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Ross W. Greene

Child psychologist and author

Ross W. Greene is an American clinical child psychologist who served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over twenty years and is the Founding Director of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance. His bestselling book The Explosive Child introduced the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model, a compassionate approach to understanding and helping children who struggle with flexibility and frustration tolerance.

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Books by Ross W. Greene

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

by Ross W. Greene

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Greene introduces the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model based on the premise that children do well if they can, reframing explosive behavior as a signal of lagging skills in flexibility, frustration tolerance, and problem-solving rather than willful defiance. He provides a step-by-step approach for identifying unsolved problems and working collaboratively with children to develop mutually satisfactory solutions.

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Most Recommended by Ross

The books Ross W. Greene references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

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Goleman argues that EQ matters more than IQ for success. Self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation are skills that can be developed and that predict real-world outcomes.

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Descartes' Error by Antonio Damasio

Descartes' Error

by Antonio Damasio

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Damasio overturns the idea that reason and emotion are separate. His neuroscience research shows that feelings are essential to rational decision-making, not obstacles to it.

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Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Csikszentmihalyi identifies the state of total absorption where time vanishes and performance peaks. Flow is not random, it arises from clear goals, immediate feedback, and matched challenge.

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Influence Map

Who Ross draws from, and who draws from Ross — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.

Ross cites most often

  1. 1Daniel Goleman
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  2. 2Antonio Damasio
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  3. 3Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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