A Good Enough Parent

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4A Good Enough Parent gives everyone the chance to share the wise thinking of a great man' penelope leach Bruno Bettelheim is recognised throughout the world as one of the greatest child psychologists of the century. Now he has brought the accumulated wisdom of a hfetime's experience to this definitive work on the parent/child relationship. A Good Enough Parent is a unique statement of Bettelheim's behef that parenting is an art, not a science. The key to bringing up children is self-awareness on the part of parents and sensitivity to the individual nature of each child. Inyl Good Enough Parent there are no rigid rules, no set solutions. Instead parents are encouraged to do their own thinking and to see the world through the child's eyes. In the process Bettelheim covers every aspect of a child's development, from birth to adolescence, from temper tantrums to teenage rebellion, from the value of play to how a child achieves a sense of identity. Inspiring and positive, wise and... Tovább

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4A Good Enough Parent gives everyone the chance to share the wise thinking of a great man' penelope leach Bruno Bettelheim is recognised throughout the world as one of the greatest child psychologists of the century. Now he has brought the accumulated wisdom of a hfetime's experience to this definitive work on the parent/child relationship. A Good Enough Parent is a unique statement of Bettelheim's behef that parenting is an art, not a science. The key to bringing up children is self-awareness on the part of parents and sensitivity to the individual nature of each child. Inyl Good Enough Parent there are no rigid rules, no set solutions. Instead parents are encouraged to do their own thinking and to see the world through the child's eyes. In the process Bettelheim covers every aspect of a child's development, from birth to adolescence, from temper tantrums to teenage rebellion, from the value of play to how a child achieves a sense of identity. Inspiring and positive, wise and humane, A Good Enough Parent shows us how we can develop a greater understanding of ourselves as parents, and how we can raise fulfilled and happy children. 'The joy of reading Bettelheim is that he makes me feel good, as a person, as a kind of colleague but above all as a parent. He marries commonsense to love in a unique fashion; we will all be wiser and happier people for sharing his thoughts' claire rayner 'This book reminds us that it can be the relationship betweer: a parent and child which determines the quality of our society, and maybe even the future of our civilisation' anthony clare Vissza