Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting

Ask the Children: The Breakthrough Study That Reveals How to Succeed at Work and Parenting by Galinsky, Ellen. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780688177911.

The first comprehensive study asking children and their mothers and fathers for their family views on work and family life offers dozens of proven strategies busy families can use to feel more successful at work and at home. Noted work-family researcher Ellen Galinsky overtunes accepted thinking on quality vs. quantity time and many other guilt-inducing "myths", reveals childrens one greatest wish for changing how work affects their parents lives, shares relationship stories of how families stay close, and outlines a brilliant new set of operating principles to navigate work-family challenges, including: Proven tactics for enhancing life at work Ways to de-stress at work and at home How to encourage family communication-and what to say to do once you have your childs attention How to decode the messages your children are getting about the world and work Simple family traditions that foster well-adjusted children And much more