A Miscellany of Parents' Wisdom

by Nina Grunfeld (Compiler)

In this delightful book you'll find a wealth of wisdom - ancient and modern, frivolous and valuable, serious and amusing - about the challenges of bringing up children. Gleaned from experience of generations of parents and grandparents, A Miscellany of Parents' Wisdom is packed with advice on how to cope with the baffling and trying situations that confront every parent at one time or another. The ideal gift for parents-to-be, as well as for parents of newborns or infants, this is a book to consult and return to again and again.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

She was born in 1954. Nina Grunfeld has a graphic design company and has worked as a freelance journalist for many newspapers and magazines.

Nina Grunfeld lives in London and has two children.

Reviews

[J.T. Salfer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was apparently one of the books my mom read when she was raising me, only I got to the part where it says, "never force a child to eat if they're not hungry" before I figured out she didn't read the whole thing. =p Though I must say, I've always felt "respected as an individual, not as a child," so knowing that much was read was reassuring. Some of the stuff is interesting, like how things were done in the old days. The content is surprisingly liberal for 1991, and "What's wrong with a girl liking trains or a boy liking dolls" was reassuring to see. Some of the "this wisdom is dated, do this instead" was itself dated by this point, but still interesting all the same.

[Illona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick entertaining read. Funny anecdotes and bits of historical trivia.