In Wise-Minded Parenting,Dr. Kastner and co-author Kristen Russell bring you the "best practices" of effective, clear-headed parents, including the skills first laid out in Getting to Calm, along with a unique focus on helping your teen master the seven essentials fundamental to future happiness and success. The aim of Wise-Minded Parentingis to provide parents that helping hand in the form of a research-based, user-friendly, multi-media support system, as they work to reach the ultimate goal: a warm and loving connection to your happy, thriving, and successful teen. Mindful parenting, a popular style of child-rearing in some circles these days, is a start, but it's only part of the equation: The happiest, most effective parents combine mindfulness with acute emotional intelligence. Chapters take parents on a clear journey that is practical, realistic and ultimately reassuring using an interactive guide to navigate one of the most challenging aspects of parenting today:. Fostering Secure Attachment Cultivating Self Discipline Promoting Academic Success Encouraging Social Thriving Nurturing Emotional Adjustment Supporting Physical Health Building Character and a Meaningful Life Quizzes, lists, action plans, practice scripts, and real-life vignettes-all grounded in fifty years of parenting research and current evidence-based treatment models-will help parents better support their teens as they develop the seven essentials for a healthy and successful future: secure attachment, self discipline, academic success, social thriving, emotional adjustment, physical health, and strong character. Parents will learn whythese are the seven essentials and determine which are solidly under construction in your child, and which are most important to work on right now.