Stick Up for Yourself: Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power & Positive Self-Esteem (Revised & Updated Edition) Paperback – October 15, 1999

A great confidence building book, that teaches children effective methods of communication and the benefits of adequately expressing their feelings to others in meaningful ways. Highly recommended for children who are struggling with excessive teasing from siblings or at school. Helpful hints, techniques, and suggestions for handling difficult situations.Children are constantly being told what NOT to do, what NOT to say, and how NOT to behave, yet they are rarely told what they CAN do, what they CAN say, how they CAN behave, nor are they often taught effective methods that they CAN use to think their way through all of their options in the midst of difficult situations. Believe it or not, a large majority of children greatly benefit from non-confrontational parental guidance on easy, effective methods to figure out what all of their options are when they find themselves in stressful or difficult situations, how to evaluate the potential outcomes of those options, and how their behavior can have a huge impact on the results of the situation. This book is a wonderful start for a the majority of children in desperate need of this information.

What a great book to get back to basics or learn the basics in how to stick up for oneself. Just because we (or our children) may not be in an appropriate situation to say something in that moment, this book teaches that it is natural to have feelings in response to hurts or weirdness. Practical things. Also info on emotions. Fine for an adult to read too, just keep your mind open to learn what is there to learn. We may be adults, but often we have things learned as children that we would do well to learn a better way.

Loved this book, I didn't give it to my son to read, I read a few pages to him every night and also let him read passages to me on his own. He loved it, we are now working on the activities, they are very helpful. This book can help your child improve self confidence and teach them responsible behavior. It is suitable for boys and girls of all ages. The illustrations help keep you engaged as well. It gives practical suggestions on how to handle certain situations. My son is 11 and he didn't want the book to end. He liked the fact that he could relate to a lot of the stories the book used as examples. This is a great book!

This book is basically an assertiveness training for elementary-school and middle-school children, written at a fourth-grade level. A good third-grade reader could read it alone. It's written in an attractive style which doesn't look overwhelming in text paragraphs to a student. There are plenty of short, useful bullet-point lists. Example problems which certain children are having are in many highlighted boxes (quarter-page to half-page in length) throughout the book. This would also make a great book for a teacher or parent to read with a child or a class in very small sections, followed by useful discussion.The focus of the book is to show children how they can speak up for themselves. Sometimes this has to be done at a later time than when a situation occurs, and this book gives examples of how to do it, when to do it, and what a child can say. It aims to give children confidence to speak up and help themselves, and not just feel like they have to "take it," and that there is nothing they can do.I am a teacher (and a parent) and I specifically purchased this book because I was looking for how to help a boy who is being physically bullied at school. I was disappointed that this book did not provide the help I was looking for. But to be fair to this book, I see that this was not part of the author's objective. If you are looking for help with a physical bullying situation, I did find some specific ideas for how to handle that in "Masterminds and Wingmen," by Rosalind Wiseman.I would recommend this book for children who need to build confidence in speaking up for themselves, and learning how to speak up appropriately. This means it would be helpful to 80% of elementary-school children.

I am a grandmother abs I bought this for my 11 year old granddaughter I think the book is a great tool for an adult to use when kids have difficulty in school, or home. However I do not think the book from what I have read will be understood by an 11 year old. Overall it is a great tool for adults.

We've been reading through it to get acquainted with the concepts, me and my son. Then after completing it and letting it gestate we'll be going through again and stopping at the "get personal" sections to actually complete the activities.I didn't have the best childhood. And I really think the exercises would be productive for me to tackle as an adult.I've seen therapists and haven't ever been diagnosed with anything. I'm just dissatisfied with "the game," or my lot in life. The activities here would help me root through my emotions and take possession of my personal power. Maybe the following would be a repulsive idea to some, but I believe the activities make great writing prompts that could be developed into non-fiction or fiction projects.Overall the book is quite empowering. It's like the instruction book to life that maybe should have been read to me at an early age. It makes me wonder that there are such healthy families out there that this book would not be needed.

It is somewhat helpful for the children that I work with. I was expecting something a little more, but overall it was okay

I highly recommend this book for any child that has an abusive adult in their lives. This book teaches a child what behavior is right and what is not. I have been reading it together with my son and last night we read how feelings are not right or wrong. "Feelings just are." This is just one of the many points the book talks about. It covers the same topics that you will read in an abusive relationship book for adults only written in a way that kids can understand. This gives kids the tools to understand bad behaviors in adults and realize it is not them.

great advice that children can understand and take to heart

Aun lo estoy viendo con mi hijo pero por ahora me parece bueno.

I bought this book for my 8 year old son. He seems to be struggling at school at the moment with his feelings.He is abit of a perfectionist and believes winning is the only option but when he is not achieving his goals he is setting it is making him lacks confidence. He is also struggling how to cope with other children's directness (We have some very head strong children at his school). If some one says anything to him like "your not playing" he takes this negatively. He really takes it personally and beats himself up about it.I wanted a book to help him understand his emotions/feelings and to channel them in a more positive way instead of a negative one.I have bought a few books now and I always read them before I give them to him to read. Some books can be very deep in talking about feelings but I feel this book does it in a positive way.This book is good at talking about our own personal self and encourages problem solving. It also explains feelings, which helps and there is a section that focuses on feelings and names them. It encourages the child to explore feelings and how to change there thought pattern and how to deal with them.Great little book not too long aswell. I will see how he gets on with it over the next few weeks.

Thank you it was very helpful and it was very wise.I give it three stars :) ! :) !

Excellent book for my child. Easy to read and understand. This book has really helped !