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Montessori for Every FamilyTim Seldin & Lorna McGrathMontessori is accessible to everyone. This modern book outlines the key principles that underpin the approach and makes applying them immediate and practical for every family. When looked at through a Montessori lens, every aspect of family life is an opportunity for meaningful engagement with your child - mealtimes, school or daycare drop-off and pickup, playtime, out and about, homework time and bedtime. Follow pragmatic, real-life advice that is relevant for children of all ages and discover how easy and natural it is to create a nourishing environment, encourage positive communication, and enjoy a home life that is empowering for everyone.9780744033748
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50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in SchoolCharles J. SykesCharles J. Sykes offers fifty life lessons not included in the self-esteem-laden, reality-light curriculum of most schools. Here are truths about what kids will encounter in the world post-schooling, and ideas for how parents can reclaim lost ground---not with pep talks and touchy-feely negotiations, but with honesty and respect. Sykes's rules are frank, funny, and tough minded. Each rule is explored with wise, pithy examples that parents, grandparents, and teachers can use to help children help themselves succeed---in school and out of it.9780312360382
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A Mind at a TimeMel LevineDifferent minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in.
In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and others who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses. This type of teaching produces satisfaction and achievement instead of frustration and failure.
Different brains are differently wired, Dr. Levine explains. There are eight fundamental systems, or components, of learning that draw on a variety of neurodevelopmental capacities. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all eight. Using examples drawn from his own extensive experience, Dr. Levine shows how parents and children can identify their strengths and weaknesses to determine their individual learning styles.
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Boundaries in an Overconnected WorldAnne KatherineOver the past decade, 24-7 connectivity has given us not only convenience and fun but worries about privacy, intrusions into family time, and new compulsions -- from shopping to tweeting and cute cat watching. Anne Katherine, one of the first authors to bring healthy boundary setting to a mass audience, has now written a book on how to do this with technology. Rather than rejecting online life, Katherine shows readers how to make social media, smartphones, and other innovations work for, rather than against, them. Readers learn to protect themselves online -- from predators and data mining as well as from time-devouring friends and acquaintances -- with an emphasis on preserving and optimizing meaningful personal connections. Anyone who has ever wondered if their cute little gadget was actually an enemy invader will welcome Katherine's strategies for ensuring that "your life is truly your own."9781608681907
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Children of the Universe - Cosmic Education in the Montessori Elementary ClassroomMichael DuffyCosmic Education, detailed here, can introduce elementary-age children to the universal values that can save us from wars and planetary destruction...My purpose in publishing (this book) is to bring home to teachers the importance of helping students to see themselves, not as self-engrossed individuals, but as Children of the Universe with all that this image entails.0939195313
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Choice TheoryWilliam GlasserIn "Choice Theory," Dr. William Glasser offers readers a new and far more effective way to get along with the people in our lives. He explains convincingly that, barring severe poverty or untreatable illness, unsatisfying or disconnecting relationships are the source of almost all crime, addiction, and mental illness, as well as marital, family, and school failure. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship-destroying external control psychology that is by far the dominant one in the world. in one of this century's most significant books on psychology, Dr. Glasser offers us choice theory, a noncontrolling psychology that gives us freedom to sustain the relationships that lead to healthy, productive lives.9780060930141
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Conscious Education - The Bridge to FreedomPhilip S. GangEducation is in the midst of a major transformation. In this book the authors offer a clear, concise view of a new paradigm in education, with spirituality at the core. Moving from theory to practice, the reader reflects upon the essence of education, experiencing a shift from information-centered learning to soul-centered learning. Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom, beautifully integrates process and content with spiritual insights. This book with help you create a learning environment that is authentic - one which draws forth the authenticity of the learner.0962378321
