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In The Steps: 12 Secrets to Raising Happy and Successful Kids, authors and child development experts Andrew Watson, MD and Charles Watson, MD, Ph.D draw on decades of experience studying family communication and helping new parents to write an engaging translation of the best research in the field of positive parenting and child development. Whether you are an expecting mother, new Mom or new Dad, or you are the experienced parent of a difficult teenager, you will find comfort and encouragement in this enlightening anecdote.

While investigating the education system for an article, a journalist named Estela discovers The Steps, Dr. Michael Jansen’s innovative parenting protocol based on the recent advances of neuroscience and child psychology. The Steps targets the development of communication and language of the child, early reading, creativity, self-control, positive discipline, grit, and values, among other things, to give the right tools to promote the cognitive, psycho-motor, and affective skills of the baby, the child and the adolescent, producing highly successful adults with above-average abilities.

Dr. Michael Jansen decides to share with Estela the 12 Steps from the protocol. In the meantime, she finds out about her own unplanned pregnancy. What better time to find out if The Steps really work?

Although Estela and Dr. Jansen are fictional characters in this book, the child development research discussed in the book and its real-world value to parents are factual. The 12 Steps contain vital parenting tips that any Mom or Dad can use to:

Increase the probability of your children being well-adjusted, self-confident and above average in school and social situations
Teach children to read and to love books at any early age and to advance faster than their peers
How to raise children with values and morals
Understand how babies learn and how positive reinforcement accelerates school success
How to encourage creativity for kids
Feel more confident in yourselves as parents and ensure that you are ready for your newborn baby
Set goals for children that guarantee success and teach your child the grit needed to achieve them
Deal with difficult parenting issues, like ADHD, lack of focus, antisocial behavior and low self-esteem

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  • Jamiea on 24/09/2019 - 11:28
    +14

    Step 1: don't have kids

  • Taegukgi on 24/09/2019 - 11:59
    +32

    1) Less sugar
    2) Less tech
    3) Apply 1) and 2) to parents.

    • Andard on 24/09/2019 - 12:14
      +8

      this guy parents

  • Preet on 24/09/2019 - 13:29
    +6

    "Oh, I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?"

  • Diji1 on 24/09/2019 - 13:31
    -8

    I bet they don't mention ending the human race via climate change which explains the spiralling mental health and suicide rates amongst children.

    Oh wait, I forgot, Australian is populated by morons who believe climate change is a conspiracy theory.

    I'd expect nothing less from a brainwashed population claiming the highest electricity prices in the world are actually cheap and are not crashing the economy by severely damaging it as the ACCC says.

    • JaredS87 on 24/09/2019 - 13:38
      +3

      You must be the real life of the party.

    • Creamsoda on 24/09/2019 - 13:44
      +4

      have you seen the movie "coal is our best friend"? starring S,J Morrison produced by G, Rinehart directed by R, Murdoch

    • Wally on 24/09/2019 - 17:52

      If the negs get you down you can comment like a wired Greta Thunberg over at The Conversation website forums without fear of a contrary view as deniers are banned and deemed dangerous

  • Twocents on 24/09/2019 - 15:09

    Zero kids but download it anyways

  • Brianqpr on 24/09/2019 - 17:36

    So the answer isn't 6-10 hours of math tutoring a week then?

    • AlienC on 27/09/2019 - 11:37

      I felt this on a spiritual level.

    • xoom on 27/09/2019 - 12:30
      +1

      The answer is essential oils, no vaccinations and the power of crystals.

      Leave your kids be the free spirit that they are and let them do as they please. Consequences for ones own actions are for the oppressed majority who should be sticking to "the man."

      Down with these oppresive ideology that wants your freedom to do what you want when you want however you want without consequences stopped.

      /s

  • nurbsenvi on 24/09/2019 - 20:49
    +3

    I have a 6 year old

    I love him but I regret bringing him to this world.

    Fellow humans unless you are financially sound and have a great genetical characteristics, please don't make kids.

    All you are doing is making slaves for the upper class.

    • MrFrugalSpend on 24/09/2019 - 21:35

      If you raise him with that attitude than, almost no doubt.

      I know it can feel like this but here's a thought, raise your kid to think there are no class divides, there is no us and them, such people aren't better than him, and that he can achieve success but only if he believes in himself, sets goals, puts effort in, has a go to reach them, (which should include interim steps such as paying attention to his education).

      The most successful people I know came from nothing, they all get up early and are very impatient, they know what they want, they arent afraid to ask for what they really want confidently, and they want action to achieve goals now… also they also dont dwell on little failures along the way, they move on and try and try again!

      Doesn't matter what you really think, what matters is he is raised to believe he can rise above it.

      • nurbsenvi on 25/09/2019 - 00:49

        I will raise him as strong as my knowledge and patience reaches thank you for the good advice.

        I just want to raise an awareness among people who haven't had child yet of how much responsibility they are taking on by having a child.

        My observation so far, including myself, is that people take it way too lightly and in low level of self-awareness.

        When I had my child it was such a shock to me that we don't have a legal license prior to having a child or at least a suitability test for it.

