Give the child roots and wings

Author: Ursula [DE]
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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, 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 a child's inner world, especially in everyday communication where children are reluctant to open up. Those willing to look at things with fresh eyes will surely 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, opposing the suppression of their joy of life. The period from birth to 5 or 6 years old is a time when children are often misunderstood. 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," they feel valued. Adults find "flaws" in children because they do not correctly understand the stages of how children perceive the world. This book includes topics such as: Do men and women love children equally?; Do I have the ability to face the upcoming child?; Will he really marry me?; Can childhood fears make someone "bad"?