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Dr. Montessori's Own HandbookMaria MontessoriThis is the book that Maria Montesorri wrote in response to requests from thousands of American parents and teachers. A short, illustrated guide to the use of the Montessori classroom materials, it shows how to set up a "children's house"--an environment for learning where children can be their own masters, free to learn at their own pace. Frames for lacing and buttoning, geometrical wooden inserts, sound cylinders, sandpapers letters, colored numerical rods: these are familiar features of any Montesorri classroom, whether in the pioneering days or today. Dr. Montesorri explains how to use these materials with preschool children to stimulate their powers of observation, recognition, judgment, and classification. These self-correcting learning tools are the original "teaching machines" for young children. Inherently logical and aesthetically pleasing, they were designed to hone the child's visual, auditory, and tactile perceptions. Dr. Montesorri stresses that each child approaches the apparatus differently. The role of the adult, whether teacher or parent, is to let the child experiment, perceive his own mistakes, and run his own risks in learning.0805209212
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Driven To DistractionEdward M. HallowellThrough vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes — from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming — and the transforming impact of precise diagnosis and treatment.0684801280
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Dumbing Us DownJohn Taylor GattoThirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory government schooling has nothing to do with education, doing little but teach young people to conform to the economy and the social order. Dumbing Us Down, now in a 10th anniversary edition with a new introduction and afterword by the author, reveals the shocking reality of today’s school system and has become a beacon for parents seeking alternatives to it. Highly relevant in setting the agenda for a complete overhaul of how we educate our children—and for what—Dumbing Us Down is a gutsy, forthright presentation of the “hidden curriculum” which takes the public discussion of education skillfully beyond where it usually gets stuck.0865714487
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Education for a New WorldMaria MontessoriThe purpose of this book is to expound and defend the great powers of the child, and to help teachers to a new outlook which will change their task from drudgery to joy, from repression to collaboration with nature ... Already, the psychic life in the new-born has aroused great interest, scientists and psychologists having made observations of babes from three hours to five days after birth. The conclusion of these is that the first two years of life are the most important ... So here begins a new path, wherein it will not be the professor who teaches the child, but the child who teaches the professor.1851090959
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It's All About We - Rethinking Discipline Using RestitutionDiane GossenBased on the science of Control Theory and the restorative philosophy of aboriginal people this book artfully outlines a carefully developed process which will reduce incidents of discipline, improve grade scores and be a pleasure for adults to use to help youth. This book outlines how we can weave between the monitor of the rules and the manager of beliefs.0968132227
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Kids Who Think Outside the BoxStephanie LernerLook at today's superachievers in business, technology, the arts, sports, and politics. What were they like as children and teens, and what brought out their incredible talents? In this extraordinary book, 22 unparalleled achievers from diverse professions talk about their own experiences, offering candid insights on mentoring and empowering children with high potential. Kids Who Think Outside the Box presents strategies forparents, teachers, and others to use to harness a child's natural inclinations and gifts, whatever they may be.0814472753
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Maria Montessori: A BiographyRita KramerMaria Montessori (1870-1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.0201092271
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Maria Montessori: Her Life and WorkE.M. StandingMaria Montessori is important background reading for parents considering Montessori education for their children, as well as for those training to become Montessori teachers. The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori?s mission to improve children?s education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.0452264499
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Montessori MadnessTrevor EisslerWe know we need to improve our traditional school system, both public and private. But how? More homework? Better qualified teachers? Longer school days or school years? More funding? No, no, no, and no. Montessori Madness! explains why the incremental steps politicians and administrators continue to propose are incremental steps in the wrong direction. It's the entire system that must be turned on its head. This book asks parents to take a look one thirty-minute observation at a Montessori school. Your picture of what education should look like will never be the same.9780982283301
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Montessori Today (1996 Edn)Paula Polk LillardMany parents are familiar with Montessori preschools and their unique approach to the education of young children. But what happens after the primary years? In the last decade, Montessori elementary and middle schools have sprung up all over the country. Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school for children ranging in age from eighteen months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years.
Montessori's theory - to adapt education for each developmental stage through materials especially designed for a child's exploration and self-discovery - encourages children to be active rather than passive learners at all levels. In detailed accounts of both theory and practice of Montessori methods, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual curiosity. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers interested in the Montessori alternative for the older child.
