01473cam a2200277 4500 386227008 TxAuBib 20190710120000.0 091208s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009051549 9780061732324 pbk. 006173232X pbk. (OCoLC)419859847 TxAuBib Galinsky, Ellen. Mind in the making : the seven essential life skills every child needs / Ellen Galinsky. 1st ed. New York : HarperStudio, 2010. xv, 382 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Skill one: focus and self control -- Skill two: perspective taking -- Skill three: communicating -- Skill four: making connections -- Skill five: critical thinking -- Skill six: taking on challenges -- Skill seven: self-directed, engaged learning. Bringing the work of more than a hundred scientists into a form that parents everywhere can use, Galinsky has divided this information into the seven skills she believes all children should learn, showing parents not only what children are capable of, but specifically how to develop those capabilities in their children from birth up until age eight. 20190710. Children Life skills guides. Child development.