The idle parent : why laid-back parents raise happier and healthier kids /
Hodgkinson, Tom.
The idle parent : why laid-back parents raise happier and healthier kids / Tom Hodgkinson. - 1st American ed. - New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2010. - 263 p. : ill., ; 23cm.
Includes index.
The Idle Parent manifesto -- Bring back child labor -- Stop the whining -- Seek not perfection, or, Why bad parents are good parents -- The importance of nature -- The more, the merrier -- Down with school -- The myth of toys -- Ban TV, embrace freedom -- Let us sleep -- The power of music and dancing -- End all activities, be wild -- No more family days out -- How to enjoy mealtimes, with some thoughts on manners -- Let animals work for you -- Make stuff from wood and junk -- Say "yes" -- Learn how to live from your kids -- Good books and bad books -- Don't fret about computers, or, Toward a tao of parenting.
Hodgkinson presents a revolutionary yet highly practical approach to child care: leave them alone. He urges us to stop worrying and instead start nurturing the natural instincts toward creativity and independence that are found in every child.
1585428000 9781585428007
2010007641
Child rearing.
Parenting.
The idle parent : why laid-back parents raise happier and healthier kids / Tom Hodgkinson. - 1st American ed. - New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2010. - 263 p. : ill., ; 23cm.
Includes index.
The Idle Parent manifesto -- Bring back child labor -- Stop the whining -- Seek not perfection, or, Why bad parents are good parents -- The importance of nature -- The more, the merrier -- Down with school -- The myth of toys -- Ban TV, embrace freedom -- Let us sleep -- The power of music and dancing -- End all activities, be wild -- No more family days out -- How to enjoy mealtimes, with some thoughts on manners -- Let animals work for you -- Make stuff from wood and junk -- Say "yes" -- Learn how to live from your kids -- Good books and bad books -- Don't fret about computers, or, Toward a tao of parenting.
Hodgkinson presents a revolutionary yet highly practical approach to child care: leave them alone. He urges us to stop worrying and instead start nurturing the natural instincts toward creativity and independence that are found in every child.
1585428000 9781585428007
2010007641
Child rearing.
Parenting.