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Montessori Today (2011 Edn)Paula Polk LillardMany parents are familiar with Montessori preschools and their unique approach to the education of young children. But what happens after the primary years? Montessori elementary and middle schools have sprung up all over the country and Paula Polk Lillard provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for these schools. In detailed accounts of both the theory and the practice of Montessori methods, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, maintain a high level of intellectual curiosity and become active rather than passive learners at all levels. Ideal for parents, teachers and all those who are concerned about education today.9780805210613
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Montessori: A Modern ApproachPaula Polk LillardMontessori: A Modern Approach has been called the single best book for anyone -- educator, childcare professional, and especially parent -- seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori method? Are its revolutionary ideas about early childhood education relevant to today's world? And most important, especially for today's dual-career couples. Is a Montessori education right for my child?9780805209204
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My Child Is a PleasureDiane GossenDiane Chelsom Gossen is a mother of three and a grandmother of seven. She thinks that parenting should be fun. Diane believes that discipline is about learning and helping children make decisions by thinking about the kind of persons they want to be rather than behaving to avoid consequences or for rewards. She finds that parents everywhere want to raise the next generation with the internal strength and values to make the difficult ethical decisions we face. Diane has been using the ideas of self-control theory since 1966. Her book, Restitution Restructuring School Discipline has sold over 50,000 copies and is translated in French, Croatian, and Slovenina. she has taught these ideas in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia.0968132200
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Nurturing the Spirit in Non-Sectarian ClassroomsAline D. WolfSince its original publication in 1996, Nurturing the Spirit in Non-Sectarian Classrooms has enabled countless teachers and parents to bring Maria Montessori's vision of a better world into their lives. As Montessori observed children, they revealed to her that nothing worthwhile will develop if spirituality is neglected. A valuable synthesis of Montessori's most compelling ideas about children's spiritual needs, author Aline D. Wolf also offers practical suggestions for deepening one's own spirituality and sense of community.0939195178
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Parents Under SiegeJames GarbarinoA handful of children make headlines by waging war against their schools and peers, but there are millions of troubled boys and girls who don't go to such extremes. All the same they make life hell for their families, not always intentionally and not because they are rebelling against parents who are neglectful or abusive. Why? Because parents are imperfect and some kids simply are hard to raise. Confidential surveys reveal that 20 percent of American parents say they have a child at home who is so difficult it is nearly impossible to lead a normal life.
Working hard and raising the kids in a good community aren't enough anymore; there are too many other influences. To regain control, parents must first see clearly the many forces at work both around their families and within themselves. "Parents Under Siege advises parents how to become better observers of their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors -- a key to becoming more astute observers of their children's public and secret lives. The authors help parents to take a step back and examine their child-rearing practices. Do they teach confidence rather than fear? Do they create structure and authority within the family and align positively with outside authorities? Do they harness their greatest strength -- the capacity for connection and spiritual growth?
Drawing upon their twenty-five years ofexperience in research with children of all ages and their families, and dozens of interviews with parents from across the country conducted specifically for this book -- including the only face-to-face conversations with the parents of Columbine school shooter Dylan Klebold -- the authors provide a realistic and sympathetic look at parenting in today's world. "Parents Under Siege offers an imaginative "parenting toolbox" -- deeply grounded and effective strategies that will help parents deal with difficult, even "impossible" children, find positive paths for development in face of the toughest challenges, provide alternate views to media violence and the Internet, and raise spiritually grounded children.
