Books : Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming Parent-child Relationships from Reaction And Struggle to Freedom, Power And Joy
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN num: 9781887542326
ISBN number: 1887542329
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 280
Printing Date: January 01, 2006
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Every parent would happily give up ever scolding, punishing or threatening if she only knew how to ensure that her toddler/child/teen would thrive and act responsibly without such painful measures. Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves is the answer to this universal wish. It is not about gentle ways to control a child, but about a way of being and of understanding a child so she/he can be the best of herself, not because she fears you, but because she wants to, of her own free will.
'Aldort’s book should be on the must read list of all Moms and Dads. This book could carry a subtitle: 'Saving the Emotional Lives of Our Children and The Future of Humanity.''
- James Prescott, Ph.D. Institute of Humanistic Science
'Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves operates on the radical premise that neither child nor parent must dominate; it is for those who want to give up scolding, threatening and punishing. Her SALVE 'formula' alone is worth the price of the book.' - Peggy O'Mara Editor and Publishing house of Mothering
'Every once in awhile, a writer comes along who is comfortable speaking the truth, no matter how much it might challenge us or make us uncomfortable. Naomi Aldort is one of those people. In Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, Naomi Aldort takes the struggle out of parenting and replaces controlling and shaping style of parenting with one that values, trusts and nurtures children's innate abilities and autonomy.'
- Wendy Priesnitz Editor of Life Learning magazine, author of School Free and Challenging Assumptions in Education
'In this stunning insight into human nature, Naomi Aldort opens a window into harmonious family living. This book should to be widely read and not just by parents but by every being who strives for a more peaceful world.'
- Veronika Robinson, Editor of The Mother magazine, UK
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For years I thought I was being kind and gentle when I guided my children with gentle discipline and consequences. I always wished they would just do as they are told, and behave well without my gentle coercion but didn't know it was actually possible. Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves has given me the permission and the tools to really connect with my children and understand why they do what they do. With that understanding, I always find solutions that do not require control or coercion. The result is so amazing. They actually changed. They actually stopped hitting and defiance and are now cooperating because they see that I am on their side. They don't have the need to go against me any more. It is a miracle.
If you want peace and happiness with your children, read this book. I am buying it for my sister and for all my friends.
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I am a twenty year old college student and I was amazed at how much I learned about myself from this book. Not only did it help me understand my parents, it helped me analyze myself and the effects my parents have had on me, and how they contiune to effect me even in my early years of adulthood. It also prepared me for the time when I will have children, and have helped me deal with children at the day care center I work. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to look into themselves and figure out who they are.
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Aldort's book is far enough outside the accepted norm for parenting that I wish she had spent more time in the text making the TRANSLATION between what people CURRENTLY practice and what she is INVITING them to practice. There is too much wisdom here for her to be dismissed because her perspective is so different from traditional approaches.
Apart from this criticism, however, the book is quite readable and what she recommends operationalizes for parents in modern times (among other things)the "turn the other cheek" sensibility of ancient wisdom.
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I have read and reread this amazing book "Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves" so many times and have found it to be such a wonderful resource as I strive to be the best parent I can be. To be able to figure out myself as a parent very first and why I act/respond the way I do, and then to apply that to the way I raise my child is truly a gift. And that is what this book is to me - an incredible gift that is changing myself, my marriage and my child's life as I can choose to parent him differently than I was raised. I was so impressed with Naomi's insights in this book, that I also bought her CD's for my husband so he can share in this rich knowledge for himself in the car on his way to and from work. He now wants to buy these for his dad friends as every day he walks in the door, he has some new information to share with me or to demonstrate with our son that makes our home such a happy place to be a child AND a parent.
Naomi has it right - parenting is no longer a struggle if you understand yourself first, and the way you were parented, and then you will be able to have your blinders removed to parent your children with joy and peace instead of the struggle we are falsely led to believe parenting is simply about. I wish every parent chould have acess to such amazing insight in helping to change the world one parent and child at a time!
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This book has been one of the most transformative things i have read in my parenting journey. i am so inspired by naomi aldort's words and the way she guides you in your journey. i have found the book has had significant impact upon my life as a parent, and as a wife! my kids are happier and i am so much more connected to them.
i am not perfect as a parent but i feel naomi aldort affirms me on my journey and meets anyone who picks up her book exactly where they are at. there is no condemnation for anyone in the pages of this book, just love, acceptance and guidance. how refreshing and life giving!
i wish you many life changing moments as you read this book.
bea marshall
ps. her website is brill too [...]
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