The parental pressure pandemic : It's bad, but you're not -- Gloria and Liz ; parental pressure from two perspectives -- A lot in life : two parenting paradoxes -- Keep pushing : healthy pressure vs. harmful pressure -- Blame yourself : where parental pressure starts -- Expect THEIR best, not THE best : how to spark interest and nurture motivation ; Transformation 1 -- Tigers, dolphins, and jellyfish : how parenting style predicts children's adjustment -- Tame your core expectation : how to pivot from competitive best to personal best ; Transformation 2 -- Increase your warmth : how to convert nonverbal pressure into tender emotional expression ; Transformation 3 -- Turn up the heat : how to express warmth that comes from your heart, not your head ; Transformation 4 -- Earn respect, not rebellion : how to build connections by cracking kids' secret code ; Transformation 5 -- Praise, criticize, and question effectively : how to communicate deeply with your child ; Transformation 6 -- Be the believer : how to trust your child to succeed and avoid being a space invader ; Transformation 7 -- Open your mind and your heart : how to repair the damage caused by sociocultural pressures ; Transformation 8 -- Push with prowess : the unlikely art in action -- An appeal to parents and educators : how to dismantle a fountainhead of harmful pressure ; Cultural revolution 1

"How parents can guide their kids on a path to success -- while avoiding burnout. It's a tough world out there and, in order to succeed, kids need to learn how to perform under pressure. But how can parents foster that resilience at a time when kids are already more stressed out and anxious than ever before? The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure addresses one of the biggest dilemmas for today's parents: Parental Pressure. While other resources exist for parents to recognize the symptoms of stress and meltdowns in their young kids and teens, Chris Thurber and Hendrie Weisinger show how prevention is an even better tool. They uncover what falls under negative, dysfunctional parental pressure so that parents can stop themselves from falling into that "Parental Pressure Paradox" trap. Thurber and Weisinger reveal case studies and concrete parent-child communication strategies, along with analysis on how to improve that communication that is positive in key ways: improvement oriented, interactive, unconditional love and protection of self-esteem"--