Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success

Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success is a clearly written and accessible parenting guide for navigating challenges and turning them into teachable moments written and curated by Michelle Icard. Released 22nd Aug 2023 by Penguin Random House on their Rodale imprint, it's 288 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. 

This books accessibility and "do-ability" for regular everyday parents, facing inevitable challenges raising tweens/teens, is clear eyed and impressive. She gives usable advice for turning crises into teachable moments. She is humorous, clever, and much of her advice is *logical* and when we're in the middle of an emotionally overwhelming situation with our kids, it's good to be prepared beforehand. The situations she covers will be familiar to virtually every parent: issues with rebellion, consideration, personal hygeine, academic performance, family issues, and more. 

She deconstructs the background and underlying dynamics in each situation, and gives concrete, sensible advice about how to react and how to positively handle each. Her advice is general enough to be applicable to more than just these 8 situations.

Four and a half stars. This would be an excellent choice for public library acquisition, home use, as well as for school counselors, foster parents, advocates, and similar, for people who work with kids in challenging and difficult situations. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.