Notes
Ian and Mary Grant have studied the keys to healthy, fun-filled families over years of teaching parenting throughout New Zealand and Australia. This book offers lots of excellent parenting ideas that anyone can use effectively, and is packed with terrific practical tips and strategies.Contents
Contents : 1 : What is a community? -- 2 : What it means to be a parent in the world we now inhabit -- 3 : Building the foundations -- 4 : What makes a family into a community? -- 5 : Moulding big personalities into a community -- 6 : Teaching life-defining habits : learning self-control and good decision-making in the family community -- 7 : Giving your child a moral foundation -- 8 : The two pillars of great families : fun and communication -- 9 : Tricky kids -- 10 : Creating an effective wider community -- 11 : Moving from dependence to inter-dependence -- 12 : Changing emphasis for different family shapes -- 13 : The building blocks of a meaningful life -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- further reading.
