I Know They Love Me But..‪.‬

A brief ebook with crucial information for parents who want to have better relationships with their children—at any age, from toddlerhood to middle age. This is an excerpt from Dr. Louise Hart's classic, The Winning Family: Building Self-Esteem in Your Children And Yourself, which has been translated into 4 languages and published on 3 continents. Hart and her collaborator Kristen Caven coined the term "positive parenting" to promote Hart's worldwide lectures for parents, teachers, and caregivers.

Dr. Louise Hart is a community psychologist and thought leader who also wrote Wings of Self-Esteem, and The Bullying Antidote: Superpower Your Kids for Life. A professional speaker, she delivered over 400 presentations to communities and military families across the nation, in Germany, Japan, and Okinawa, as well as Russia.

Her first book, The Winning Family, was based on her doctoral dissertation, merging her passion for prevention with her commitment to families. The Winning Family was one of the first books to address building mental health in the family. In promoting her workshops, Dr. Hart originated the term “positive parenting.”

Her second book, On the Wings of Self-Esteem, was based on everything she learned during her personal transformation from a “mousy doctor’s wife” and then “displaced homemaker” (according to graduate school jargon in the late 1970s), to an international speaker who soared beyond expectations. It has been highly praised by many, including Jack Canfield, Jerry Jampolsky, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and Dr. Michele Borba.

Hart’s third book, The Bullying Antidote, was the first book to frame bullying as related to ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Her entire life’s work has been “to save kids’ lives and create healthier grownups” by helping parents develop the skills to raise healthy children. Since you can’t give what you don’t have, she uplifts parents with clear, accessible information to inspire mental health and well-being. When the competency and self-esteem of parents improves, the behavior, mental health, and self-esteem of their children also improves. Her target audience has included parents, child-care providers, and others who love and care about children.

Kristen Caven is an award-winning writer and artist who helped develop all of Dr. Hart's teaching materials through their companies, LifeSkills Press and Uplift Press and Uplift Programs. Learn more at www.upliftpress.com.