Children treat others as they are treated.
Here a child is helping a younger friend to clean his nose. Each section is only two pages long, enough to take in and begin to apply. A canny mix of optimism and practicality gives Pipher's fans a way to resist the worst of the culture around them and substitute the best of themselves. This book is an introduction to everyday parenting and teaching skills which are very much in accordance with a philosophy of respect for others, and responsibility for solving one's own problems. I used what I learned in a PET course every day of my teaching career.