The orchid and the dandelion : why some children struggle and how all can thrive
by Boyce, W. Thomas (Author)
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"From one of the world's foremost researchers and pioneers of pediatric health--a book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and child development experts coping with 'difficult' children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary discovery a... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Introductory notes by Robert Coles
- Foreword by T. Berry Brazelton
- Introduction
- A tale of two children
- The noise and the music
- Lemon juice, fire alarms, and an unanticipated discovery
- An orchestration of orchids and dandelions
- Where do orchids (and dandelions) come from?
- No two children are raised in the same family
- The kindness and cruelty of children
- Sowing and tilling the gardens of childhood
- The arc of life for orchids and dandelions
- The sins of the fathers, the means of grace
- Conclusion: Helping all children thrive
- Coda: An Eden rendered whole, the orchid and the dandelion.