Born extraordinary empowering children with differences and disabilities

"Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and...

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Main Author: Zucker, Meg (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : TarcherPerigee, [2023]
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Summary:"Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Also incorporating the stories of other families with visible and invisible differences of all kinds, Born Extraordinary gives parents the tools to meet their children's emotional needs while supporting the whole family unit. Parents learn how best to empower their children to confront others' assumptions, grow in confidence, and encourage dialogue-rather than silence, fear, and shame-around difference"--
Physical Description:x, 257 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780593419380
0593419383
Author Notes:Meg Zucker is the founder and president of Don't Hide It, Flaunt It, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of advancing understand and mutual respect for people's differences. She is also the U.S. Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime at the Royal Bank of Canada.