| Children Learn What They Live REV Edition Contributor(s): Harris, Rachel (Author), Nolte, Dorothy Law (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761109196 ISBN-13: 9780761109198 Publisher: Workman Publishing OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: This book can help you become the parent you have always wanted to be, and raise the kind of children you can always be proud of. --From the foreword by Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul "If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn...If children live with acceptance, they learn to love." Expanding on her universally loved poem, "Children Learn What They Live," which has nourished countless families since its initial publication in 1954, Dorothy Law Nolte offers a simple but powerful guide to parenting-by inspiring values through example. Addressing issues of security, self-worth, tolerance, honesty, fear, respect, fairness, patience, and more, this book of rare common sense will help a new generation of parents find their own parenting wisdom and draw out their child's immense inner resources.
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General - Religion | Inspirational |
| Dewey: 649.1 |
| LCCN: 97049243 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.38" W x 7.12" (0.59 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
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| Publisher Description: The timeless New York Times bestselling guide to parenting that shows the power of inspiring values through example. A unique handbook to raising children with a compassionate, steady hand--and to giving them the support and confidence they need to thrive. Expanding on her universally loved poem "Children Learn What They Live," Dorothy Law Nolte, with psychotherapist Rachel Harris, reveals how parenting by example--by showing, not just telling--instills positive, true values in children that they will carry with them throughout their lives. Addressing issues of security, self-worth, tolerance, honesty, fear, respect, fairness, patience, and more, this book of rare common sense will help a new generation of parents find their own parenting wisdom--and draw out their child's immense inner resources. If children live with criticism they learn to condemn.If children live with sharing, they learn generosity. If children live with acceptance, they learn to love. And more wisdom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nolte, Dorothy Law: - Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. is a lifelong teacher and lecturer on family life education, and is the author of the poem "Children Learn What They Live," which has been translated into 20 languages and is used the world over by parents and educators. The mother of three, grandmother of three, and great grandmother of five, she lives and works in southern California.Harris, Rachel: - Rachel Harris, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., is a psychotherapist who completed postgraduate training in family therapy and parenting education. She lives with her teenage daughter in Princeton, New Jersey. Rachel has know Dorothy Law Nolte for almost 30 years as teaching associates and co-workers. |