivers
“People say, ‘I wish kids would come with a manual.’ Well now they
do. If you want to get parenting right, pick up this book.” – Dr.
Phil
“Thrivers shows the urgency in updating current parenting and
educational practices to follow science so children will have the
potential to thrive and become their personal best.” —Psychology
Today
“Thrivers offers both science-based information and respectful,
practical, and effective tools. Full of activities and ideas to
cultivate the skills and mindset kids need to thrive, Borba
encourages parents to use everyday moments to respond in ways that
build relational and neural connections to promote optimal
development, independence, and success. More than ever, our
children need us to parent in ways that promote growth and
resilience in the face of adversity, and Thrivers can serve as an
essential guide.” --Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, New York Times
bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama
Discipline, The Yes Brain, & The Power of Showing Up, and author of
The Bottom Line for Baby
“Thrivers is a must-read for parents and anyone who works with
kids. It provides actionable tips and insights that will help
adults give kids the tools they need to live their best
lives.” –Amy Morin, author of 13 Things Mentally Strong
Parents Don't Do
“Dr. Michele Borba combines her deep understanding of children with
decades of research to offer the wise, practical guidance that
parents urgently need today. Thrivers lays out clear, actionable,
age-by-age steps for raising children of character. In doing so,
this timely and important book focuses our attention where it truly
belongs: on who--not what--our children will become.” --Lisa
Damour, PhD, author of Untangled and Under Pressure
“Michele Borba is the coach, mentor, and motivator that today’s
parents crave. This brilliant guide—full of heart and backed by
research—redefines success and shows us how to raise happier,
healthier kids who will become champions of the things that last
and matter. Dr. Borba tells us that raising Thrivers may be our
greatest legacy as parents, and then she offers practical,
actionable steps to make this vision a reality. I feel better
equipped to lead my children after reading this game-changing book,
and you will too.” –Kari Kampakis, author of Love Her Well: 10 Ways
to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter
“Thrivers helps us to recognize that resilient kids are not simply
born but are made. With the world in unprecedented distress, it is
our job to make sure that our kids are prepared not only with
high grades or prestigious college acceptances, but with the mental
toughness, moral strength, and self-awareness that times of great
challenge demand. If you add one book to your parenting bookshelf
this year, make it Thrivers.” –Madeline Levine, Ph.D., author of
The Price of Privilege, Teach Your Children Well, and Ready or
Not
“There’s a huge gap between what we, as parents, say we want for
our children (to be good people) and what our kids say we want for
them (achievement). This book is the absolutely perfect book to
help us close that gap, to help our children thrive and be all they
can be!” --Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making: The Seven
Life Essential Skills Every Child Needs
“Thrivers is the resource I’ve yearned for as a parent and teacher,
an evidence-based, deeply researched instruction manual for helping
kids thrive despite–and even because of–adversity.” –Jessica Lahey,
author of The Gift of Failure
“Thrivers is a call to action. Our children are hurting, and
Thrivers shows you the cost -- not only in accurately describing
the challenges our children face but also showing how to make it
better. I urge any person who cares about children and the health
of our communities to read Thrivers and apply the wisdom and common
sense advice you will find in its pages to every aspect of your
life.” –Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes,
Masterminds & Wingmen, and Owning Up.
"Thrivers brilliantly weaves together research and stories that
grab your heart as they teach you how to be the parent you hope to
be--a stunning master class in parenting, from pre-K through
adulthood. Dr. Borba shows us how to raise a generation of Thrivers
our world so desperately needs." --Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D.,
author of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family
Relationships in the Digital Age
“Thrivers is the North Star every parent needs to point kids toward
happiness, purpose, and true success. Emotional resilience can be
taught, and Dr. Borba is the consummate teacher.” –Tamar
Chansky, Ph.D., author of Freeing Your Child from Anxiety and
Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking
“Thrivers can be summed up in one word, POWERFUL. In a world that
is in crisis, with a generation that is emotionally crumbling,
Borba gives us hope as well as the tools to help give our children
and teens the moral courage they need to flourish in an
unpredictable life. We must turn our strivers into thrivers! A
mandatory read for every person who cares about raising kind,
compassionate, and successful children.” --Sue Scheff, author of
Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate
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