        • xoom on 25/09/2019 - 01:01

          we don't have a legal license prior to having a child or at least a suitability test for it.

          The number of people that will fail this will be enormous. And no not excluding myself in the will fail this camp.

        • MrFrugalSpend on 25/09/2019 - 19:01

          I sense that if you care about it enough to write about it in this way, then you'll care enough to do alright.

          There is other people out there who don't care at all when it comes to their kids (e.g. they barely interact with them other than to yell at them to shut up (nothing constructive), and think education is just the school's job alone etc) - That's where the cycle will likely never be broken.

    • BookerDeWitt on 25/09/2019 - 03:06

      Well said. Thank you for being honest; you're incredibly in tune with how modern society "works". Welcome to the slave class. Enjoy your servitude.

  • xoom on 25/09/2019 - 00:59
    +2

    Some things i think parents should do. Personal opinions. So take it easy. If you feel like negging this comment at least say something why you disagree.

    Learn to say no to your kids. Better a kid hears no from their parents than growing up expecting everyone say yes to them because my family always says yes to me. So why doesnt everybody?

    From school to their job to a pursuit of a relationship with someone.

    Also teach kids that failure at something is not the end. We all are good at something whatever that something is. Some kids find this sooner some kids later. No matter. Its all a learning experience.

    Second. No new parents ever want to talk about this but you have to do it. Teach you kids life skills to ready them to face the world as much as you can. Teach them that life isnt always fair. Things dont always go your way. And most important of all ready them to be able to look after themselves because that time will come when they will need to.

    Its great if our parents can be with us forever and ever but that often times is not the case.

    I rather a young adult start taking steps towards independence when their parents are still alive than after they are gone. At least when they are still around if you fall or make a mistake they can help you out.

    Also lastly. Teach your kids to try not get into situations where even you as their parents cant get them out of. Wouldnt hurt to teach them that actions have consequences.

  • tallkid123 on 25/09/2019 - 08:35
    +3

    Step 1 is discipline your own children and don't rely on society at large and other randoms to do it for you.

    • xoom on 25/09/2019 - 09:03
      +1

      One billion times + this.

      Letting your crotch goblins do as they please without consequences is setting said kid out for failure in life when they dont get their way when they are older because they had always gotten away with everything as a kid.

      • tallkid123 on 25/09/2019 - 13:03

        You wouldn't happen to partake in r/childfree, would you?

        • xoom on 25/09/2019 - 14:47

          Im not saying people should not have kids.

          If they want to. More power to them. However having kid or kids you are expected to discipline them.

          Some people have this mentality that they are teaching their kids freedom by letting them do as they please without consequence.

          Then kid grows up unable to cope with life whenever they dont get their way.

          Big difference with life lesson of 'you can be whatever you want to be' to 'you can be whatever you want to be within reason'

    • MrFrugalSpend on 25/09/2019 - 19:20

      I agree with this provided its done in the right way. For some people this is poorly interpreted as a beating.

      Yes it's important to pull your kids in line, in a way where they are taught to understand the consequences of their actions and take responsibility. (Not just give them a whack or yell at them, then wait until next time to do it all over again)!

  • Oofy Doofy on 25/09/2019 - 09:02
    +3

    Thanks OP, gonna share a link to this freebie with my several baby Mommas'.

  • bcg on 25/09/2019 - 09:35

    Isn't this only free if you sign up for Kindle Unlimited at $13.99 per month? Is there another way of downloading it? Sorry if I'm being thick…

  • tardisx on 25/09/2019 - 09:47

    There could be some good information in here, but the "Dan Brown" thriller fiction writing style really put me off. Unfortunately the writing quality isn't even at Dan Brown level (and there's a low bar).

    Here's some choice examples from the first chapter

    Estela smiled, exposing her white and aligned teeth

    ..

    Adelaide twisted her short legs, then said: "Guilherme is my pride"

    ..

    Once again, she shook Dr. Jansen's firm hand, determinately looking at those two magnetic blue eyes. Then she shook Adelaide's warm, moist hand

    ..

    She got on the elevator and quickly looked at her body, which was not showing anything other than a lean belly and her well-shaped legs.

    It's written by two men, both doctors, and that could not be clearer. I am utterly bamboozled by the positive reviews on amazon.

  • Dealsteals on 25/09/2019 - 11:48

    I listen more than I read. The reviews for this book look really good. So bought with 1 credit on Audible ($14.95). Have mixed feelings right now

  • Toph Beifong on 26/09/2019 - 21:06

    Deal expired, price has gone up

  • AlienC on 27/09/2019 - 11:39

    What if I want to raise sad and unsuccessful kids oh wait I already know how to do that because that's basically me.

    Oof.

    • xoom on 27/09/2019 - 12:36

      What if I want to raise sad and unsuccessful kids

      The beauty about this is you dont have to do anything for your kids to end up like this.

      Its damn hard work to do the complete opposite and even then. What you did for your kids is no guarantee they will turn out happy and successful in life.

      Moral is still. You gotta at least try.

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