Each day
Subtitle: a veteran educator's guide to raising children
By: Z. Vance Wilson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781475827767
Subjects: Parenting; Child rearing; Parent and child
Description: "In vibrant prose, Z. Vance Wilson offers insight to anyone, whether parent or teacher, responsible for guiding children on the joyous, difficult, and ever-unpredictable path to becoming their best selves intellectually, socially, morally, and spiritually. With judiciousness, good will, and humor (all sharpened as head of a leading boys' school in Washington, D.C.), Wilson puts forth a clear set of principles, both practical and idealistic, for adults directing children toward wisdom and joy."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David Ignatius; title: Preface; title: Part one: Encouraging heroism (1. A humane intelligence ; 2. Anonymous heroism ; 3. Toughness ; 4. band of brothers ; 5. Eighth grade); title: Part two: Parenting (6. A boy's voice ; 7. The hours ; 8. The qualiity of being there ; 9. Too much of a good thing ; 10. Let the rumpus begin ; 11. On specialization); title: Part three: Looking inward: The spiral (12. An eternal present ; 13. A prophet in his own homeland ; 14. A rough coming ; 15. Silence ; 16. Rhythm: keeping the difficult balance ; 17. Mark each day ; 18. The road to Emmaus: a language of God ; 19. Faith, vocation and work); title: Part four: Looking outward: Service (20. For God and the state ; 21. I will sing unto the Lord ; 22. The philosopher's stone ; 23. Good time, inhuman time); title: Part five: Inspiring values (24. Chancing the arm ; 25. And miles to go ; 26. Our man Micah ; 27. The prodigal son); title: Part six: Facing fear (28. Anna and the sniper ; 29. Philip); title: Part seven: Great schools, great privilege (30. Harvard or Heaven? ; 31. What wakes you up in the middle of the night? ; 32. What benefits our labours ; 33. An authoritative community); title: Part eight: Teaching (34. Silas Marner and me ; 35. Parade out the gargoyles ; 36. Scaffolding and learning ; 37. The freedom to choose one's own way ; 38. LLet the children come ; 39. The eagle and the selfies ; 40. My students, now ; 41. What we desire)