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People Who Have Helped the WorldMaria MontessoriMaria Montessori, a woman of intelligence and grit, transformed classrooms into places where children were thought of as people who wanted to learn - and had the ability to do so but at their own pace and in classrooms built for their comfort. Aprons, paints, sinks, beautiful wooden learning materials - all were arranged so they were handy for children. The teacher moved around the room, helping the children. Read how Maria Montessori created classrooms that encouraged children to learn and how she compelled adults to understand and respect the mind of a child. Through this book, you will learn how one woman - one dedicated woman - revolutionized education for young children all around the world.0819215392
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Raising Children Who Think for ThemselvesElisa MedhusRaising Children Who Think for Themselves offers a new approach to parenting that has the power to reverse the trend of external direction in our children and help parents bring up empathetic, self-confident, moral, independent thinkers. Children who are externally directed make decisions based on the peer groups, violent movies, sexually explicit television shows, and rap lyrics that permeate their lives. When children are self-directed, on the other hand, they use their power of reason like a sword to cut through the jungle of external influences. Fortunately, the author shows us, it is never too late to foster in our children the ability to weigh options, consider sources, and think for themselves.9781582700472
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Raising Your Spirited ChildMary Sheedy KurcinkaThe spirited child - often called "difficult" or "strong-willed" - can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate. Spirited kids are, in fact, simply "more" - by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. Through vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka offers parents emotional support and proven strategies for handling their spirited child. Raising Your Spirited Child will help you: Understand your child's - and your own - temperamental traits Plan for success with a simple four-step program Discover the power of positive - rather than negative - labels Cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur Develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school and many other situations Filled with personal insight and authoritative advice, Raising Your Spirited Child can help make parenting the joy it should be, rather than the trial it can be.
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Roots of Empathy - Changing the World Child by ChildMary GordonRoots of Empathy looks at eliminating crime and changing the world by starting with a compassionate environment for children. It combines social sciences with emotional support. Deeply based on scientific understanding of the human condition, the book describes a program that has changed the lives of aggressive children and given them the self-confidence to develop better social skills. Children in this program are taught in a classroom that explores how to build and maintain relationships, and learning focuses around a baby that will be observed for a period of a year to see how it develops. It is difficult for children to understand that things exist while they are not being directly perceived, but the development of a young infant is easy to track and can only be attributed to its growth outside of the classroom.0887622781
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Schools With Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and TeachersLinda LantieriIn Schools with Spirit, fourteen respected educators ask whether schools can nurture the inner life of students without violating the beliefs of families or the separation of church and state. For anyone who is concerned for the inner lives of our children, Schools with Spirit inspires, through deeply moving stories, about everything from the first tentative steps toward fostering emotional growth in our children to the bold movement of welcoming the spiritual dimension in our schools.0807031321
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Talk Sex TodaySaleema NoonNot sure what – or how much – information to share with children and teens regarding sex and sexual health? Do you fear what they might ask? Or how to respond to their questions? Or whether you even know the “answers” yourself? Saleema Noon knows all about these fears and concerns. An expert in sexual health education and stepparent to two teenage daughters herself, she understands the challenges adults face when addressing sensitive topics with their kids. In Talk Sex Today,Noon delivers an intelligent and sensible blend of current, inclusive, and practical information for children and teens – and the adults who love them. Noon builds on the foundational work of iconic sexual health educator Meg Hickling and her bestselling Speaking of Sex books to offer adults a break-through guide on teaching “body science.”9781770648135
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The Child in the FamilyMaria MontessoriIn The Child in the Family, which is aimed at teachers and parents alike, Maria Montessori discusses some of her basic principles of education and shows why it is so important for adults to 'follow attentively all the spiritual expressions of a child'. She stresses the importance of adult respect and support for 'all reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages' and emphasizes the value of understanding rather than interfering with such activity. Adults should not wait on children but educate them to be independent while at the same time fully appreciating how sensitive children are to external influences.1851091130
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The Discovery of the ChildMaria MontessoriMaria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In THE DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD, she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn. With 16 pages of photographs.0345336569
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The Essential MontessoriElizabeth HainstockSince the remarkable success of Maria Montessori's first school ninety years ago, her theories have had a revolutionary influence on educational practices around the world--not only in avowed Montessori schools but also in learning programs of every type. In the United States alone there are thousands of schools dedicated ot the Montessori method, and there are many others that have incorporated much from her teachings.

This newly revised and updated edition of The Essential Montessori will be welcomed by long-term practitioners and newcomers to the method alike. Concise and readable, the book has been relied upon for almost two decades as the definitive guide to the writings of Maria Montessori and to the teaching and application of her ideas in today's educational arena, as well as being an indispensable sourcebook for teacher training programs, advice on choosing schools, materials needed for the classroom, and much more. The Public School Montessorian says of the author: Her books on Montessori education almost certainly establish her as the most widely read interpreter of Montessori in the United States.... Her writing is clear and accessible, unfettered by jargon.

