Child psychiatrist and mother of three, Dr. Shimi Kang shows us how to empower
and motivate our kids?putting them on the path toward lifelong happiness and
success.
Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, The Self-Motivated
Kid shows why pushy or permissive parents actually hinder self-motivation. Dr.
Kang proposes a powerful new parenting model: the intelligent, joyful, playful,
highly social dolphin. Dolphin parents focus on maintaining balance in their
children's lives and gently yet authoritatively guide them toward developing
traits that will help them thrive in an increasingly complex world:
adaptability, community-mindedness, creativity, and critical thinking.
As the daughter of immigrant parents who struggled to give their