Drawing from decades of experience counseling thousands of families, Keith McCurdy offers parents a hopeful, practical vision for raising children who are resilient, grounded, and wise.
This engaging and often humorous book explores the value of boundaries, the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem, and the practical ways we can shift children from consumers to contributors. It also addresses technology, entitlement, and the importance of emotional maturity. Parents will come away encouraged and equipped to raise children who are not only capable but also deeply rooted in truth and grace.
Keith McCurdy
Keith A. McCurdy, MA, EdS is a family and parenting educator and consultant as well as a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Virginia. He has worked with more than twenty thousand families, children, parents, and individuals for almost forty years in the field of mental health.
Keith provides consulting and coaching services nationally on improving parenting skills, building strong marriages, maintaining healthy relationships, leadership training, and addressing corporate stress management. He has developed and regularly offers parenting retreats entitled “Raising Sturdy Kids” to help parents operate from a foundation of what is Transcendent rather than subjective with their children and has extended and customized this powerful program for schools and students.
Testimonial
"Keith McCurdy is one of the most understandable, accessible, and practical parenting voices out there. Every time he joins me on the BaseCamp Live podcast, parents write in saying it was the episode they needed most. His central conviction, that healthy struggle is not the enemy of childhood but the very engine of it, is one of the most forgotten truths in parenting today. (Classical) Schools can only be as successful as the homes behind them, and Raising Sturdy Kids is the book that builds those homes. Essential reading for all parents and educators."