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
Discover an age-old parenting method that treats children with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion from infancy into adulthood.
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.
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