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| 1. | The Spring of Life | 1 |
| Why parent and teacher have to work together | ||
| Differences between the two | ||
| Education is change | ||
| Importance of responsible adults | ||
| Taking the child's age into account | ||
| 2. | The Historical Authority Pattern | 7 |
| A guide to the application of authority in nurture | ||
| The chieftains | ||
| Mother and father as queen and king | ||
| Mother and father as democratic leaders | ||
| Positive and negative reinforcement | ||
| School authority | ||
| Creativeness and authority | ||
| 3. | The Gardeners | 17 |
| Dealing with a growing organism | ||
| A reluctant spanking | ||
| A window of opportunity | ||
| 4. | Four Periods of Growth & The Initial Years | 21 |
| Dividing childhood into four periods, and the six stages of the first | ||
| 5. | The Exploratory Years | 27 |
| The little Neanderthals among us | ||
| Perceptions of a child | ||
| Rules are sacred but broken | ||
| Superman | ||
| Fooling-around-time | ||
| 6. | The Playful Years | 35 |
| For the parent, the easiest and most enjoyable time | ||
| Reasoning at this age | ||
| Sympathy | ||
| The little Medievalists among us | ||
| 7. | The Rational Years | 41 |
| When the mind can fully think | ||
| Marijuana and Drugs | ||
| Responsibility | ||
| Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting | ||
| Fireworks | ||
| Competitiveness | ||
| Spiraling developmental tasks | ||
| Algebra | ||
| Household chores | ||
| 8. | A Fifth Period--The Independent Years | 61 |
| As long as they're in school, the parent has input | ||
| College years | ||
| Learning good judgment | ||
| Alcohol | ||
| 9. | Encouraging Normal Sexual Development | 67 |
| The child has his/her own developmental schedule | ||
| Waiting for questions | ||
| Telling the truth | ||
| 10. | A Small Dilemma | 73 |
| Two boys and a tiny creature | ||
| 11. | Fertilize and Prune | 79 |
| The place of behavior modification | ||
| The half-pipe | ||
| 12. | Pruning in School | 83 |
| The school is no place to learn discipline | ||
| A fishing trip | ||
| Changing tracks | ||
| FBI raid | ||
| Parents who surrender | ||
| A miscreant's day off | ||
| 13. | Environmental Discipline | 91 |
| Nature has its own way | ||
| No faith required for this | ||
| Lots of adults | ||
| 14. | The Father's Role | 95 |
| Dads are important, too | ||
| The missing father | ||
| Cranston | ||
| 15. | The Mother's Role | 99 |
| A tribute to the primary caregiver | ||
| A fish hook | ||
| Trust builder | ||
| 16. | Two Vignettes | 105 |
| The effects of the overly permissive and overly authoritarian parents | ||
| Nor yet the last to let go of the old | ||
| 17. | Differentiating According to Age | 111 |
| Each period has its treatment | ||
| Positive reinforcement | ||
| Teenagers in groups | ||
| Daphne | ||
| A kicking child | ||
| 18. | Some Cardinal Rules of Child Raising | 119 |
| Six simple rules of nurture | ||
| Keeping your word | ||
| Rules you can enforce | ||
| Moral code | ||
| Example | ||
| Time | ||
| Encouraging | ||
| 19. | Holding Back the Chaos | 125 |
| When things tend to get out of hand | ||
| Risk among teenagers | ||
| Safe outlets | ||
| Natural consequences | ||
| A convict | ||
| A son | ||
| 20. | Television and Children | 133 |
| Television need not be corrosive | ||
| Hypothetical problems | ||
| Parents choose | ||
| Exceptions | ||
| 21. | When to Spoil Your Children | 137 |
| Gifts to help them grow | ||
| Time is a big one | ||
| Things to do | ||
| Negotiating with teenagers | ||
| 22. | The Single-Parent Family | 141 |
| Making use of community resources | ||
| Working with one less | ||
| Mentor programs | ||
| Surrogate families | ||
| 23. | Freedom Versus Discipline | 145 |
| Obedience, it turns out, has its place | ||
| Holocaust | ||
| Stanley Milgram | ||
| 24. | The Rewards of Adversity | 149 |
| An application of the Algonquin Law | ||
| Poetic views of life | ||
| Seeing the harvest |
Anonymous
Posted August 10, 2002
This book does not recommend any way-out methods that are impossible for the parent or teacher to follow. It seems to be able to recommend what is worth saving in traditional methods, and offers new insights. If you want a way out of confusing and contradictory child-raising methods, this book shows you the way, and it's a delight to read some of the anecdotes.
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