Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention

By Michael Delman, M.Ed.

Do you do too much for your kid out of fear they will never make it in the world without your oversight? Are you frustrated or worried about your 'tween, teen, or young adult who seems lazy or unmotivated? Do you see your child unable to reach their potential because they are disorganized, scattered, and can't manage their time?

In Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention, Michael Delman tackles the big worries that keep parents awake at night. In a conversational tone informed by deeply-rooted expertise, Delman illustrates how to connect meaningfully with your child and encourage habits that lead to success in school -- and in life.

Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay helps parents understand the critical skills needed for effective self-management and provides specific strategies and tools to help kids become motivated, accountable, and independent. Through engaging stories that illustrate how we all build Executive Function skills, Delman demonstrates how kids can change their habits as they pave their own path toward competence today and confidence in their future. Parents of kids with ADHD or other learning differences - or parents worried about how their child can manage distractions will benefit from Delman's experience as an educator, an Executive Function coach, and as a parent.

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Customer Reviews

  • Delman draws on deep veins of experience - as parent, teacher, and executive function coach - to produce a book that captures the daily challenges of parenting and his optimistic view that most kids turn out okay. Written with humor and compassion, he masterfully uses personal stories to bring his advice and strategies to life. Enjoy the book for the stories and the humor - but bookmark the strategies, because you’ll want to access them quickly as teachable moments arise and beg for a creative response.

    Peg Dawson, Ed.D.
    co-author of Smart But Scattered

  • Finally, a book that tackles the emotional and cognitive issues of executive functioning! This book offers the extraordinary gift of knowledge, wisdom, and empathy for parents and educators who are struggling to understand the child with executive function weaknesses. Michael Delman - who has years of experience motivating children to achieve their best - has crafted a masterful resource that deconstructs the complex issues in executive function skills. It provides a wonderful roadmap for parents seeking answers by explaining the unique ways children may engage in the world while giving practical solutions to overcome these challenges.

    Ellen Braaten, Ph.D.
    co-author of Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up

  • This book is a must if you are a parent, educator, doctor, or someone who works with kids with ADHD, you must check out Michael’s book. It is practical, well written, and full of ideas to help with common homework and school challenges.

    Nerissa S. Bauer, MD MPH
    Behavioral Pediatrician | Consultant | Blogger
    Founder and Owner, Let’s Talk Kids Health

  • Once again, you hit it out of the park. Last night's show was simply amazing thanks to you, your expertise, and your dynamic and magical way of explaining important information to people who really need it. We are so grateful that you came back to us for an encore performance, and it's always more than a pleasure to work with you to prepare and broadcast our Experts in Learning Differences Speaker Series show.

    Melanie Hoffman
    Director of Public Relations
    American Heritage Schools

  • I am an educator and parent of 5, so I’ve read a lot of books pertaining to child development. Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay stands out from all the rest because it is very practical!!! Rather than just describing the child we see on a regular basis it provides you with realistic suggestions on how to help. I highly recommend this book to all parents!!

    Tara C.
    Teacher and Parent

  • Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay is full of such wonderful “hands-on” techniques for working with kids. In fact, it’s one of the things I love most about the book: all the concrete tips and tricks, not to mention the enlightening personal anecdotes gleaned from Delman’s many years of experience as both a parent and a teacher. I highly recommend this book to anyone who interacts with kids on a regular basis. It’s engaging, useful, well-written—in a word: terrific!

    J. Anderson
    Teacher

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