Suzanne M. Wind

Exactly one year ago, author Suzanne Wind published “The SMART Playbook: Game-Changing Life Skills for a Modern World”, an activity book that has helped hundreds of parents teach their children social skills and appropriate manners which are of extreme importance to their development and their future. Currently, this amazing project has been recognized with ten awards, among which must be mentioned The Mom’s Choice® Gold Award, Creative Child Magazine 2014 Book of the Year, and the Mr. Dad Seal of Approval. “The SMART Playbook” is an absolute “must-have” for parents, grandparents, or teachers who work with children ages 6-12.

The main goal of Suzanne Wind’s activity book is to provide parents and educators with everything they need to teach children good manners and social skills that would later bring them success, popularity, friends, and personal achievements. The author decided to write it after she spent several years searching for games, activities, and methods that would help her offer her three children a better education. She realized that today it is more difficult to educate children than in the past. It’s not only the fact that parents are usually too busy working to provide for the family, but also that children tend to be distracted by other things. Video games, the Internet, e-mails, mobile phones – all these determine the little ones to spend a lot of time trapped in a virtual world in which there is no way they can interact properly and form face-to-face social skills. The problem is that they will need these skills later, when they will have to apply for a job and make a good impression on an interview.

“The SMART Playbook” is structured in a very clever way. Parents take the role of coaches, and children become the players. The first part of the book contains the rules of the game, while the second one provides over 100 games and challenges to choose from. The best part is that some of these activities do not require the presence of an adult. Children can use the book together and learn new skills as a team. Suzanne Wind has made sure that the games allow them to discover many things by themselves. In fact, this is a very effective way of learning: the moment the child has a revelation while doing an activity is the moment when he/she gains confidence. Moreover, they will never forget something if they feel they contributed with their own creativity and involvement.

The author has chosen to address 5 SMART topics. These were especially designed to ensure the children’s success in life:

Social Basic Skills – The Principles of modern manners
Mealtime Manners – A guide to mealtime manners
Art of Conversation – Eloquent face-to-face conversational skills
Restaurant behavior – The finer points of restaurant conduct
Technology talk – Internet safety and responsible usage

It’s no wonder that “The SMART Playbook” is still a bestseller after 1 year from its release. It is a life-changing book that can help parents prepare their children for the real world, where success can only be achieved if one has great social skills and impeccable manners.

The book is available for purchase on the official website.… (plus d'informations)

In a world where technology makes everything move faster than ever before, it’s almost natural for parents to find it difficult to educate their children. On the one hand, they don’t seem to have enough time, given that they often work all day to provide their kids with everything they need. On the other hand, children themselves are too busy with their computers, online games, texts and e-mails to pay attention to their parents or have any interest in the outside world. So, the question is: how do parents teach their children social skills and good manners when no one seems to have time for all these?

After reading countless parenting handbooks, Suzanne M. Wind has come up with the perfect plan for all parents who want to teach their kids how to behave in society in an appropriate way, so that they would build a successful future as grown-ups: she gathered all the information she learned from these books in a single guide, and made it fun and interactive for both children and parents. As a mother of three, she found herself in the difficult situation when she had to create a modern fun way to teach old-fashioned life skills to a new generation that is not particularly interested in them. Thus, she wrote “The SMART Playbook: Game-Changing Life Skills for a Modern World”, a guide that all parents should read and use with their kids.

“The SMART Playbook” is structured in a very creative and practical way. The parents will be the coaches, and the children will be the players. The first four chapters have the purpose of describing the games and establishing the rules, so that the Game Plan would begin and lead to the best results. The idea is to teach kids integrity, confidence, and empathy in order to prepare them for a world and a society in which they will need these skills and values if they are to have a successful career, a good social life, and an amazing family. After this introduction, the author addresses five SMART topics, for each of them having designed entertaining games and activities. In the end, parents will see that there are over 100 games and challenges to choose from, and with so many options and possibilities, it will be impossible not to find something their children will like.

These are the 5 SMART topics that will help children succeed:
Social Skill Basics – The Principles of modern manners
Mealtime manners – A guide to mealtime manners
Art of conversation – Eloquent face-to-face conversational skills
Restaurant behavior – The finer points of restaurant conduct
Technology talk – Internet safety and responsible usage

“The SMART Playbook” is available at www.thesmartplaybook.com for $19.95, or on Amazon.com. There are also individual playbooks by SMART topic available for $8.95, and parents can join the launch party on the website to receive a FREE coach guide.… (plus d'informations)