For those interested in the best education for their children, this volume fully lives up to its title. It has earned its place as the essential work on the subject.
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The Homework Myth - Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad ThingAlfie KohnDeath and taxes come later; what seems inevitable for children is the idea that, after spending the day at school, they must then complete more academic assignments at home. The predictable results: stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. Parents respond by reassuring themselves that at least the benefits outweigh the costs. But what if they don't? In The Homework Myth, nationally known educator and parenting expert Alfie Kohn systematically examines the usual defenses of homework--that it promotes higher achievement, "reinforces" learning, and teaches study skills and responsibility. None of these assumptions, he shows, actually passes the test of research, logic, or experience. So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil -- or even demand a larger dose? Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a mistrust of children, a set of misconceptions about learning, and a misguided focus on competitiveness have all left our kids with less free time and our families with more conflict. Pointing to parents who have fought back -- and schools that have proved educational excellence is possible without homework -- Kohn shows how we can rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our children's love of learning.
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The Hurried Child - Growing Up Too Fast Too SoonDavid ElkindIn this groundbreaking new book - the first to take a look at children and stress - psychologist David Elkind explores the unique burdens we have brought upon our children and offers insights, advice, and hope for solving those problems.
Most of us think of stress as an adult phenomenon. But today's pressures to cope, to succeed, and to win are every bit as taxing - indeed, as dangerous - for children as they are for adults. Unlike children of the previous generation, who were raised under the dictum of less discipline, the children of the eighties are the hurried children: forced to achieve more, earlier, than any other generation; outfitted in designer jeans and a whole array of adult costumes; faced with divorce and single-parent families. Their traditional rites of passage come too early; their fears of failure are constant.
From every corner of society our children are faced with force blooming: if a child doesn't read by the age of four we label him or her a failure; television and movies tell our young that sex is in and childhood is out; and parents increasingly look to a child to rescue them from the despair brought on by divorce, role conflict, and job dissatisfaction. These pressures and others are overwhelming our children.
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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should TeachHoward GardnerWhy are children not mastering what they ought to be learning in school? Ten years after its original publication, Howard Gardner's answer to this pressing question is the natural sequel to his acclaimed Frames of Mind and The Minds New Science. Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner shows how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools.0465088961
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To Educate the Human PotentialMaria MontessoriThis book is intended to follow Education for a New World and to help teachers to envisage the child’s needs after the age of six. We claim that the average boy or girl of twelve years who has been educated till then at one of our schools knows at least as much as the finished High School product of several years’ seniority, and the achievement has been at no cost of pain or distortion to body or mind. Rather are our pupils equipped in their whole being for the adventure of life, accustomed to the free exercise of will and judgment, illuminated by imagination and enthusiasm. Only such pupils can exercise rightly the duties of citizens in a civilised commonwealth.
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Unconditional ParentingAlfie KohnMost parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking, "What do kids need--and how can we meet those needs?" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them.

One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to parenting such as punishments (including "time-outs"), rewards (including positive reinforcement), and other forms of control teach children that they are loved only when they please us or impress us. Kohn cites a body of powerful, and largely unknown, research detailing the damage caused by leading children to believe they must earn our approval. That's precisely the message children derive from common discipline techniques, even though it's not the message most parents intend to send.

More than just another book about discipline, though, Unconditional Parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from "doing to" to "working with" parenting--including how to replace praise with the unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy, caring, responsible people. This is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering book that will reconnect readers to their own best instincts and inspire them to become better parents.
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What Does it Mean to be Well Educated?Alfie KohnFew writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him’perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores.’ And the Washington Post says he is ‘the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school.’

In this new collection of essays, Kohn takes on some of the most important and controversial topics in education of the last few years. His central focus is on the real goals of education-a topic, he argues, that we systematically ignore while lavishing attention on misguided models of learning and counterproductive techniques of motivation.
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