Jacqueline B. Toner & Claire A. B. Freeland 
What to Do When It’s Not Fair [EPUB ebook] 
A Kid’s Guide to Handling Envy and Jealousy

Gold Medal, 2013 Mom’s Choice Awards




Have you ever noticed how pirates use a spyglass to focus in on other ships or land in the distance? While they focus in on small things in the distance, they miss seeing other things around them. Sometimes they miss having fun. Sometimes they miss the beautiful treasure they already have!

 

Just like a pirate using a spyglass, kids may focus in on one thing that they want, and not notice all the good things they already have. If you’re a kid who thinks “it’s not fair, ” this book is for you!

 


What to Do When It’s Not Fair guides children and their parents through the difficult emotion of envy and jealousy using strategies and techniques based on a cognitive-behavioralprinciples. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to cope with envy—so they can sail the high seas with pleasure!



This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids® series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids® are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction to Parents and Caregivers

Chapter One: Yo! Ho! Ho!

Chapter Two: Put Down Your Spyglass

Chapter Three: Steer Your Ship

Chapter Four: Keep Your Ship Sailing

Chapter Five: Pull Up That Anchor

Chapter Six: Lighten Your Load

Chapter Seven: When Other People Envy You

Chapter Eight: All About You

Chapter Nine: Taking Care of Yourself

Chapter Ten: You Can Do It

 

Circa l’autore

Claire A. B. Freeland, Ph D, is a clinical psychologist in private practice, working for more than thirty-five years with youth and their families. Interested in bringing the general principles of cognitive–behavioral therapy to families everywhere, she is the co-author of
What to Do When It’s Not Fair,
What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake, and
What to Do When You Feel Too Shy. She lives with her husband in Baltimore. They have two grown children. Visit Dr. Freeland at www.clairefreelandphd.com

Jacqueline B. Toner, Ph D, is the co-author of several self-help books. She has been in private practice working with children, teens, and families for over thirty years. Dr. Toner earned her Ph D from the University of Virginia and completed two post-doctoral programs (in pediatric psychology and adolescent medicine) at the University of Maryland Medical School. Dr. Toner also serves as lead facilitator and consultant on a project on medical ethics led by Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is the mother of three grown children and lives with her husband in Baltimore.

David Thompson, illustrator of 
What to Do When It’s Not Fair, is a third-generation artist living in Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife and two daughters.