pt. 1. Why children need optimism. The promissory note ; From the first step to the first date ; Building the team
pt. 2. Where boomer child rearing went wrong. The self-esteem movement ; The epidemic of depression
pt. 3. Is your child an optimist or a pessimist? The fundamentals of optimism ; Measuring optimism ; Where optimism comes from
pt. 4. How to raise children to optimism and mastery. The Penn prevention program ; Changing your child's automatic pessimism ; Changing your child's explanatory style ; Disputing and decatastrophizing ; Boosting your child's social skills
pt. 5. The children of the twenty-first century. The pyramid of optimism: babies, toddlers, and preschoolers ; The limits of optimism.