What Works with Children : Wisdom and Reflections from People Who Have Devoted Their Careers to Kids

by Duke, Marshall

• ISBN13: 9781561452002
• ISBN10: 1561452009
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd

Summary

Marshall Duke, university professor, clinical psychologist, and best-selling author (Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In) and his wife, Sara Duke, a learning disabilities specialist, have edited a collection of essays featuring advice for parents from forty professionals who have worked with children for at least twenty-five years--each a rich store of experience that adds up to one thousand years of wisdom. Teachers, pediatricians, social workers, guidance counselors, youth leaders, coaches, psychologists, clergy, and others across the country offer observations and insights gained from a life devoted to working with children.The essays are divided into three thematic chapters: Creating An Environment for Healthy Growth; What to Do? Specific Issues in Childrearing and Shaping Our Children: What Is Important to Us?. In addition to providing salient information on topics such as discipline, health, education, organized sports, and child development, the contributors also discuss how working with children has affected their ideas, emotions, and spiritual lives. What emerges from these essays is the powerful message that a lifetime with children changes and challenges our ideas of what is of real importance--and what is not.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Part One What Do Children Need? Creating An Environment For Healthy Growth	1	(74)
Ripples Upon The Water	5	(4)
James M. Bennett
``I Need A Body''	9	(4)
Ora L. Hill Cooks
Lessons From School And Life	13	(4)
Howard L. Weinberger
Raising Responsible, Cooperative, And Caring Children	17	(6)
Kathleen A. Walton
Laying The Groundwork For Success In School	23	(4)
Lynn W. Brandon
Enabling Your Child To Grow Strong, Happy, And Confident	27	(6)
Irwin Jay Knopf
Let Go With Love	33	(6)
Jean Cline Pryor
Creating An Ideal World	39	(6)
Rita Myers Tuvlin
A Sense Of Belonging	45	(4)
Kay Gwaltney Remick
``You Come Too''	49	(6)
Richard E. Hanson Jr.
Allowing Children's Gifts To Emerge	55	(4)
Dorothy M. Pearl
A Work In Progress	59	(4)
Edward Z. Rosenzweig
Positive Parenting	63	(6)
Anita Weinberger
Before You Turn Around	69	(6)
Sara Bookman Duke
Part Two What To Do? Specific Issues In Childrearing	75	(82)
Love And Limits	79	(8)
Perry McArthur Butterfield
Childhood Is Not A Disease	87	(6)
Robert Kleemeier
Relationships With Teachers	93	(6)
Sherleen Sisney
Behavior And Discipline	99	(6)
Michael R. Papciak
Single Parenting: Not A One-Man (Or Woman) Job	105	(6)
Coleen C. Salley
The Building Blocks Of Education	111	(6)
Gertrude F. Krick
The Gift Of A Healthy Lifestyle	117	(6)
Thomas C. Johnson
Raising Boys	123	(8)
Henry Harsch
Raising Children In A World Of Inequalities	131	(6)
Carl A. Grant
Providing Context And Balance	137	(6)
Judith Soloff Werlin
How To Make Friends	143	(6)
Stephen Nowicki Jr.
Parenting Adolescents	149	(4)
Jane Stoodt Attanucci
Advice For Your Young Adults	153	(4)
Michael K. Levine
Part Three What Is Important To Us? Guiding And Shaping Our Children	157	(80)
``Are You The Library Girl?''	161	(6)
Diane P. Monnier
A Tango, A Two-step	167	(8)
Barbara Ellison Rosenblit
You Are Your Child's First Teacher	175	(6)
Ron Luckie
Educating Our Children	181	(6)
Pearlie Craft Dove
Listen With Your Heart	187	(4)
Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld
Help Your Children Reach For The Stars	191	(6)
Rona Leichter Seidel
The Wisdom Of Our Traditions	197	(4)
Richard Wagner
Building A Person Of Merit	201	(6)
Sheila Freundlich Mofson
Practice And Patience: Lessons About Raising Children	207	(4)
Joel Yager
You Are The Adult	211	(4)
Kay E. Johnson
The Big Picture (And Some Small Stuff)	215	(6)
Polly P. Hart
The Importance Of Legacy	221	(4)
Ethel Seiderman
Thirty Things I Have Learned About Children	225	(12)
Marshall P. Duke
Conclusion	237	(3)
Recommended Reading	240	(6)
About The Editors	246