Root and Wings for Children - A Parenting Education Book

Author: Ursula Neumann
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Ursula Neumann is a renowned European educator, psychologist, and best-selling author. This book is her representative work and is considered a classic in European education. Since its publication in 1997, it has been reprinted 20 times. The author suggests in this book that readers should delve directly into the inner world of children, especially in everyday communication where children are reluctant to open up. Those willing to look at things with fresh eyes are sure to make important discoveries. It is precisely the problem-solving minds of children that help us understand how fear and anxiety affect people. A child's quirky behavior is a powerful and justified form of resistance, resisting the suppression of joy in life. The period from birth to 5 or 6 years old is a time when children are least understood. One reason for this is that play is work for children. If you want them to be smart, tell them fairy tales; if you want them to be smarter, tell them more fairy tales. When someone listens to them and respects them within their "world domain," children feel valued. Adults find "flaws" in children because they do not correctly understand the stages of how children perceive the world.