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The Nurturing Parent: How to Raise Creative, Loving, Responsible Children
Shows parents how to foster the formation of positive values and cultivate the personality traits that help children make sound, sensitive decisions
- GenresParenting
221 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1992
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October 2, 2012
This book was not ground-breaking for me, but it taught me several things that made it worthwhile:
1.) The cornerstone traits of a nurtured child/full human being are: Empathy, Responsibility, and CREATIVITY
2.) "Creativity": what it is, what it is comprised of, how it's nurtured (it's not just being "a good artist." Creativity compenents include:
- "Functional Freedom" (the ability to see beyond the obvious, to redefine the function of an object, to discover the simple idea that solves the complicated problem).
- "Stimulus Freedom" (not assuming rules exist when the situation is ambiguous - i.e. thinking within a set of self-imposed mental parameters).
- Androgyny (NOT cross-gender behavior - not less masculine boys or less feminine girls, nor being at the "mid-point" between masculine and feminine, but rather a personality that is enriched with additional interests/attitudes typically associated with the opposite gender (i.e. more expansive than either of the more traditional sex roles; less contraint placed by gender stereotyping upon thought, feeling, action).
- Creativity is not a dominance of the right-sided brain (instead of the typical left-sided), but rather more balance between the 2 hemispheres.
3.) The nurturing parent is a separate style from "Authoritarian" - children more often are allowed to learn through experience, and are trusted/shown trust (given autonomy) to a higher degree. (This reminds me of the "Parenting on Track" philosphy).
4.) How to determine if a school is a "nurturing school." Schools generally diminish creativity, responsibility and empathy. The checklist of features to look for in a school is particularly helpful to refer back to.
1.) The cornerstone traits of a nurtured child/full human being are: Empathy, Responsibility, and CREATIVITY
2.) "Creativity": what it is, what it is comprised of, how it's nurtured (it's not just being "a good artist." Creativity compenents include:
- "Functional Freedom" (the ability to see beyond the obvious, to redefine the function of an object, to discover the simple idea that solves the complicated problem).
- "Stimulus Freedom" (not assuming rules exist when the situation is ambiguous - i.e. thinking within a set of self-imposed mental parameters).
- Androgyny (NOT cross-gender behavior - not less masculine boys or less feminine girls, nor being at the "mid-point" between masculine and feminine, but rather a personality that is enriched with additional interests/attitudes typically associated with the opposite gender (i.e. more expansive than either of the more traditional sex roles; less contraint placed by gender stereotyping upon thought, feeling, action).
- Creativity is not a dominance of the right-sided brain (instead of the typical left-sided), but rather more balance between the 2 hemispheres.
3.) The nurturing parent is a separate style from "Authoritarian" - children more often are allowed to learn through experience, and are trusted/shown trust (given autonomy) to a higher degree. (This reminds me of the "Parenting on Track" philosphy).
4.) How to determine if a school is a "nurturing school." Schools generally diminish creativity, responsibility and empathy. The checklist of features to look for in a school is particularly helpful to refer back to.
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