Their name is today
Subtitle: reclaiming childhood in a hostile world
By: Johann Christoph Arnold ; foreword by Mark Shriver
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780874866308
Subjects: Social conditions; Parent and child; Child welfare; Children; Child consumers
Work titles: Endangered
Description: There's hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what's best for children are turning the tide. Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books on education, parenting, and relationships have helped more than a million readers through life's challenges, draws on the stories and voices of parents and educators on the ground, and a wealth of personal experience. He surveys the drastic changes in the lives of children, but also the groundswell of grassroots advocacy and action that he believes will lead to the triumph of common sense and time-tested wisdom. Arnold takes on technology, standardized testing, overstimulation, academic pressure, marketing to children, over-diagnosis and much more, calling on everyone who loves children to combat these threats to childhood and find creative ways to help children flourish. Every parent, teacher, and childcare provider has the power to make a difference, by giving children time to play, access to nature, and personal attention, and most of all, by defending their right to remain children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world needs children; title: Play is a child's work; title: Great expectations; title: Screening out; title: Material child; title: Actions, not words; title: Guidance to grow; title: In praise of difficult children; title: Discovering reverence; title: Tomorrow comes.