Hope And Healing: Peaceful Parenting in an Uncertain World

by Naomi Drew

Offers advice for parents of families dealing with stress, fear, or anxiety, and presents strategies for creating a peaceful, secure, and nurturing home.

354 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is dated--it comes in the wake of 9/11--and often states the obvious: "Anger can cause us to stereotype and generalize in frightening ways. Labeling an entire country or race of people as 'evil' is in itself an evil act. We all have within us the capacity for good and bad. No one person, race, or country is either of these in full. Allowing our anger to take us down the path of narrowness and prejudice is dangerous and we must take extreme caution not to pass this type of thinking on to our children. Learning how to deal with our own anger is critical."

Despite the obvious and the preaching-to-the-choir, it's good to be reminded once in a while of methods one can take to find internal and external peace.