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In Raising Kids, family therapist and parenting consultant Sheri Glucoft Wong and Silicon Valley private school head Olaf Jorgenson team up to deliver an easy-to-follow, down-to-earth guide to building relationships by being on your kids’ side and getting them on yours.
In Raising Kids, family therapist and parent educator Sheri Glucoft Wong and Silicon Valley private school head Olaf Jorgenson team up to deliver a down-to-earth guide to parenting that is as encouraging as it is illuminating.
With its easy-to-grasp language and tools, Raising Kids is there for you, from managing family routines, screen time, and homework, to supporting friendships, self-esteem, and resilience. You’ll find out how being “on your spot” leads to fewer conflicts and replaces threats, nagging, and punishment with clear, effective messages that make sense to your kids.
The authors focus on everyday parenting because how we relate to our children day-to-day forms their sense of themselves, their connection to us, and their ways of being in the world. No interaction we have with our kids is too small to strengthen our bond with them, impart our values, build their confidence, and to demonstrate communicating, relating, and caring. You’ll learn how to be on your kids’ side and get them on yours as you navigate daily life.
Thousands of parents with toddlers through adolescents have benefited from the wisdom and reassurance that is now available in this straightforward guide. Along with offering approaches to address the challenges, Raising Kids shows you how to build on what you’re already doing well to maximize the good times in your family life today and in the years ahead.
Sheri Glucoft Wong, LCSW is a San Francisco Bay Area family therapist and parenting expert who counsels and speaks to hundreds of parents every year, both in her own practice and at public and private schools, medical and mental health centers, law firms, businesses, nonprofits, and religious organizations across California. She served as the resident parenting coach for Apple, Gymboree, and Genentech, and has trained health care professionals at the Stanford Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Sheri lectures at universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco, consulted with faculty at Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, and was a featured speaker at the “Pediatrics in the Pandemic Age” national conference for pediatricians. Her parenting advice has been showcased in the media, including on KTVU television in San Francisco, and in The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and HuffPost.
Dr. Olaf “Ole” Jorgenson is a school leader and teacher who has supported parents at public and private schools in three states, as well as in Asia, Europe, and Central America. Since 2008, Ole has served as head of school at Almaden Country Day School in San Jose, California. He works closely with parents on a daily basis and is attuned to the prevailing needs, anxieties, and concerns challenging them today, especially in Silicon Valley’s fast-paced environment. Ole speaks and publishes widely in education, across a range of subjects in education and educational leadership, including dozens of conference presentations and journal articles and three previous books. His recent work concerns the impact of excessive academic demands on student wellness. Ole is a field instructor for the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University, coaching graduate students; he also sits on the Center’s advisory board. Ole’s parenting expertise was included in The New York Times-bestselling parenting book, How to Raise an Adult: Break Free from the Overparenting Trap and Prepare your Kid for Success, by Julie Lythcott-Haims. Ole lives in San Jose with his wife and daughter, and a small collection of rescued dogs.
