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status: To Read
title: The Optimistic Child
subtitle: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience
description: The first major work to provide an effective program for preventing depression in childhood — and probably later in life
categories:
- Family & Relationships
authors:
- [[Martin Seligman]]
- Karen Reivich
- Lisa Jaycox
- Jane Gillham
published_on: 2007-09-17
publisher: HarperCollins
pages: 353
isbn: 547416539
cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=q0VZwEZoniUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Optimistic Child (book).jpg
link: https://amzn.to/3SH3jNL
tags:
- type/book
- books
- summaries
- positive_psychology
- optimism
- education
- children
- zone/areas
- zone/areas/literature_notes
created: 2024-08-07T15:30
updated: 2026-04-01T14:43
public_note: true
---
# The Optimistic Child (book)
- Author(s): [[Martin Seligman]]
- Link: https://amzn.to/3SH3jNL
![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Optimistic Child (book).jpg|200]]
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