Description 
How can we keep children safe in an uncertain world, but also raise them to be confident in taking the healthy, emotional risks necessary to succeed in life? The authors of this unique book—two clinical psychologists, who are also mothers—provide essential guidance for parents and teachers. They explain, step-by-step, how to help children become successful risk-takers: ready to leap at life’s opportunities and triumph over setbacks along the way. They offer real-world scenarios with realistic solutions. Readers will find helpful checklists, self-reflection exercises, and other resources in this authoritative book.
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Mission
Drs. Eppler-Wolff and Davis have learned the importance of healthy emotional risk taking through their clinical and consultative work with children and their families, and through the development of their mentoring and literacy programs. They consult with parents, educators and administrators in school settings, corporations and non-profit agencies.
Advance Praise
“Susan Davis and Nancy Eppler-Wolff have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of the developmental ingredients of a healthy childhood. I recommend Raising Children Who Soar to anyone who cares about helping children flourish.”
Daniel Goleman
Author of Emotional Intelligence
“Raising Children Who Soar is a moving, and comprehensive manual for parents and educators. Elaborating a unique relational and developmental perspective, this book teaches us to think of risk taking affirmatively so that children learn to soar.”
Lewis Aron
Director, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
New York University
“This is a book filled with wise counsel, thoughtful and practical guidelines, and resources for parents and educators.”
From the Foreword by Jonathan Cohen
President, Center for Social and Emotional Education
