Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY PEGGY O'MARA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

PARENTING WITH EMPATHY AND TRUST
     "Getting It" About Children
     The Importance of Empathic Parenting
     Nature or Nurture?
     Tough Love
     Confessions of a Proud Mom
     Memories of a Loving Father

LIVING WITH A BABY
     A Baby Cries: How Should Parents Respond?
     Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
     Siblings Arrive All at Once
     Lonely Cages
     Ten Ways to Grow a Happy Child

LIVING WITH CHILDREN
     Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children
     Ten Tips for Shopping With Children
     When a Child has a Tantrum
     The Hidden Messages We Give Our Children
     Ten Tips for Finding a Medical Professional for Your Child
     Natural Grandparenting

GUIDING CHILDREN
     The Parenting Golden Rule
     The "Magic Words" Must be Spoken from the Heart
     The Trouble with Rewards
     Praising our Children: Manipulation or Celebration?
     It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child
     "I Was Spanked and I'm Fine!"
     The Dangers of Holding Therapy
     Ten Alternatives to Punishment

HELPING CHILDREN LEARN
     Nurturing Children's Natural Love of Learning
     When does Guidance become Manipulation?
     School Grades: Helpful or Harmful?
     Should Homeschoolers be Tested?
     "Learning Disability": A Rose by Another Name
     Is "I Love Lucy" Educational?

ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN
     Is There Room for Children in our Society?
     Intervening on Behalf of a Child in a Public Place
     Intervention can Save Lives
     Age Discrimination Harms Young and Old Alike
     The Kids' Project: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse

CONCLUSION
ENDNOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Jan Hunt is the Director of The Natural Child Project, Coordinator of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in British Columbia, and on the Board of Directors for Attachment Parenting International. She has been featured on CNN Headline News and Yahoo.com.